Introduction of CAD-CAM technology in dental education: a student and teacher perspectives

• Autores: Fukuhara-Nakama, Mary, Chávez-Alayo, Pablo, Flores-Mas, Ricardo, Fernández-Jacinto, Leila, Castilla-Camacho, Marisol, Maldonado-Mendoza, María, Loechle-Verde, Otto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/5123
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/REH/article/view/5123
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: CAD-CAM; educación dental; odontología digital; plan de estudios; escáner intraoral.; dental education; digital dentistry; curriculum; intraoral scanner; educação dentária; currículo; scanner intraoral.

This paper describes the student and teacher's perceptions of the process of introducing CAD-CAM technology in dental education. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out; two questionnaires validated by expert judgment were used for data collection, and descriptive statistics were applied. It was obtained that 57.9 % of the students and 37.5 % of the teachers considered that the teaching of CAD-CAM technology should begin in the third year of studies; the training was helpful for both students and teachers, and this technology would be a procedure of choice for treatment with fixed prosthesis if they had it available. It is concluded that students and teachers positively perceive the introduction of CAD-CAM technology in the clinical courses of the dental career, and it would be a resource of choice for fixed prosthesis treatment.