Leonardo Marchini1, Ronald Ettinger2, Xi Chen1, Anastassia Kossioni3, Haiping Tan4, Sayaka Tada5, Kazunori Ikebe6, Elizabeth Bosede Dosumu7, Fadekemi O Oginni8, Patricia Adetokunbo Akeredolu9, Azeez Butali10, Leeann Donnelly11, Mario Brondani12, Bernd Fritzsch13, Henry A Adeola14,15. 1. Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City, United States of America. 2. Department of Prosthodontics, University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City, United States of America. 3. Division of Gerodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. 4. Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. 5. Division of Preventive Dentistry, Department of Oral Health Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata, Japan. 6. Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan. 7. Department of Periodontology & Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. 8. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 9. Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Lagos, Nigeria. 10. Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine College of Dentistry, University of Iowa,, USA. 11. Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 12. Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 13. Director, Center of Aging & Aging Mind and Brain Initiative, Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Science, University of Iowa. 14. Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences and Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. 15. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of the Western Cape at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Abstract
PURPOSE/AIM: To summarize and discuss how geriatric dentistry has been addressed in dental schools of different countries regarding to (1) teaching students at the predoctoral level; (2) advanced training, and (3) research. METHOD AND MATERIALS: A convenience sample of faculty members from a selection of high, upper-middle and lower-middle income countries were recruited to complete the survey. The survey had 5 open-ended main topics, and asked about (1) the size of their elderly population, (2) general information about dental education; (3) the number of dental schools teaching geriatric dentistry, and their teaching methods; (4) advanced training in geriatric dentistry; (5) scholarship/research in geriatric dentistry. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) There is great variation in the size of elderly population; (2) duration of training and content of dental education curriculum varies; (3) geriatric dentistry has not been established as a standalone course in dental schools in the majority of the countries, (4) most countries, with the exception of Japan, lack adequate number of dentists trained in geriatric dentistry as well as training programs, and (5) geriatric dentistry-related research has increased in recent years in scope and content, although the majority of these papers are not in English.
PURPOSE/AIM: To summarize and discuss how geriatric dentistry has been addressed in dental schools of different countries regarding to (1) teaching students at the predoctoral level; (2) advanced training, and (3) research. METHOD AND MATERIALS: A convenience sample of faculty members from a selection of high, upper-middle and lower-middle income countries were recruited to complete the survey. The survey had 5 open-ended main topics, and asked about (1) the size of their elderly population, (2) general information about dental education; (3) the number of dental schools teaching geriatric dentistry, and their teaching methods; (4) advanced training in geriatric dentistry; (5) scholarship/research in geriatric dentistry. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) There is great variation in the size of elderly population; (2) duration of training and content of dental education curriculum varies; (3) geriatric dentistry has not been established as a standalone course in dental schools in the majority of the countries, (4) most countries, with the exception of Japan, lack adequate number of dentists trained in geriatric dentistry as well as training programs, and (5) geriatric dentistry-related research has increased in recent years in scope and content, although the majority of these papers are not in English.
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