Dental Education: Innovation and Challenge

Dear Colleagues,

Dental education has evolved in regards to advanced educational technologies, digitally competent student body, and ambitious educators. This dynamic and flourishing framework is an invitation to impact both the profession and the learning environment through educational research and innovation.

There is no doubt that the urgency of COVID-19 propelled educators into a new landscape of teaching and led us to ponder deeper on themes such as digitalization, examination, residency, artificial intelligence, and even the mental health of our students and colleagues.

Now, as we are returning to normality, we may be both enriched and scarred, but we are also filled with a notion of recognition of the importance of teaching and learning. In our opinion, it has not been a better time to share knowledge, experience, and data regarding higher education.

The duality of both clinical craftsmanship and medical-oriented healthcare understanding (often a pre-clinical phase) found in dentistry places the profession in a unique position. The education given here, is both theoretical and technical. The effective linkage between the theoretical foundation and the clinical procedure competence remains a pedagogical challenge. In this Special Issue, we invite educators of higher education to offer inspirational insight regarding dental education from both a technical and/or theoretical point of view.

We aim to have a special focus on challenges and innovation, as understood by educators, in both teaching methodologies and the student-oriented outcomes thereof. In the words of Scott Hayden, "Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together".

Prof. Dr. Amer Sehic
Prof. Dr. Qalbi Khan
Guest Editors

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• basic sciences
• curriculum advancement
• digital dentistry education
• educational technology integration
• innovative teaching methods
• preclinical education
• remote learning challenges
• student wellbeing in dentistry