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Teaching method influenced root filling quality?252Currently, in the here called “revised programme,” after the pre-clinical training, students proceed with an extensive training in root canal treatment supervised by endodontists in the endodontic clinic. During this simulated clinical training, students perform root canal treatment on extracted human teeth under conditions that closely mimic the actual situation with a patient: the teeth are mounted on an artificial jaw in a manikin head fixed to a dental chair in the clinic, and students have to act, and perform the treatment, as if it is a real patient that they are treating. Upon finishing this training and before they are allowed to perform root canal treatments on patients, students have to prove their competence by a summative assessment. During this assessment (revised assessment), students perform a root canal treatment in an extracted human molar under conditions mimicking the actual situation with a patient same as in the simulated clinical training. As in the former assessment, students’ competence is proven when they demonstrate that they are able to perform good quality root canal treatment without assistance from a supervisor.Changes were also made to the supervision of the students, whilst performing root canal treatment on a patient. Currently, the more complex root canal treatments are performed in the endodontic clinic and supervised by endodontists. The relatively easy root canal treatments are still performed in the main clinic and supervised by general dental practitioners. The complexity of the treatments is Figure 1Undergraduate Clinical Endodontic ProgrammeFormer RevisedPre-clinical training 2nd year Pre-clinical training  Endodontic treatment on patients 4th year Simulated clinical training + Formative assessment Summative assessment (revised)Endodontic treatment on patients+Summative assessment (former) 5th year 6th year Formative assessment Graduation GraduationStructure of the method of teaching endodontology in the undergraduate clinical endodontic programme before (former) and after (revised) the changes in the undergraduate curriculum.Annemarie Baaij.indd 25 28-06-2023 12:26