New proposal for teaching/training in caries lesions’ detection: insights from the implementation of the method among undergraduate students

• Autor(a) principal: Braga, Mariana Minatel
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Lenzi, Tathiane Larissa, Tibério, Bianca Prado, Ferreira, Fernanda Rosche, Mendes, Fausto Medeiros, Ekstrand, Kim Rud
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/438
• topic: Dental Caries. Education; dental. Dentistry; New proposal for teaching/training in caries lesions’ detection; insights from the implementation of the method among undergraduate students

The present study proposes a method for the teaching of the detection and evaluation of caries lesions, using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) as an auxiliary tool. Sixty-two students in the fourth year of the undergraduate course in Dentistry of the University of São Paulo underwent three training activities for the use of the ICDAS, applied in different moments: regular theoretical class, activity with images projection and practical-laboratory activity. The students answered questionnaires, before and after the activities, to evaluate the knowledge and the perception about them. A practical evaluation was also performed, with evaluation of extracted teeth. After the laboratory exercises, the mean number of correct answers to conceptual questions increased significantly and remained until the end of the laboratory activity. Those who believed to be well prepared at the beginning of the activity had three times more chances to reach a score above 5 in the second moment of the practical-laboratory activity (OR = 3.1; 95% CI = 1.0 - 9.1). It was concluded that the practical-laboratory activity contributes to the learning of undergraduate students in the detection of caries lesions, including healing conceptual doubts that may exist after the theoretical class. However, the student's perception may not be impacted by the activity.