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ArticleJournal of dental education2026

Making the Case for Open Dental Education.

Casey D Wright, Pamela P Smalley, Fanny Eliza Bondah, Jennifer L Lehto, Tonia Morley, Danelle Orange, Elisabeta Karl, Royce Kimmons

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of dental education, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Making the Case for Open Dental Education.Journal of dental education · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Casey D WrightSchool of Dental Medicine, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima, Washington, USA.
Pamela P SmalleyDepartment of Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Fanny Eliza BondahDepartment of Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Jennifer L LehtoChippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA.
Tonia MorleyMilwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Danelle OrangeRaynor Library, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Elisabeta KarlSchool of Dentistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Royce KimmonsDepartment of Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.

Funding

US Department of Education
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dental education as a field and dentistry as a profession are facing significant challenges, including workforce shortages, ever-rising costs, unmet student and community needs, as well as quality of pedagogical practices. Open educational resources are learning objects that are freely accessible and are able to be retained, reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed under the philosophy of more openness and sharing. While some efforts are being made to address the aforementioned concerns, the prospects of more readily welcoming and adopting open education have not been discussed as a potential means of alleviating these barriers. Here, we expound on some of the challenges facing dental education and how open educational resources can help address these challenges. Given the reduced barriers and technological advantages, open educational resources and the adoption of more openness in dental education can alleviate some of the individual, institutional, and overall challenges faced by the field of dentistry and the oral healthcare enterprise as a whole.

Indexed as

Education, DentalEducation, DistanceAcademiaAccess to InformationHumansTeachingTeaching Materials

Identifiers

PMID41540895
PMCPMC13568933

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.