Practice and thinking of the gradually-advanced teaching on tooth anatomy
JIAO Kai
NIU Li-na
CHAI Zhi-guo
LI Xue-jian
YU Shi-bin
SHEN Li-juan
WANG Mei-qing
Abstract：Tooth anatomy and function are the central contents for dental therapy, therefore, the teaching of tooth anatomy is one of the key stomatological education for undergraduates, and its quality directly affects the students′clinical skills. We recently tried a new teaching model, the gradually-advanced teaching method, for tooth anatomy. We carried out the following three parts step by step: theoretical teaching of tooth anatomy plus sculpture of plaster tooth model, online courses plus isolated teeth identification, teaching of dentition and occlusion plus sculpture of dent-al wax tooth in defect dentition. We found that, on one hand, this gradually-advanced teaching model strengthened the students' understanding and memory of tooth anatomy and function, on the other hand, it consistently improved students ' ability and confidence in their future clinical operations and lay a solid foundation for their dental practice.
Keywords：dental anatomyclassroom teachingreform of teaching
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 388-392 )