The World-Wide Web (WWW) is an economical and efficient way of delivering information. It was used in Oral Radiology internship training due to the convenience and ability to deliver cross-platform media. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an asynchronous tele-education on the WWW using a course management system (Top Class, WBT Systems, Dublin, Ireland) for Oral Radiology internship training. This course management system (CMS) provides comprehensive communication functions for the students and instructors over the Internet. Twenty-four dental students took the one-semester Oral Radiology course six months before the students went through their summer session of Oral Radiology Internship training. During this internship training period, the students were divided into two equal groups. One group was assisted by training materials on the WWW, and the other group was assisted by training materials using a CMS on the WWW. We found that review of the materials in the Oral Radiology course is important for summer Oral Radiology internship training. Retention after the summer session of internship training in the Oral Radiology course was 75.1% for the first group and 83.0% for the second group. Paired t tests showed that there was no difference between these two groups on the first exam (t=0.24, P=0.41). However, asynchronous WWW based Oral radiology training using a CMS was more effective than without the use of CMS (t=2.35, P=0.05). Further long-term studies with more complete and subjective evaluation tools are needed to better understand the effectiveness of the CMS on Oral Radiology teaching.