Four dental students have come together during the COVID-19 pandemic to create a not-for-profit website called www.revisedental.com. It was created with the aim of helping everyone in the dental profession with their self-directed learning in the fundamental concepts of dentistry.

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Dental students Sum, Mike, Leah and Jaini of Revise Dental (pictured) have used the General Dental Council's (GDC's) Preparing for practice learning objectives and an evidence-based approach to provide lessons in the key aspects of the dental degree.

To supplement this, clinicians have been offering support by donating content on their experiences, presentations or answering student questions from the Revise Dental Community, in order to further student learning. This has been termed 'Premium Content' and encourages students to sign up to the site to enjoy free access to it.

While providing these resources, Revise Dental encourages students and clinicians to donate to the site, in order to raise funds for the BDA Benevolent Fund and the MND Association.

Additionally, to create a community, Revise Dental offers the opportunity for student collaboration. This can be in the form of video teaching, lesson content or sharing student experiences. This was created to inspire students to share information and knowledge with one-another, particularly in times where group learning is limited. It also encourages students to learn new skills involved in presenting, teaching and teamwork.

Moreover, this area has introduced Inter-Professional Education by involving medical students, pharmacists and nutritionists to create content for the site.

The site has raised £200 since launching in May, and has received a huge amount of support from across the globe (eg Australia), from both students and clinicians alike. The team has also received support from the British Dental Students' Association.

Revise Dental team member Sumeet Sandhu said that creating the site 'has been an interesting and character-building exercise, which has allowed the team to learn a variety of skills and understand dental teaching in more depth'.

The site will be beneficial for clinicians, education providers and students to understand the current issues faced by dental students.

'Ultimately, sharing knowledge and encouraging learning will improve and grow the dental profession as a whole, which will benefit patient care and practice,' said Sumeet.