Educational planning for the undergraduate Endodontics course should incorporate new techniques to improve the training process. In this context, the ProDesign M (PDM) manual nickel-titanium instruments introduced an innovative approach to root canal preparation. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of their introduction into undergraduate education through the perception and satisfaction of faculty and students.
Methods:
Fifty-four faculty members and 285 students from Dental Schools in Brazil responded to a virtual multiple-choice questionnaire. The questions compared the manual preparation technique used before PDM (a technique combining cervical preparation burs with stainless steel instruments and/or conventional NiTi instruments) with the technique using PDM.
Results:
Faculty reported greater ease in teaching the PDM technique (92.6%), improved student learning (94.4%), better quality of endodontic treatment (90.7%), ease of technique execution (90.7%), shorter working time (96.3%), less fatigue (96.3%), and increased student interest (94.4%).
Students reported that the PDM technique allowed for greater ease (89.8%) and safety (93%) in execution, better quality of endodontic treatment (90.9%), shorter working time (96.5%), less fatigue (95.8%), and that it was their technique of choice for future endodontic treatments (96.5%).
Conclusions:
The introduction of PDM instruments into undergraduate teaching was positive, with high satisfaction among both faculty and students, and optimization of the teaching-learning process.
