Dental Students’ Ability to Detect and Diagnose Oral Mucosal Lesions

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 140-145

  Ali, Mohammad A ^a   Joseph, Bobby K ^a   Sundaram, Devipriya B ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

clinical education; clinical skills; dental education; intraoral examination; Kuwait; oral diagnosis; oral lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH DISEASES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 84927169774     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2015.79.2.tb05868.x     Document Type: Article

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