2012 Volume 3 Issue 1 Pages 24-26
Microscopes were implemented into dentistry in the early 1990s in the United States and one of its first usages was at Tokyo Dental College in 1993. In March 2006, microscopes were implemented in the clinical rotations curriculum of the Chiba Hospital Department of General Dentistry, a clinical training site of Tokyo Dental College. Here, we report the contents of the curriculum and the results of the use of microscope at clinical rotations which includes 111 microscope-assisted clinical cases over a 3-year period (March2006 to February 2009). The use of microscopes other than endodontic treatment is recommended in dentistry.
