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Family Functioning as a Possible Factor that Modulates Empathy Levels in Dental Students

Aim: The objective of this paper is to explore whether there are differences in the levels of empathy and its dimensions between family typologies in dental students. Methodology: A quantitative and not experimental study, with a cross-sectional descriptive design, a population of dental students from th...

Evaluation of the association between self-reported sleep bruxism and chronotype and sleep quality among dental students

ABSTRACT Background Sleep bruxism (BS) is defined as involuntary jaw movements characterized by grinding and clenching teeth. Objective To verify the association between chronotype, sleep quality, and self-reporting of BS in dental students. Method A cross-sectional study was conducted with 214 underg...

Comparison between dentistry and nondentistry undergraduate students’ selfperception regarding the aesthetics of their own smile and facial profile

Introduction: the study aimed to compare how undergraduate dentistry students (DS) and non-dentistry students (NDS) analyze and classify their own smile and facial profile. Materials and Methods: the cross-sectional study questionnaire included topics for the identification of the respondent; Likert scal...

Intervenciones ergonómicas y su impacto en la profesión odontológica

Salud mil; 41 (2), 2022
Introducción: los desórdenes músculoesqueletales tienen una alta prevalencia en la población general y en particular, en el área salud, los profesionales de la odontología representan una población altamente vulnerable, debido a características particulares del ejercicio de su profesión. Es crec...

Attitudes of dental students towards paediatric dental behaviour guidance

Braz. j. oral sci; 21 (), 2022
Aim: To compare the pre-clinical and clinical students` perceptions about the non-pharmacological behaviour management techniques in paediatric dentistry and to investigate the influence of the dental curriculum on the students` knowledge regarding this issue. Methods: A total of 283 students from the IV...

Academic perspectives and psychosocial aspects of final-year dental students during COVID-19 pandemic

Braz. j. oral sci; 21 (), 2022
Aim: This cross-sectional observational study aimed to evaluate the influence of the Universities lockdown measures on academic perspectives and psychosocial aspects of Brazilian finalyear dental students. Methods: 268 undergraduate students regularly enrolled in a Dentistry course at public universities...

Comparación en técnica anestésica de bloqueo del nervio alveolar inferior en estudiantes de Odontología de diferente año académico

Odontol. vital; (37), 2022
Introducción: Se comparó la técnica anestésica con el nervio alveolar inferior (NAI) realizada por estudiantes de cuarto y quinto año de la carrera de Odontología de la Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago. El objetivo: Fue evaluar la ejecución y éxito de la técnica previo a una extracción denta...

Analysis of dentistry content on Instagram®and the use of social networks by Brazilian dental students

Braz. j. oral sci; 21 (), 2022
Aim: The aim of our study was to analyze the content related to dentistry published on Instagram® and to investigate the students’ profiles related to the use of social networks in a sample from a Dentistry School. Methods: This study was carried out in two stages. First, resea...

Accessibility to student publication in dental journals in the world

Braz. j. oral sci; 21 (), 2022
Scientific research and publication play an important role during the training of dentists, but one of the most outstanding barriers is the authorship conditions of the journals. Aim: The objective of the study was to determine the accessibility to student publication in dental journals in the world. Met...

The psychological impact of social distancing related to the covid-19 pandemic on undergraduate and graduate students in Brazil

Braz. j. oral sci; 21 (), 2022
Aim: To evaluate the psychological impact of COVID-19 on undergraduate and graduate students of the Dental School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo. Methods: Three questionnaires were used: sociodemographic, WHO Abbreviated Quality of Life Inventory, and General Anxiety Disorder-7. Data were a...