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Testing Educational Modalities for Temporomandibular Disorders Curriculum

NCT07203456 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2025-10-02

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Summary

This study is done to assess the change in confidence level, knowledge, and diagnostic ability in TMD-related aspects through the exposure to a Virtual Patient-Based Learning (VPBL) platform featuring temporomandibular disorder (TMD) cases among 3rd and 4th year predoctoral dental students at a larger predoctoral school.

Conditions

  • Confidence
  • Diagnostic Ability

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual Patient Based Learning (VPBL)

A digital platform featuring 20 virtual patients has been built to increase predoctoral student clinical exposure to patients with TMD signs and symptoms

OTHER

Clinical exposure to patients with TMD

Participants in this arm will be exposed to patients with TMD signs and symptoms, to the history taking, interview, clinical examination, diagnostic process, and treatment plan under the supervision of an orofacial pain specialist

OTHER

Clinical exposure to TMD + VPBL

Participants will be exposed to patients with TMD signs and symptoms (including history taking, interview, clinical exam, diagnostic process, and treatment plan) under the supervision of an orofacial pain specialist, and then will be exposed to the corresponding TMD patient on the VPBL, featuring virtual patients with TMD

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Midwestern University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-06-13
Primary Completion
2026-10-01
Completion
2026-10-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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