Kantor M L, Schneider D, O Carroll M K
New Jersey Dental School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2001 Jan;91(1):101-8. doi: 10.1067/moe.2001.111756.
To assess the actual state of oral and maxillofacial radiology departments in US and Canadian dental schools against the ideal characteristics defined by the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (AAOMR) 1997 position paper.
Cross-sectional survey of all 65 US and Canadian dental schools.
Sixty-four surveys were returned (98%). At most schools, oral and maxillofacial radiology (OMR) was an identifiable division of a department, established policies, and had operational authority for radiographic practices in the primary radiology clinic. The majority of full-time faculty (72%) had formal training in OMR; the majority of part-time faculty (86%) did not. Full-time faculty spent approximately 60% of their time teaching, with the remainder of their time divided among research and scholarship, faculty practice, and service. Routine x-ray equipment was universally available; advanced imaging technologies were not. OMR faculty involvement in the interpretation of radiographs varied across diseases and conditions. Most published scholarship (85%+) was produced by full-time faculty. Average output was 1 paper per person per year, but a relatively small cadre of OMR faculty generated most papers.
In some attributes, the status of OMR closely approximated the ideal characteristics established in the AAOMR report. Among the remaining attributes, bridging the difference between the actual and the ideal will be the challenge for the next 5 years.
根据美国口腔颌面放射学会（AAOMR）1997年立场文件所定义的理想特征，评估美国和加拿大牙科学院口腔颌面放射科的实际状况。
对美国和加拿大所有65所牙科学院进行横断面调查。
共收回64份调查问卷（98%）。在大多数学校，口腔颌面放射科（OMR）是一个可识别的科室部门，有既定政策，并且在主放射科诊所对放射检查操作拥有运营权。大多数全职教员（72%）接受过口腔颌面放射学的正规培训；大多数兼职教员（86%）没有。全职教员大约60%的时间用于教学，其余时间分配在研究与学术、教员诊疗以及服务上。常规X线设备普遍可用；先进成像技术则不然。口腔颌面放射科教员对X光片解读的参与程度因疾病和情况而异。大多数已发表的学术成果（85%以上）是由全职教员完成的。平均产出是每人每年1篇论文，但大部分论文是由相对少数的口腔颌面放射科教员撰写的。
在某些方面，口腔颌面放射科的状况与AAOMR报告中确立的理想特征非常接近。在其余方面，弥合实际与理想之间的差距将是未来5年面临的挑战。
