De Medeiros Tormes Ana Karina, Lemos George Azevedo, Da Silva Pâmela Lopes Pedro, Forte Franklin Delano Soares, De Sousa Federico Barbosa, Araujo Diego Neves, Batista André Ulisses Dantas
Department of Dentistry, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil.
Biological and Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil.
Cranio. 2023 Jan;41(1):32-40. doi: 10.1080/08869634.2020.1812816. Epub 2020 Aug 31.
To evaluate knowledge, competency, and attitudes related to temporomandibular disorders (TMD) among predoctoral dental students, and to investigate the curricular organization of contents related to TMD and occlusion.
Predoctoral dental students (n = 147) answered a questionnaire with topics related to TMD. Another questionnaire evaluated the organization of TMD and occlusion courses.
Contents related to TMD and occlusion were taught in the same course in all dental schools. The students' responses showed low agreement with the current gold standards pertaining to TMD. Most students declared that they did not feel confident to treat patients with TMD (62.6%), were not satisfied with the content pertaining to TMD (55.8%), and considered a lack of clinical practice to be the primary limitation in their training (59.2%).
Students' knowledge of basic concepts related to TMD was limited, highlighting the need for readjustment of the dental curriculum to increase clinical experience.
评估牙科博士前学生对颞下颌关节紊乱病(TMD)的知识、能力和态度,并调查与TMD和咬合相关内容的课程设置。
牙科博士前学生(n = 147)回答了一份关于TMD主题的问卷。另一份问卷评估了TMD和咬合课程的设置。
所有牙科学院都在同一门课程中教授与TMD和咬合相关的内容。学生的回答显示,他们对当前TMD的金标准认可度较低。大多数学生表示,他们对治疗TMD患者缺乏信心(62.6%),对TMD相关内容不满意(55.8%),并认为缺乏临床实践是他们培训中的主要限制(59.2%)。
学生对TMD相关基本概念的了解有限,这突出了调整牙科课程以增加临床经验的必要性。