Restorative Dentistry, Tissue Engineering & Reparative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY, Wales, UK.
J Am Dent Assoc. 2011 Jun;142(6):612-20. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0243.
Resin-based composites are an increasingly popular material for restoring posterior teeth, permitting minimally invasive cavity preparations and esthetic restorations. The authors investigated current teaching of the placement of posterior resin-based composites in U.S. and Canadian dental schools.
In late 2009 and early 2010, the authors, with the assistance of the Consortium of Operative Dentistry Educators (CODE), invited 67 dental schools to participate in an Internet-based survey.
The response rate was 73 percent. Although all schools taught the placement of resin-based composites in occlusal and most occlusoproximal cavities, eight schools (16 percent) did not teach placement of three-surface occlusoproximal resin-based composite restorations in permanent molars. Resin-based composites accounted for 49 percent of direct posterior restorations placed by dental students in 2009 and 2010, a 30 percent increase from 2005.
Teaching placement of posterior resin-based composites continues to increase in dental schools in the United States and Canada, with predoctoral students gaining, on average, an equal amount of experience placing posterior resin-based composites and amalgams in terms of numbers of restorations.
Evidence-based, up-to-date teaching programs, including those in operative dentistry, are needed to best prepare students for careers in dentistry.
树脂基复合材料是一种越来越受欢迎的用于修复后牙的材料，它允许进行微创的窝洞预备和美学修复。作者调查了美国和加拿大牙科学校中后牙树脂基复合材料放置的教学现状。
2009 年底至 2010 年初，作者在操作牙科教育者联盟（CODE）的协助下，邀请了 67 所牙科学校参与了一项基于互联网的调查。
回应率为 73%。尽管所有学校都教授在咬合面和大多数近中颌面窝洞中放置树脂基复合材料，但有 8 所学校（16%）没有教授在恒牙的三个面近中颌面放置树脂基复合材料修复体。2009 年和 2010 年，树脂基复合材料占牙科学员直接进行的后牙修复的 49%，比 2005 年增加了 30%。
在美国和加拿大的牙科学校中，后牙树脂基复合材料的教学继续增加，牙科学员在放置后牙树脂基复合材料和银汞合金方面的经验大致相当，平均每个修复体的数量都有所增加。
需要有循证、最新的教学计划，包括在口腔医学方面，以最好地为学生在口腔医学领域的职业生涯做好准备。
