Surveying Dentists Graduated from Mashhad Dental School about Educational Curriculum and Their Professional Requirements

Dental treatment has always been the subject of change through scientific and technologic development. In spite of the progress in medical and dental education, most of universities worldwide use traditional educational methods. The present study aims at surveying the opinions of new graduated dentists regarding their education and their needs in dental practice. The questionnaires were distributed among 70 new graduated dentists from Mashhad Dental School selected randomly. The questionnaire includes 17 dentistry capabilities item essential for being recognized as efficient dentists. SPSS (15.0.3) is used for Data analysis. Among 17 dentistry capabilities items included, most dentists feel efficient in moral, treatment plan, preventive treatment, anxiety and pain control, periodontal therapy, surgery, restorative and prosthetic treatment, dental office management while in other capabilities such as examination and diagnosis, root canal therapy, dental emergencies, TMD treatment, occlusion and orthodontic therapy they feel deficiency.   There should be a revise and more research on educational methods in diagnosis, endodontic treatment, emergencies, TMD treatment, occlusion and orthodontic treatment. Keywords: Dental education, dentist, professional requirements