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J Dent Educ. 68(10): 1090-1095 2004
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Critical Issues in Dental Education

Early Clinical Experience for First-Year Dental Students

James A. Lalumandier, D.D.S., M.P.H.; Kristin Zakariasen Victoroff, D.D.S.; Oliver Thuernagle

Dr. Lalumandier is Chairman, Department of Community Dentistry; Dr. Victoroff is Assistant Professor, Department of Community Dentistry; and Mr. Thuernagle is a fourth-year dental student—all at Case Western Reserve University, School of Dental Medicine. Direct correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr. James A. Lalumandier, Case Western Reserve School of Dental Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4905; 216-368-3276 phone; 216-368-3204 fax; jal10{at}cwru.edu.

Key words: dental students, curriculum, curriculum trends, pit and fissure sealants

Submitted for publication 06/01/04; accepted 07/30/04

Over the past three years we have exposed our first-year dental students at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine to an early clinical experience. Following a seventy-two-hour didactic and laboratory course, first-year students spend over 100 hours treating school children in twenty-eight elementary and middle schools in the Cleveland Municipal School District. Not only do dental students learn a clinical procedure, but more importantly they experience the need for health care, in particular, dental care among those less fortunate than themselves. The experience strengthens their desire to help the under-served, their understanding of the problems many face in obtaining oral health care, and their commitment to addressing these issues. Themes from student reflection papers are summarized.




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