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LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of the course, students will:
• know the different steps of research preparation.
• have knowledge on finding bibliography or writing a research article.
• know the criteria that help in assessing research papers.
• have come in contact with research done in both the field of prosthodontics and the field of dental materials.
SYLLABUS
For educational reasons, the course is divided into two parts, the General one and the Special one. The general part refers to the steps in the research process regardless of the field of study. Preparing a research paper starts with choosing a topic. The steps that follow are finding bibliography, organizing research according to the research protocol, pilot studying, collecting and analyzing data and finally presenting it and publishing it in a scientific journal.
The special part refers to research methodology in Dental Technology. More specifically, issues such as methodology for studying dental materials, prostheses, specimen fabrication, testing, etc.
The course is completed in 13 lectures as follows:
1. Introduction-Science-Scientists / Researchers-Knowledge-Research Models
2. Starting and selecting the topic-Research categories – Method selection
3. Research of the literature
4. Research organization – Data collection and analysis
5. Writing – Presentation of results – Ethics in research
6. Research in Dental Technology-Types of research that are of interest to Dental Technology
7. Construction of essays-Study of materials of Dental Technology- Instruments for measuring the durability of materials- Method of measurement
8. Construction of non-geometric specimens Measurement of stresses in prosthetic works
9. Photoelasticity- Finite Element Analysis (FEA) method
10 Brittle coatings- Strain gauges
11. Data entry and analysis in special statistical software-Example of mixed research in dental technology Application of mixed research in the statistical program-Experiment with two sets of essays
12. Statistical evaluation of more than two mean values (ANOVA) -Experiments of many groups and factors with non-repetitive measurements
13. Experiments with repeated measurements on the same specimens- ANOVA with repeated measurements within the same specimens and with two factors