Teaching of dental implantology to undergraduate dental students: The Nigerian experience

European Journal of Dental Education : Official Journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe
Joan E Enabulele, Julie O Omo

Abstract

Dental implantology is an increasingly contemporary integral and important component of the practice of dentistry. This study assessed the level of teaching of dental implantology to dental undergraduates in Nigeria. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study involving the use of a self-administered questionnaire consisting of five sections developed for this study. It was sent via e-mail to a dental faculty in charge of and involved in the teaching of dental implantology in all 10 dental schools (five old generation and five new generation) in Nigeria. Eight of the 10 schools teach implant dentistry and utilised didactic lectures as mode of teaching. Simulations were used in only 1 (12.5%) of the schools whilst clinical demonstration was reported by 2 (25.0%) of the schools. Only 2 (25.0%) of the schools allowed students to experience direct patient care with no school expecting students to provide implant treatment. Almost all schools 9 (90.0%) identified insufficient resources and lack of dental industry support as barriers to effective teaching of implant dentistry. All the dental schools had plans to improve teaching of implant dentistry. Teaching of dental implantology in Nigeria is mainly theoretical with no clinical c...Continue Reading

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