Natural Model Training, An Alternative Way To Enhance Learning in Pediatric Dentistry

Objective: educational teaching of the diagnosis of resorbed root for pulpectomy in deciduous teeth radiography has always been a big challenge in pediatric denti-stry.the purpose of the study was to propose a new practical methodology to improve the quality of learning in students of dentistry.materials and methods: extracted deciduous teeth were molded in the transpa-rent epoxy resin as their real position in the jawbone. then, their own pre-extraction radiographs were attached to them. forty dental students were random-ly allocated to the control group of conventional teaching and experimental group of natural model training. all participants were attended in a validated exam and the data were analyzed. a questionnaire was designed with an answer choice in lickert scale to measure the students' attitude towards the new method and finally the data were reported with descriptive statistics.results: the mean of the learning degree in the experimental group was graded 9.2± 3.2 and was significantly higher than 5.8± 1.1 which belongs to the partici-pants of the conventional method as control (p= 0.04 <0.05).conclusion: considering the limitation of this study, using natural models in ra-diography training will improve the diagnostic competency and the student’s edu-cational satisfaction in pediatric dentistry.