Evaluation of educational effectiveness of Oral Implantology programs in prosthodontics hands–on course

Summary Matsumoto Dental University has been offering lectures on oral implantology to fourth– year dental students since 2007 and a hands–on program since 2019 as part of it’s under graduate program. In order to evaluate the educational effects of oral implantology and identify areas for improvement, 85 fourth–year dental students (59 males and 26 females) in the 2020–2021 academic year and 78 fourth–year dental students (54 males and 24 females) in the 2021–2022academic year were enrolled as subjects, and questionnaires were administered after the hands–on training.The questionnaire surveyed the interest in this program, the level of understanding, and the usefulness of implant treatment for their future. As statistical analysis,anindependent sample t–test was used to examine the questionnaire results of the years at a significance level of 5%.There was no significant difference in any of the items.The level of understanding and interest in content was high in both years.These results suggest that this hands–on program will help teach students oral implantology