A Pilot Study for Establishment on Educational Guidelines of Pre-clinical Practice of Pediatric Dentistry among all Japanese Dental Schools

(2) The effort of educational workshop

Abstract

For sophisticated instruction of dental educators, it is essential to establish educational guidelines for pre-clinical practice of pediatric dentistry among all dental schools in Japan. However, there is too little information on this problem. Therefore, with the aim of realizing a good quality of pre-clinical practice, an educational workshop was organized by the Japanese society of pediatric dentistry. This workshop was held over two days at Hiroshima University in Hiroshima, Japan. Forty-two dental educators from all the dental schools in Japan participated in this workshop. The following 5 topics were discussed : rubber-dam, oral hygiene counseling for parents/guardians, fluoride therapy, fissure sealant and space maintenance and space regaining.

The efforts of this workshop were as follows :

1. This workshop provided useful information about pre-clinical practice of pediatric dentistry of all the dental schools in Japan.

2. All participants understood the ideal and common objectives of instruction of the topics.

3. The bases of educational contents on the topics were discussed and identified.

In conclusion, this article provided on outline of dental education of pediatric dentistry and contributes to a better understanding of the importance of educational guidelines. Continuous interchange of ideas is going to be expected to develop the quality of education and the ability of instruction.