title: Digital multimedia instruction enhances teaching oral and maxillofacial suturing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop digital multimedia instruction on intraoral suturing.
  
  
  METHODS
  A DVD was developed to describe instruments, materials, and techniques. Two groups of dental students were asked to close an incision in a simulated model. One used written materials only and another used additional DVD. The performance was evaluated using 10 grading criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students who used the DVD performed better than students who did not.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This DVD could be used widely in teaching dental students.
authors.affiliation: Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: McCloskey
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Herndon
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004497:Education, Dental; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D019212:Multimedia; D013335:Students, Dental; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000193:education*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014743:Videotape Recording