Fenton Sanford J, Hood Henry, Holder Matthew, May Philip B, Mouradian Wendy E
Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Dentistry, Memphis 38163, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2003 Dec;67(12):1337-44.
Recent reports by Special Olympics International and the U.S. Surgeon General have revealed significant disparities and unmet health needs encountered by persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities (MR/DD). Factors contributing to these disparities include deinstitutionalization, increased survival of individuals with MR/DD, lack of appropriately trained providers, and inadequate financing of dental services. To address these problems, a group of academically oriented dentists and physicians formed the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD). The mission of the AADMD is to improve the quality of health services provided to persons with MR/DD by improving dental and medical school-based training of dentists and enhancing clinically relevant research. A central theme of the AADMD is full collaboration between physicians and dentists in meeting its goals. The National Action Strategy developed by the AADMD focuses on creating a series of university-based Developmental Medicine and Dentistry Programs (UDMDPs) in medical and dental schools, which collaborate in service, teaching, and research with community-based primary care clinics, community hospitals, intermediate care facilities, and other private service delivery systems such as the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Program that serve these patients. Oral-systemic interactions will receive special emphasis by the training and research programs.
国际特殊奥林匹克委员会和美国卫生局局长最近的报告显示，智力迟钝及其他发育障碍（MR/DD）患者面临着显著的差异和未得到满足的健康需求。造成这些差异的因素包括去机构化、MR/DD患者存活率的提高、缺乏经过适当培训的医疗服务提供者以及牙科服务资金不足。为了解决这些问题，一群以学术为导向的牙医和医生成立了美国发育医学与牙科学会（AADMD）。AADMD的使命是通过改进牙科和医学院校针对牙医的培训以及加强临床相关研究，提高为MR/DD患者提供的医疗服务质量。AADMD的一个核心主题是医生和牙医在实现其目标方面的充分合作。AADMD制定的国家行动战略侧重于在医学院和牙科学院创建一系列基于大学的发育医学与牙科学项目（UDMDPs），这些项目与社区基层医疗诊所、社区医院、中级护理机构以及其他为这些患者服务的私人服务提供系统（如特殊奥林匹克健康运动员项目）在服务、教学和研究方面开展合作。培训和研究项目将特别强调口腔 - 全身相互作用。
