Mostafa Abtahi; Milad Zarei; Rasool Saheb Alam; Paria Raeesi; Lohrasb Dehghani
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Aim: The present study was designed to investigate the degree of achievement of the educational goals of Mashhad Dental School's educational program from the perspective of basic sciences students in the academic year 2018-2019. By examining the current situation, it is possible to improve the educational ...
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Aim: The present study was designed to investigate the degree of achievement of the educational goals of Mashhad Dental School's educational program from the perspective of basic sciences students in the academic year 2018-2019. By examining the current situation, it is possible to improve the educational quality of the program.Methods: To measure the achievement of educational goals, a checklist and a questionnaire were prepared based on the educational headings in the dental education regulations approved by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and approved by the school of Dentistry. After classification, the desired information was evaluated descriptively using SPSS-20 software and the chi-square statistical test.Results: Significant differences did not exist between the two sexes regarding the achieved goals, except for the dental material basics course. The achieved goals were not significantly different between the students with “A “average score and other students in any of the courses. Also, significant differences were not found in any courses in the realized goals between students with different interests in the field of dentistry.Conclusion: Fulfillment of educational goals is lower in the less applicable courses for the field of dentistry in the basic sciences, which indicates the necessity of curriculum revision to achieve higher quality education.
Tahereh Jalaly; Farzaneh Ahrari; Rasool Saheb Alam; Foroozandeh Amini
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Objective: In spite of the continuous interest of orthodontists in the effects of soft tissues on dental and skeletal structures, this influence is not well clear. The purpose of this investigation was to clarify the effect of open lip posture on selected dentoskeletal features of growing children.Materials ...
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Objective: In spite of the continuous interest of orthodontists in the effects of soft tissues on dental and skeletal structures, this influence is not well clear. The purpose of this investigation was to clarify the effect of open lip posture on selected dentoskeletal features of growing children.Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional study, 193 pupils (99 girls, 94 boys) with age range of 9 to 13 years were participated. All patients were examined by a trained investigator and those having incompetent lip seal were selected and their dentoskeletal features were compared with a control group consisting of 36 subjects with normal occlusion. The data were analyzed by independent sample t-tests.Results: Among the 193 students examined in this study, 19 cases (10%) were diagnosed as having lip incompetence. A more open lip posture was associated with an increase in overjet, lower incisor inclination and Palatal plane to Mandibular plane angle (p<0.05); while Interincisal angle was significantly decreased in this group compared to control subjects (p<0.05). The amount of overbite and upper incisor inclination were not statistically different between the two groups (p>0.05).Conclusion: The data from this study suggest that lip incompetence may have a significant environmental effect on dentofacial structures. Since lip seal assessment can be achieved simply by practitioners, parents or teachers, it is suggested that adults observe and provoke children to maintain appropriate lip posture.
