NCT07203456

Testing Educational Modalities for Temporomandibular Disorders Curriculum

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Midwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Type	Name	Description
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

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-13
• Primary completion: 2026-10-01
• Completion: 2026-10-01
• First posted: 2025-10-02
• Last updated: 2025-10-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States