title: Changes in the Clinical Training of Dental Students at the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry.
abstract: Dental education is an ever evolving process due to continual advancements in patient treatment. This article provides the reader with a look into an educational process that affords the student with better clinical experience without an increase in clinical training hours. When a comprehensive care model of education is introduced into a traditional care setting, the comparison of procedures completed with the previous 5 years results indicate an increase in the number of amalgam and composite restorations placed of 26% and an increase in crowns placed of 32.9%. Integration of the dental hygiene program and additional remote sites afford new populations of patients where clinical skills can be developed which will result in a graduate more able to go directly into private practice.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lea
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: Timothy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Hottel
mesh_terms: D004497:Education, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013335:Students, Dental; D013714:Tennessee