A Prospective Comparative Analysis Regarding the Assessment of Oral Mucosal Disease Using a Validated Questionnaire to Improve the Teaching of Dental Students

Nico Roeschmann, Andrea Rau, Marco R. Kesting, Eva Maier and Mayte Buchbender ()
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Nico Roeschmann: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Glückstraße 11, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Andrea Rau: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
Marco R. Kesting: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Glückstraße 11, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Eva Maier: Dental Clinic 1—Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Glückstrasse 11, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Mayte Buchbender: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Glückstraße 11, 91054 Erlangen, Germany

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-12

Abstract: Structured examination and treatment are essential in medicine. For dental students, a structured approach to the assessment of oral mucosal lesions is missing thus far. To validate an approach, a structured questionnaire was compared with the habitually used free description of oral lesions (white lesions, ulcers, hyperplasia). Thirty-three dental students were divided into two groups (Group 1 ( n = 17) used the free description; Group 2 ( n = 16) used a guided questionnaire) to characterize mucosal lesions in patients and make a tentative diagnosis. Although no difference was found between the groups regarding the suspected diagnosis or the histopathological findings, there was a significant advantage of the structured questionnaire in all aspects of the description compared to the free description ( p = 0.000018). Thus, a structured description is an important aspect in the evaluation of oral mucosal changes, and a guided questionnaire should be implemented in the study of dentistry.

Keywords: dental students; oral health; oral mucosal lesions; teaching strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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