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Featuring dental education research: Applying the principles of action research to improve teaching of dental prosthetics
(South African Dental Association, 2009)
This article focuses on educational research conducted at the newly merged UWC faculty of dentistry. The research emphasizes the change in teaching methods employed to address the concerns experienced in teaching large ...
The use of light-cured acrylic resin for custom trays by undergraduate dental students: a survey
(South African Dental Association, 2008)
INTRODUCTION: It is unknown how the use of a light-cured acrylic resin is appreciated over the traditional chemically cured one for the construction of special trays in a teaching environment.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ...
Featuring dental education research: Applying the principles of action research to improve the teaching of dental prosthetics
(South African Dental Association (SADA), 2009)
This article focuses on educational research conducted at the
newly merged UWC faculty of dentistry. The research emphasises
the change in teaching methods employed to address the concerns
experienced in teaching the ...
The relationships between two different drinking water fluoride levels, dental fluorosis and bone mineral density of children
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2009)
This field study included the whole population of children aged 10–15 years (77 from a 0.19 mg/L F area; 89
from a 3.00 mg/L F area), with similar nutritional, dietary habits and similar ethnic and socioeconomic status. ...
Antimicrobial activity of two South African honeys produced from indigenous Leucospermum cordifolium and Erica species on selected micro-organisms
(BioMed Central, 2008)
Background: Honey has been shown to have wound healing properties which can be ascribed to
its antimicrobial activity. The antimicrobial activity can be effective against a broad spectrum of
bacterial species especially ...
"Quality is bound up with our values" - Evaluating the quality of mentoring programmes
(Routledge, 2005)
This paper discusses quality evaluation of health sciences mentoring programmes. The
discussion highlights the way in which perceptions of what constitutes quality shape evaluative
purposes. Potential tensions between ...
"We are not in the least bit used to these ways of studying": Developing academic competence in all students
(American Association of Dental Schools, 2005)
This article is located in the field of academic development in oral health science education. Specifically, it examines
the academic difficulties experienced by oral hygiene students in their transition from high school ...
Finding a method to analyse qualitative data: using a study of conceptual learning
(American Association of Dental Schools, 2009)
There is increasing awareness in the health sciences of the potential of qualitative research to address questions that quantitative research cannot satisfactorily answer. While a growing number of studies in health sciences ...
Understanding diversity as a framework for improving student throughput
(Maastricht University, 2007)
INTRODUCTION: Literature suggests that a diverse body of healthcare graduates could extend health service delivery. However, the
literature also indicates that the throughput of minority, working class, and historically ...
Gender and race distribution of dental graduates (1985 - 2004) and first year dental students (2000 - 2005) in South Africa
(South African Dental Association, 2005)
This paper, written at the close of a decade
of democracy in South Africa, sets
out to analyse the demographic profile
of dental graduates from 1985-2004 at
the five Faculties/Schools of Dentistry in
South Africa. A ...