Welcome to the Department of Dental Public Health preceptor web portal where you will be able to view four videos provided by the directors of undergraduate operative, prosthetic, periodontic & endodontic programs intended to provide an overview of what is being taught and how students are assessed at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. To access the videos click on the button on the right (Instructions for obtaining a UMID to access the videos can be found below).
Clinical Instruction Videos Access - UMID required
The videos linked below are intended to provide preceptors with a teaching philosophy overview for these disciplines; will help to answer some questions you may have about what students are taught; and provide you with an idea of what can be expected of students.
Before viewing the clinical instruction videos, you MUST HAVE a valid UMID. If you do not know your UMID, go to https://directory.umaryland.edu and click the ‘Forgot your Password’ link, or contact CAMPUS IT at help@umaryland.edu or 410-706-HELP (4357).
If you DO NOT have a UMID, please fill out the following request form to obtain a UMID.
Evidence Based Dentistry Resources
The ADA defines evidence-based dentistry (EBD) as "an approach to oral healthcare that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient’s oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist’s clinical expertise and the patient’s treatment needs and preferences.”
The resources below are meant to provide you with easy access to tools and resources that can be utilized in practicing EBD to enhance your treatment of patients.
PubMed is a database for published scientific articles. As a tool for EBD, this database can be used in finding articles to conduct systematic reviews, as well as finding individual articles referenced in already completed systematic reviews and guidelines. Singular articles alone should not be the basis of a treatment decision in EBD. To learn how to use PubMed, visit their tutorials page.
The ADA Center for EBDTM is a resource hub that explains evidence-based dentistry, provides access to systematic reviews, critical summaries, and clinical guidelines on high profile topics in dentistry, and features evidence-based dentistry experts.
The Cochrane Collaboration® provides access to a database of systematic reviews and protocols for Cochrane Reviews on a variety of health care topics. To view the reviews on dentistry and oral health care topics, choose browse by topic and choose "Dentistry & Oral Health Care."
The International Association of Dental Traumatology provides summarized guidelines PDF for the evaluation of management and traumatic dental injuries, as well as resources for patients.
