Effect of Preclinical Training in Periodontal Instrumentation on Undergraduate Students' Anxiety, Clinical Performance and Satisfaction

Okan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Typodont-phantom Head; Preclinical Education; Anxiety

Treatments: Other: Theoretical periodontal education; Other: Use of typodont head model in addition to theoretical periodontal education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06593873

2024/176

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of periodontal instrumentation preclinical training using a teaching typodont-phantom head model on undergraduate students; anxiety levels, clinical performance, and educational satisfaction.

Full description

Sixty fourth-year undergraduate dental students will be randomly divided into two groups. Both groups will receive one hour of theoretical periodontal training.

Group 1 will receive only theoretical training, while Group 2 will complete this training as well as pre-clinical practical training with a typodont-phantom head with synthetic calculus. Before performing supragingival instrumentation on their first patient, students in both groups will be administered a state anxiety test. After the procedures, participants will complete a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) to assess training satisfaction. Students' clinical performance will be evaluated using the scaling procedure score sheet.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be a fourth year student of the Faculty of Dentistry
• To successfully complete pre-clinical theoretical and practical training
• To perform periodontal treatment for the first time in the undergraduate clinic

Exclusion criteria

• Not being a fourth year student of the Faculty of Dentistry
• Lack of attendance to pre-clinical theoretical training
• Failure to demonstrate competence in pre-clinical theoretical education
• Having previously performed periodontal treatment in undergraduate clinic

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1: Theoretical training only (Control Group)

Other group

Description:

Group 1 (control group) will receive only theoretical training.

Treatment:

Other: Theoretical periodontal education

Group 2: Theoretical training+ Preclinical practical training with typodont-phantom head(Test group)

Other group

Description:

Group 2 (test group) will receive training with typodont-fantom head in addition to theoretical training.

Treatment:

Other: Use of typodont head model in addition to theoretical periodontal education