Digitalisation is an expanding field in dentistry and implementation of digital teaching methods in dental education is an essential part of modern education. Therefore, two digital training modules were implemented in the preclinical curriculum at the Justus Liebig University Giessen. The aim of this study was to assess the students’ perspective on the implementation with a questionnaire survey. Since the fall term 2017/18, students of the course of dental prosthodontics I attended the training module I, where they learned to use computer-aided learning (CAL) approaches for the digital analysis of tooth preparations. In training module II, students of the course of dental prosthodontics II learned how to manufacture a computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing restoration. After the completion of the training modules, all students starting with the fall term 2017/18 to the spring term 2019 were asked to fill in a questionnaire regarding the aspects of handling, didactic benefit, motivation, and overall assessment. Students rated the implementation of digital aspects in teaching as positive in terms of handling, didactic benefit, and motivation, but gave preference to the assessment of the tooth preparations by dental instructors. In addition, students assessed the feedback from the faculty regarding tips and tricks better than the digital feedback. More than 90% of the students indicated that they could imagine using an intraoral scanner for treatment of patients in the dental office in future. The results of the present study revealed a positive perspective of students on the implementation of digital dentistry in the preclinical curriculum. However, difficulties with CAL systems were reported and most students preferred evaluation of preparation by dental instructors. Thus, CAL approaches offer an additional teaching method besides the traditional teaching of manual skills.

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牙科学生对临床前课程中数字牙科实施的看法：问卷调查。

数字化是牙科领域的一个扩展领域，在牙科教育中实施数字教学方法是现代教育的重要组成部分。因此，在贾斯图斯·利比希大学吉森的临床前课程中实施了两个数字培训模块。这项研究的目的是通过问卷调查评估学生对实施的看法。自2017/18秋季学期开始，我参加牙科修复课程I的学生参加了培训模块I，在那里他们学习了使用计算机辅助学习（CAL）方法进行牙齿准备的数字分析。在II培训模块中，II牙修复学课程的学生学习了如何制造计算机辅助设计/计算机辅助制造修复体。完成培训模块后，从2017/18秋季学期开始至2019年春季学期的所有学生均被要求填写有关处理，教益，动机和整体评估方面的问卷。学生将数字化方面的教学在操作，教学上的益处和动机方面评为积极，但偏爱牙科教师对牙齿准备的评估。此外，与数字反馈相比，学生评估了教师对技巧和窍门的反馈更好。超过90％的学生表示，他们可以想象将来使用口腔内扫描仪在牙科诊所治疗患者。本研究的结果揭示了学生对在临床前课程中实施数字牙科的积极看法。然而，据报道CAL系统存在困难，大多数学生更喜欢由牙科教练评估准备情况。因此，除了传统的手工技能教学之外，CAL方法还提供了另一种教学方法。