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Hui Liang1, Janice P DeWald2, Eric S Solomon2
1Dr. Liang is Professor, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry; Dr. DeWald is Professor Emerita and past Program Director and Chair, Caruth School of Dental Hygiene, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry; and Dr. Solomon is Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. hliang@tamhsc.edu.
Abstract:
Dental hygiene students' performance in oral radiology courses may give an early indication of their readiness prior to taking the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE). The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between dental hygiene students' performance in an oral radiology lecture course and their performance on the NBDHE. Data were collected for all 117 dental hygiene students at Texas A&M University College of Dentistry from 2006 to 2009 who took the NBDHE during their second year of the program. Their final grades and scores on three written section examinations in an oral radiology course taken in their first year were compared with their overall NBDHE scores and raw scores on the oral radiology and case study sections. Moderate correlations (0.3
