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.

Las profesiones del área de salud tienen como misión el cuidado de la salud en las áreas respectivas en forma integral. En el caso de la Estomatología u Odontología el objetivo es el cuidado de la salud bucal, para lo cual el futuro odontólogo deberá recibir una formación adecuada y para ello es fundamental que el docente de la práctica clínica en odontología posea características que le permitan además de actuar como facilitador del aprendizaje participar en la formación integral del estudiante. Es por ello que observada esta realidad el presente estudio pretende conocer el Perfil del Docente de Práctica Clínica en Odontología desde la perspectiva del estudiante y del docente en las diferentes dimensiones, así como comparar el perfil del docente determinado por los estudiantes y por los docentes. La investigación fue de naturaleza cuantitativa, descriptiva-comparativa...

Objetivos: El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar la morfología de las superficie de tres resinas compuestas de restauración directa Filtek Z 250 (3M), TetricCeram (Ivoclar-Vivadent) y Te Econom (Ivoclar-Vivadent) pulidas con el sistema de pulido Astropol (Ivoclar-Vivadent), dada la importancia de obtener superficies altamente estéticas y adecuadamente lisas que dificulten el acúmulo de placa bacteriana, la tinción de la restauración que pueda afectar el color y la salud bucal del paciente. Material y Métodos: Se evaluaron 15 especímenes, cinco de cada resina compuesta las cuales fueron pulidas con el sistema Astropol® para posteriormente obtener las medidas con el microscopio confocal de superficie y tras procesar los datos con el programa ArRUGa 2.0 y utilizar los parámetros utilizados fueron el Ra, RMS, Skewness, Kurtosis, factor de Wenzel y dimensión fractal. Los res...

COVID-19 generated a health emergency that prevented classroom attendance in higher education, affecting the academic development of the teaching of dentistry and all sciences. This gave rise to academic organizations to organize themselves adequately to respond quickly and in a timely manner to be able to take on these new challenges. The use of video conference platforms to replace the usual master classes was the response that was obtained and its implementation was carried out in the shortest time. The result of this implementation forced academic institutions to decide for some of them to respond effectively to the new challenge. In the experience we share our experience with the Zoom.us platform during the CIA I Adult Comprehensive Clinic and CIA III Adult Comprehensive Clinic courses given to the students of the 5th and 7th semesters of the Stomatology career in our house of studi...

This descriptive and cross-sectional study addressed students' perceptions of a preliminary practice in dental preparation for a metal-free crown, conducted on the same clinical case using haptic simulation before patient treatment. The sample consisted of 6 final-year dentistry students who, using haptic simulation with scanned images of the same patient's mouth, prepared metal-free crowns prior to treating the patient. Data collection was carried out through two surveys. It was found that 66.7% (n=4) of the students considered this experience very useful, and 83.3% (n=5) mentioned that the experience provided them with confidence to perform the procedure on the patient. The results suggest that recurrent practice in haptic simulation of a clinical case, prior to patient treatment, is favorable for performance and provides greater confidence in carrying it out.

A virtual discussion forum was used as a didactic resource for developing argumentative skills in dental students in the occlusion course. The forum was applied as a replacement for the weekly evaluations intended to assess whether the students knew the concepts taught in each master class. Forty-eight students participated, and the variables of the virtual discussion forum and argumentative capacity were analyzed. The result was that the virtual forum used as a didactic resource influenced the argumentative capacity of the students. This finding agrees with several studies carried out in basic education as well as in university education. It is concluded that the discussion forum applied contributes to the development of cognitive abilities, specifically those related to argumentation.

Digital dentistry is a reality. Incorporating digital skills is now essential in the training of human resources in Dentistry. Using Autodesk Meshmixer software is a great opportunity to get the stomatology student involved early. The experience is shared as in the CIA I-2021 Adult Comprehensive Clinic Laboratory course a didactic strategy is designed to involve the use of Meshmixer in 3D modeling or 3D digital design.

Objective: To determine the perception of postgraduate students of a private university in Lima on the efficacy of the intraoral scanners (IOS) Primescan Dentsply Sirona® and Virtuo Vivo Straumann®. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study in which 10 students of Oral Rehabilitation participated, who, after being trained, scanned a model using both IOS; subsequently, their perceptions were collected through a questionnaire. Results: The Primescan Denstply Sirona® IOS was considered by 80% (n = 8) and 100% (n = 10) of the students as having the best characteristics in scanning speed and flow, respectively; and the Straumann® Virtuo Vivo IOS was considered the most ergonomic by 100% (n = 10). Conclusions: The IOS Primescan Denstply Sirona® IOS was perceived as the fastest, sharpest and with the best scanning flow; and the Straumann® Virtuo Vivo IOS was considered the most ergonom...