A Survey of Dental Hygiene Pre‐Clinic Instrumentation Selection and Sequence.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the selection and sequence of dental hygiene instruments taught during dental hygiene pre‐clinical education in the United States. Methods: Exempt status was received from the University of New Mexico's IRB (ID 21‐336). A survey was developed with...
| Published in: | International Journal of Dental Hygiene Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 231 - 238 |
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| Format: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=184495874&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 184495874 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 16015029 K8M jtl: International Journal of Dental Hygiene issn: 16015029 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: May2025 vid: 23 iid: 2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 184495874 180454021 184495874 184495874 10.1111/idh.12862 184495874 ppf: 231 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: A Survey of Dental Hygiene Pre‐Clinic Instrumentation Selection and Sequence. aug: au: Ponce, Justine E. affil: Division of Dental Hygiene, Department of Dental Medicine, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque New Mexico, , USA sug: subj: Education, Dental Hygiene United States Dental Hygiene Equipment and Supplies Dental Instruments Education Faculty, Dental Teaching Methods Human United States Survey Research Questionnaires Students, Dental Hygiene Dental Hygiene Assessment Periodontal Examination Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics ab: Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the selection and sequence of dental hygiene instruments taught during dental hygiene pre‐clinical education in the United States. Methods: Exempt status was received from the University of New Mexico's IRB (ID 21‐336). A survey was developed with questions to be answered involving decisions for clinical teaching and sequencing on various assessment and implementation instruments during pre‐clinic education. The instrument was 11 questions with multiple choice, ranking and short answer. A survey link was included through email invitation and successfully sent to 301 accredited dental hygiene programme directors in the United States. Results were collected and analysed through descriptive statistics. Results: Forty‐three of the invited participants completed the survey, a 14% response rate. Almost half (n = 24) of the participants chose to teach the periodontal probe first and 19 chose the explorer. Twenty‐five participants selected they teach the sickle scalers first, 14 teach the universal curette scalers first and 4 teach the Gracey curette scalers first. All participants teach electronically powered scalers with 33 teaching after hand instrumentation and 8 before. Conclusions: Results from this study emphasise that educators teach clinical instrumentation from professional opinion, but no attestation specifically suggests the use of evidence‐based pedagogical standards for clinical teaching. Dental hygiene programmes could benefit from further research on pre‐clinic instrument selection and sequencing as a way of standardised clinical teaching. These clinical implications could advance the science for standardised teaching of clinical instrumentation and sequencing in dental hygiene education. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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