Standards of orthodontic treatment in cases treated by undergraduate students at Bristol Dental Hospital from 1982 to 1992.
Recent changes in the teaching of orthodontics to undergraduates and postgraduates at Bristol Dental School led us to examine treatment results achieved by undergraduates over a 10-year period. In a sample of 225 orthodontic cases (mean pre-treatment age 12.5 years) which presented for the final BDS examination there was good evidence that students were achieving acceptable treatment results before 1988. The mean percentage reduction of PAR scores for the period 1982-1987 was 64%. In contrast, in the more recent period 1988-1992, the mean percentage reduction of the PAR scores achieved by the students was 47%. This statistically significant reduction appeared to correlate with changes in teaching staffing levels since other factors such as age, type of malocclusion, appliance type or initial PAR scores were not significantly different in any of the years examined.
Tolidis
K
K
Department of Child Dental Health, Bristol Dental School.
Sandy
J R
JR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000592:standards*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000193:education*; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013335:Students, Dental