Schmidt-Westhausen A M, Bornstein M M
Oralmedizin, zahnärztliche Röntgenologie und Chirurgie, CharitéCentrum für Zahn-, Mund und Kieferheilkunde, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2011 Sep;54(9):1061-5. doi: 10.1007/s00103-011-1329-7.
Oral medicine is a dental specialty that bridges the traditional areas of health between dentistry and medicine. International descriptions reflect this and oral medicine is defined as "the dental speciality placed at the interface between medicine and dentistry and is concerned with the diagnosis and management of (non-dental) pathology affecting the oral and maxillofacial region." Oral medicine specialists provide clinical care to patients with a wide variety of orofacial conditions, including oral mucosal diseases, orofacial pain syndromes, salivary gland disorders, and oral manifestations of systemic diseases. There is a growing need to implement this specialty globally: due to the rapid progress in both medicine and dentistry, and to the growing percentage of senior citizens in many countries, the adequate diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases will become even more complex in the future. In this article, the authors' intention is to point out that oral medicine is neither a recognized specialty nor a distinct field of study in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland; thus, the need for postgraduate training in this field in countries where oral medicine is not a specialization is emphasized.
口腔医学是一门牙科专业，它架起了牙科与医学这两个传统健康领域之间的桥梁。国际上对口腔医学的描述也体现了这一点，口腔医学被定义为“处于医学与牙科交叉领域的牙科专业，关注影响口腔颌面部区域的（非牙科）病理状况的诊断和管理”。口腔医学专家为患有各种口腔面部疾病的患者提供临床护理，这些疾病包括口腔黏膜疾病、口腔面部疼痛综合征、唾液腺疾病以及全身性疾病的口腔表现。在全球范围内实施这一专业的需求日益增长：由于医学和牙科的快速发展，以及许多国家老年人口比例的不断增加，未来口腔疾病的准确诊断和治疗将变得更加复杂。在本文中，作者旨在指出，在德国、奥地利或瑞士，口腔医学既不是一个公认的专业，也不是一个独立的研究领域；因此，强调了在口腔医学不是一个专业领域的国家开展该领域研究生培训的必要性。
