Beyond the Drill: Can Digital Gadgets Redefine the Future of Dental Education?
To fully harness these technologies, stakeholders must address evidence gaps, validate cognitive benefits and align curricula with modern learner expectations. This letter calls for urgent collaboration among educators, institutions and industry to overcome barriers, ensuring dental education evolves to meet 21st-century demands for equitable, high-quality oral healthcare delivery.
Authors
- Suzie Bergman
- Gitana Rėderienė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9131-7190)
- Andreea Cristiana Didilescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2915-5124)
- Małgorzata Ponto‐Wolska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4280-204X)
- Dalia E Meisha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8234-690X)
- A. Kada
- Laura Andriukaitienė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9965-4017)
- Łukasz Zadrożny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1520-0243)
- Gianrico Spagnuolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-9786)
- Nicla Flacco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2937-2479)
- Henry F. Duncan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8690-2379)
- Necdet Adanir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6235-3448)
- Gülsün Gül
- Peter Lingström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0798-8520)
- Samantha Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0217-2781)
- N Barakat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0600-9412)
- Mikko Liukkonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4259-4041)
- Outi Huhtela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1853-3182)
- Khaled Elsayed Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3425-3316)
- Hany Mohamed Aly Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0776-9288)
- Amanda Jackson
- Sobia Zafar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5551-8147)
- Nеshka Manchorova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7822-2752)
- Masako Nagasawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4436-2129)
- Margaret Cox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7002-808X)
- Barry Quinn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9058-3849)
- Sompop Bencharit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1209-9362)
- Ulf Örtengren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6335-9737)
- Jorge Tricio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2364-9828)
- Reinhard Chun Wang Chau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5691-6806)
- Szabolcs Felszeghy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-3939)
- Damiano Pasqualini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0365-0626)
- MengWei Pang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3524-7049)
- Daniela Valenzuela
- Murat Mutluay
- Nisrine El Arrouf
- Esther Carramolino Cuellar
- Maria Florencia Sittoni Pino
- María Paz Rodríguez Hopp
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Mohammed V University (MA)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Universitat de València (ES)
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Concepción (CL)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- King's College London (GB)
- King Abdulaziz University (SA)
- Universidad de Los Andes, Chile (CL)
- Universitas Airlangga (ID)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Medical University Plovdiv (BG)
- American Dental Hygienists' Association (US)
- American Dental Education Association (US)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- Education University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne (AU)
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (GB)
- Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- Dublin Dental University Hospital (IE)
- University of Turin (IT)
- Andalas University (ID)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- Niigata University (JP)
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway (NO)
- Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Universidad Europea de Madrid (ES)
- Universidad Diego Portales (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal Of Dental Education
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/eje.70079
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82