Berlin-Broner Yuli, Levin Liran
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, Mike Petryk School of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
College of Dentistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Dent Traumatol. 2025 Feb;41 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):90-96. doi: 10.1111/edt.13022. Epub 2024 Dec 11.
Dental trauma is highly prevalent, involving 25% of school-age children and about 12.5% of the general population of the world. Due to the young age of the patients that are usually involved in dental trauma, there are tooth-related complicating factors, such as open apices, thin dentinal walls, and unfavorable crown-to-root ratio, as well as patient-related factors, such as anxiety and cooperation, and other challenges related to the complex diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, it is not surprising that the global status of knowledge for the prevention and emergency management of traumatic dental injuries among dental professionals was often reported as insufficient. Aiming to improve dental trauma education, one should consider that the contemporary educational settings have transitioned to a digital learning ecosystem and that the current students belong to a unique generational cohort. Therefore, this paper examines the challenges educators encounter in contemporary dental school classrooms and the defining characteristics of current generation Y and Z dental student cohorts. Finally, it outlines strategies to optimize dental trauma learning, considering the unique generational characteristics of the current dental students.
牙外伤非常普遍,涉及25%的学龄儿童和约12.5%的全球总人口。由于通常涉及牙外伤的患者年龄较小,存在与牙齿相关的复杂因素,如根尖孔开放、牙本质壁薄和冠根比不理想,以及与患者相关的因素,如焦虑和合作,还有与复杂诊断和治疗相关的其他挑战。因此,牙科专业人员对创伤性牙损伤的预防和应急处理的全球知识状况经常被报告为不足也就不足为奇了。为了改善牙外伤教育,人们应该考虑到当代教育环境已经转变为数字学习生态系统,并且当前的学生属于独特的一代。因此,本文探讨了教育工作者在当代牙科学校课堂中遇到的挑战以及当代Y和Z代牙科学生群体的定义特征。最后,考虑到当前牙科学生独特的代际特征,概述了优化牙外伤学习的策略。