Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, dental education institutions throughout the world experienced significant challenges, including a quick shift to an online learning paradigm. Since the pandemic has had a considerable impact on dental education, this research evaluated the perspectives and attitudes towards online learning among undergraduate dental students in Bangladesh. Methods: The research was conducted through a cross-sectional method using self-administered online questionnaires. The questionnaire included information on the students’ sociodemographic status, their views, and their attitudes about the changes in the educational system, specifically regarding online learning. The study gathered data from 952 undergraduate students from 14 dental institutions in Bangladesh. Results: The results suggested that 87.5% of all the students were unsatisfied with their online programs. Most of the respondents who expressed dissatisfaction with their online classes were female, did not receive assistance in overcoming barriers to accessing the classes or materials (64.23%), did not have access to the institutional online-learning management system (OLMS) (67.35%), and did not have access to the online course materials (71.43%). The students considered that the shift to online learning failed to provide quality clinical teaching. Conclusions: The lack of an OLMS was found to be linked with dissatisfaction with online learning among Bangladeshi dental students during the COVID-19 outbreak. Additionally, insufficient time allocation and a lack of support through online training were found to be strongly correlated with the students’ discontent. The overall findings highlight the need to develop and implement effective online dentistry educational interventions to promote academic advancement and key practical skills.

Background: Bangladesh has been attracting international students with interests in various subjects recently. Every year students from different parts of the world come to study undergraduate and postgraduate courses, mostly at private universities in Bangladesh. This study evaluates the depression status among international students who are studying dentistry in Bangladesh. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted among International undergraduate dental students who enrolled in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery program in nine public and private dental colleges in Bangladesh. Participants were selected using a convenience sampling method. A total of 206 students completed the survey where 78.5% of them were female students and 21.5% students were male, and a CES-D 10-item Likert scale questionnaire was used for data collection. The Cronbach alpha for the 10-item CES-D scale for this population is 0.812. Results: The majority of the students (79.5%) are below 24 years of age with a mean age of 23.22 years and standard deviation of 2.3, and are students who cannot communicate well in Bengali (Bangla), about 60% of them have experienced depression. About 77.3% (p < 0.00) of the international students having financial difficulties exhibited depression. The international students who went through financial problems were two times more likely to suffer from depression (OR = 2.38; p-value < 0.01). Conclusion: This study tried to highlight the struggles faced by international students in Bangladesh studying dentistry. It is evident from the findings that several factors influence students’ mental well-being during demanding dental education years.

Background Bangladesh has been attracting international students on various subjects in recent times. Every year students from different parts of the world come to study undergraduate and postgraduate courses, mostly at private universities in Bangladesh. This study evaluates the depression status among international students who are studying dentistry in Bangladesh. Methods This cross-sectional survey was conducted among International undergraduate dental students who enrolled in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery program in nine public and private dental colleges in Bangladesh. A total of 206 students completed the survey, and CES-D 10 items Likert scale questionnaire was used for data collection. The Cronbach alpha for CES-D 10 scale items for this population is 0.812. Results The majority of the students (79.5%) are below 24 years of age, and students who cannot communicate well in Bengali (Bangla), about 60% of them have experienced depression. About 77.3% (p< 0.00) of the international students having financial difficulties exhibited depression. The international students who went through financial problems were two times more likely to suffer from depression (OR=2.38; p-value <0.01). Conclusion This study tried to highlight the struggles faced by international students in Bangladesh studying dentistry. It is evident from the findings that several factors influence students' mental well-being during demanding dental education years.

Aims: A descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted comprising 100 non-commissioned soldiers of Bangladesh Army attended Dhaka combined military hospital (CMH) during January to July 2012, to find out the factors affecting their oral health. Materials and Methods: Data were collected by structured questionnaire. Collected data were compiled, tabulated, analyzed by computer using SPSS version 16.0. Results: Mean age of the respondents was 30.16±5.09 (range 20- 41) years where about 60% were married.Most (91%) of themcompleted secondary school certificate. Eightypercent (80%) lived in barracks and 97% had idea about dental diseases and 3% had not.Of all, 73% respondents brushed their teeth once daily and 27%, twice daily.Majority(76%)respondents brushed their teeth at morning and the lowest 11% after breakfast and the rest (13%) brushed their teeth at bed time.Ninety nine percent(99%) respondents used tooth paste as cleaning materials and only 1% respondents used something else.In this study, 40.0% visited dentist once in a year, 17% twice in a year and 43% did never visit dentist without dental problem. Usually48% visited dental chamber for gum bleeding and only 1%visited for regular dental checkups. Among the respondents, 36% visited dental chamber for pain and 15% visited dental chamber for detection of dental caries by themselves. The notable bad habits were not observed among 84.0% of the respondents. A few respondents had smoking (6.0%), betel nut chewing (4.0%) and snuff dipping (3.0%)habits. Of all,63% of the respondents had swelling of gum and 37% had no swelling of gum. Presence and absence of calculus on the gingival margin were found 47% and 53%, respectively. In view of individual perspective,2DMFT had among 40.0% respondents, followed by 1DMFT, 29%, 4DMFT,12%, 3DMFT, 3.0% and 16% respondents had no DMFT. Conclusions: Overall findings suggest that the factors that affect the oral health were smoking, frequency of tooth brushing, having some bat habits and visit to dentist when dental symptoms such as bleeding gums or toothache occurred. Clinical factors included bleeding and swollen gums, toothache and caries. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cdcj.v10i1.13737 City Dent. Coll. J Volume-10, Number-1, January-2013

Class III malocclusions are considered one of the most complex and difficult orthodontic problems to diagnose and treat. Skeletal and /or dental asymmetries in patient presenting with Class III malocclusion can worsen the prognosis recognizing the dentoalveolar and skeletal characteristics of class III malocclusion and their treatment possibilities is essential for a favorable nonsurgical correction. Therefore, this case presents a nonsurgical extraction approach to class III malocclusion treatment which can significantly improve the occlusion and facial deformities. A male patient of 18 yrs attended a private dental office at Dhaka, Bangladesh with the complain of aesthetic problem. On examination, incisor, canine and molar relationships were found Class III on both sides with palatally placed upper central incisors and crowding on both anterior segments. The case was treated orthodontically. It tooks nearly 18 months to complete the treatment. The patient was happy with the new appearance and function. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cdcj.v10i2.16349 City Dent. Coll. J Voume-10, Number-2, July-2013