Metaphorical perceptions of dental students toward dental education: a cross-sectional study from Türkiye
Aksu, Seçkin | Erturk-Avunduk, Ayse Tugba
Background Understanding the complex, multifaceted, and often subconscious emotional and cognitive perspectives of undergraduate dental students regarding their education is crucial. Personality types and stress levels are believed to play a significant role in shaping these perceptions. Employing metaphors—using a familiar and concrete concept to explain an unfamiliar or abstract one—is an effective cognitive transfer technique for exploring students’ views on dental education. This cross-sectional study aims to investigate dental students’ perceptions of their education through metaphor analysis. Additionally, it aims to examine the relationship between students’ personality types and stress levels, offering deeper insights into the factors influencing their educational experiences. Me...
Use of dental photography in pediatric dentistry practice
Sahin, Meryem
This study assesses how pediatric dentists currently use dental photography in clinical practice,including the frequency, reasons, challenges faced, coping strategies, equipment used, and to examinedifferences based on gender, institution, title, and experience. An online survey with 29 questions,created using Google Forms, was distributed to 195 specialists, research assistants, and academiciansin pediatric dentistry from January to June 2025. Pediatric dentists who volunteered and completedthe survey were included in the study. Results were analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics Version 21.Dental photography was used in pediatric dentistry to a limited extent, especially in trauma cases,and more frequently in university hospitals. The main challenges were cooperation and anatomicallimitations...