Efficacy of a smartphone application as an aid to enhance the instruction of radiographic differential diagnosis of maxillofacial bony lesions

Nikkerdar, Nafiseh; Kish, Sahar Sepidar; Golshah, Amin; Khavid, Atefeh

doi:10.1002/jdd.13167

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“…Smartphone-based mobile learning can enhance dental students' knowledge and practical skills, assisting traditional education (Nikkerdar et al, 2023). Among the hundreds of applications related to dentistry available on the leading download platforms, valuable options in the fields of health education and information are easily found, representing an excellent opportunity to update the educational context that aims to integrate the reality of a generation of students who is inherent to the use of digital technologies.…”

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Quality assessment of mobile phone applications aimed at dental education

Da Silva,

De Medeiros,

Cavalcante

et al. 2023

Cuad. Ed. Desar.

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Purpose: evaluate mobile applications aimed at dental education. Methods: Three searches were conducted in each online store, on the leading platforms (iOS and Android), using the keywords: “Dental Teaching”; “Dental Education” and “Learning in Dentistry”. The search was carried out in Portuguese. Results: 44 applications were found on the iOS operating system using the three keywords, but only three were included. In the Android operating system, 743 applications were found (388 after removing triplicates), and only three were included in the research. In total, of the six applications, four were evaluated, as there were two duplicates. The application that obtained the highest score in the “Design” category was “iDent”, which also received the best performance in the “Instructions” and “Security” aspects. Regarding usability, the application that stood out the most was “Odontologia Concursos”. The application ranked first, according to the evaluation criteria, was RadioXtudy (13.4 points), followed by iDent (12.4 points), Odontologia Concursos (10 points) and Odonto Questões (7.1 points). Conclusions: With this study, it was possible to establish an updated overview of the applications available in the central operating systems' virtual stores related to dental education. Furthermore, it was observed that the collection of mobile applications available for this purpose on the leading search platforms is insufficient, requiring developers to provide tools adapted to the needs of students.

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Quality assessment of mobile phone applications aimed at dental education

Da Silva,

De Medeiros,

Cavalcante

et al. 2023

Cuad. Ed. Desar.

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Designing and implementation of a mobile application for teaching population oral health needs assessment for dental students

Ghasemi,

Habibi,

Ahmady

2024

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Objective: This study investigates the effectiveness of a newly developed smartphone-based application for teaching population oral health needs assessment to undergraduate dental students. Methods: Target population in this study consisted of all students of Shahid Beheshti School of dentistry in the 7th and 8th semesters in the year 2023. The intervention group (7th semester) received teaching about population oral health needs assessment based on the book “Oral health surveys; basic methods”, by means of an application, while the control group (8th semester) received the same content through self-learning activity. A questionnaire inquiring about the students’ general aspects of smartphone usage, attitude towards learning based on mobile devices (m-learning), and level of knowledge about the content of the book was used for data collection. Results: Most dental students used smartphones extensively and expressed positive attitudes toward mobile learning with no significant statistical difference between intervention and control groups. However, both groups demonstrated limited knowledge gain from the book content, with the mobile application showing no superiority to self-learning education. Conclusion: The present study did not demonstrate superior effectiveness of a smartphone app compared to self-learning, but the students' significant mobile usage and positive attitude towards m-learning suggest potential for further investigation in dental education.

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Efficacy of a smartphone application as an aid to enhance the instruction of radiographic differential diagnosis of maxillofacial bony lesions

Cited by 2 publications

References 22 publications

Quality assessment of mobile phone applications aimed at dental education

Quality assessment of mobile phone applications aimed at dental education

Designing and implementation of a mobile application for teaching population oral health needs assessment for dental students

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