Online Restorative Dentistry Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Advantages, Problems and a Hybrid Model Suggestion

 

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Online Restorative Dentistry Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Advantages, Problems and a Hybrid Model Suggestion

Muhammet Kerim AYAR

Abstract

Since March of 2020, face-to-face education in all universities in Turkey was stopped due to the new coronavirus pandemic, and all educational activities started to be carried out with online education. Restorative dentistry education, which includes preclinical and clinical practice courses, has never been done online before. More than a year has passed since this sudden educational model change. The problems and advantages encountered in the online restorative dentistry education during pandemic have been analyzed in the present article. In addition, a hybrid education model has been suggested to improve restorative dentistry education in the new era just entered.

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Cite as: AYAR, Muhammet Kerim. Online Restorative Dentistry Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Advantages, Problems and a Hybrid Model Suggestion. Gelenbevi Scientific Research Journal, 2021; 1(1):5-8