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The role of oral biology departments in dental education
Author(s) -
Gotjamanos T
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.1981.45.6.tb01467.x
Subject(s) - staffing , scope (computer science) , curriculum , medical education , oral medicine , medicine , engineering ethics , dentistry , psychology , nursing , computer science , pedagogy , engineering , programming language
This paper defines the scope of oral biology, examines patterns of organization and staffing of oral biology departments, discusses the rationale for including courses in oral biology in the undergraduate curriculum, and the organization and content of such courses. Future trends in oral biology are outlined and the conclusion is reached that until clinical departments can assume primary responsibility for ensuring that basic sciences are adequately correlated with clinical dentistry, the need for an oral biology department within a dental school will continue to exist. Furthermore, departments of oral biology must collaborate closely with the clinical departments to develop unified teaching programs that encourage the use of basic science material in solving clinical problems