Wotman S
Case Western Reserve University, School of Dentistry, Cleveland, OH 44106.
J Public Health Dent. 1991 Spring;51(2):103-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1991.tb02189.x.
Major changes affecting oral health in the United States have provided new leadership challenges for public health dentistry. Two new roles for dental public health are proposed: leadership in the incorporation of expanded public health skills into the education of every clinical dentist; and a broadening of the specialty in a manner similar to that of preventive medicine, involving the creation of subspecialties in public health dentistry, occupational environmental dentistry, and management policy dentistry. The current status of community dentistry departments in dental schools and programs of public health education for dental personnel in schools of public health are reviewed. Content is suggested for the incorporation of expanded public health skills into the education of every clinical dentist.
美国口腔健康领域发生的重大变化给公共卫生牙科带来了新的领导挑战。本文提出了牙科公共卫生的两个新角色：在将扩展的公共卫生技能纳入每位临床牙医教育过程中发挥领导作用；以类似于预防医学的方式拓宽该专业领域，包括创建公共卫生牙科、职业环境牙科和管理政策牙科等亚专业。本文回顾了牙科学院社区牙科部门的现状以及公共卫生学院针对牙科人员的公共卫生教育项目。文中还就如何将扩展的公共卫生技能纳入每位临床牙医的教育提出了相关内容建议。
