Abstract

PEREZ GARCIA, Lizandro Michel; SALVAT QUESADA, Miguel  and  CONCEPCION, José Alejandro. The teaching and learning of the diagnosis of dentofacial anomalies, based on the clinical method. Gac Méd Espirit [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.3, pp.01-09. ISSN 1608-8921.

Background: The teaching of the clinical method for diagnosis is a demand of the society expressed in the Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy of the Cuban Party and the Revolution; however, there are weaknesses in its performance in the course in the subject orthodontics of the stomatology career. Objective: To provide orthodontic teachers with elements of the clinical method as support for the teaching and learning of the diagnosis of dentofacial anomalies in the career of stomatology. Development: From identifying the shortcomings of the process and a theoretical framework, considerations for the teaching and learning of the diagnosis of dentofacial anomalies are offered supported by the clinical method in education in the work of the subject of orthodontics. Conclusions: The findings made it possible to base from theory, using the clinical method for improving the teaching and learning of the diagnosis of dentofacial anomalies.

Keywords : Orthodontics; clinical diagnosis; dentofacial anomalies; maxillofacial abnormalities; tooth abnormalities; education dental.

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