Adawi Hafiz, Jain Saurabh, Atiah Afnan Yahya M, Salwy Najwa Khaled, Khormi Lamyaa Ali M, Adawi Sumayyah Ahmed, Atiah Aeshah Y M, Aggarwal Aparna
Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Dental Intern, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2021 Apr 15;11(2):144-151. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_374_20. eCollection 2021 Mar-Apr.
To meet the needs of society, it is obligatory to provide standardized skill training to undergraduate students in dental colleges. Surveys related to teaching curriculum are valuable means to evaluate education across the country. The aim of this study was to find the trends in the undergraduate teaching curriculum, by determining the differences in the teaching methods and principles of fabrication of removable partial dentures in dental colleges in Saudi Arabia and to compare these with the curriculum of North American dental schools and Turkish dental schools.
An online survey was conducted in 23 dental colleges of Saudi Arabia. Descriptive data analysis was performed to synopsize the information.
Eighteen out of 23 (78.23%) dental colleges of Saudi Arabia answered the questionnaire; 88.9% of the colleges follow the practice of using custom trays for making final impressions; and 44.4% of the colleges use only polyvinyl siloxane for making final impressions. Semiadjustable articulators were commonly used for mounting study casts (61.1%) and master casts (66.6%). An in-house production laboratory is present in 72.2% of the colleges. Cobalt-chromium alloy is used in 94.4% of the colleges for the framework. A set protocol for postinsertion adjustment visits is followed in 94.4% of the colleges.
Dental colleges of Saudi Arabia have similar standards of removable partial denture education at the undergraduate level, with variations in a few aspects. Removable partial denture teaching programs of Saudi Arabian dental colleges are comparable to similar programs in dental schools of the United States and Turkey.
为满足社会需求，有必要对牙科学院的本科生进行标准化技能培训。与教学课程相关的调查是评估全国教育情况的宝贵手段。本研究的目的是通过确定沙特阿拉伯牙科学院可摘局部义齿制作教学方法和原则的差异，找出本科教学课程的趋势，并将其与北美牙科学院和土耳其牙科学院的课程进行比较。
对沙特阿拉伯的23所牙科学院进行了在线调查。进行描述性数据分析以概括信息。
沙特阿拉伯23所牙科学院中有18所（78.23%）回复了问卷；88.9%的学院采用定制托盘制取终印模的做法；44.4%的学院仅使用聚硅氧烷制取终印模。半可调式架常用于上架研究模型（61.1%）和主模型（66.6%）。72.2%的学院设有校内生产实验室。94.4%的学院使用钴铬合金制作支架。94.4%的学院遵循义齿戴入后调整复诊的固定流程。
沙特阿拉伯的牙科学院在本科阶段可摘局部义齿教育方面有相似的标准，但在一些方面存在差异。沙特阿拉伯牙科学院的可摘局部义齿教学项目与美国和土耳其牙科学院的类似项目相当。
