Use of an interactive teaching modality in predoctoral oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Purpose: Although only a small percentage of any dental class will pursue oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) as a career, it is imperative that educators engender interest and foster knowledge of the specialty to the entire predoctoral class. We sought to enhance the educational experience in the predoctoral OMS rotation by employing an interactive teaching technique.

Materials And Methods: During 1 academic year, 108 predoctoral dental students rotated through the OMS clinical rotation at 1 institution.