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Trends in Generalist and Specialty Advanced Dental Education and Practice, 2005–06 to 2015–16 and Beyond
Author(s) -
Thierer Todd E.,
Meyerowitz Cyril
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.21815/jde.017.023
Subject(s) - specialty , generalist and specialist species , dental education , medical education , medicine , psychology , family medicine , ecology , biology , habitat
This article reviews the data on advanced dental education for the past decade and explores what advanced dental education might look like in the years leading up to 2040, including how its graduates will address the oral health needs of the population. The authors based these projections on published data about advanced dental education collected by the American Dental Association and other organizations. Nevertheless, a certain degree of speculation was involved. The article presents current data and trends in advanced dental education, environmental factors impacting advanced dental education, and lessons drawn from other areas of health care that support the potential scenarios that are described. This article was written as part of the project “Advancing Dental Education in the 21 st Century.”