The Validity of Using E4D Compare's “% Comparison” to Assess Crown Preparations in Preclinical Dental Education

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1445-1451

  Callan, Richard S ^a   Van Haywood, B ^a   Cooper, Jeril R ^a   Furness, Alan R ^a   Looney, Stephen W ^b  

^a AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; CAD CAM; dental education; grading; preclinical simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN/COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTAL EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRECLINICAL STUDY; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE; TOOTH; VALIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOOTH CROWN;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CROWNS; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY, DENTAL; FORMATIVE FEEDBACK; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TOOTH PREPARATION, PROSTHODONTIC;

EID: 84949254933     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2015.79.12.tb06044.x     Document Type: Article

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