Publications by authors named "C Puranik"
Article Synopsis
- The pilot study aimed to assess dental educators' knowledge and perceptions of relative value units (RVUs) and their potential benefits in dentistry.
- A survey was conducted with 26 dental educators from various North American dental schools, revealing that those with prior experience were more likely to see RVUs as beneficial for practice management.
- However, there was no agreement on the specific components for determining RVUs in dentistry, indicating a need for more comprehensive research in this area.
Purpose: Although children with language-based learning disabilities (LLD) demonstrate significant difficulties with writing, empirical evidence to support interventions is sparse. Therefore, the purpose of this pilot study was to examine the feasibility and promise of a writing intervention for fourth- and fifth-grade students with LLD (WILLD: writing in students with LLD). The intervention components included word-, sentence-, and discourse-level writing processes and instructional practices using self-regulation strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The purpose of this pilot study was to compare video modeling (VM) to a toothbrushing social story (TSS) for improving oral hygiene in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Methods: Four to 17-year-old children and adolescents with ASD were evaluated at a pre-intervention visit for quality of oral hygiene using plaque and gingival indices. A pre-intervention survey assessed caregivers' perceptions of their children's daily oral hygiene practices.