Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, A.T. Still University, Mesa, AZ 85206, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2013 Jun;77(6):773-81.
This study was designed to determine if orthodontic residents are being trained to use lasers in the postgraduate orthodontic residency programs of the United States and Canada. An anonymous electronic survey was sent to the program director/chair of each of the seventy orthodontic residency programs, and thirty-seven (53 percent) of the programs responded. Of these thirty-seven programs, twenty-eight (76 percent) reported providing patient treatment with lasers in the orthodontic graduate program, eight (22 percent) said they do not provide treatment in the orthodontic graduate program, and one program (3 percent) reported providing laser training but not using lasers on patients. Gingivectomy and canine exposure were reported as the most common procedures that residents perform with a laser, while debonding of orthodontic brackets was the least common procedure performed with a laser. A diode laser was the most common type of laser used. Of the eight programs (22 percent) not offering laser training, four indicated having no plans to begin using lasers or training on their use. The other four indicated that they have plans to incorporate laser use in the future.
本研究旨在确定美国和加拿大的正畸住院医师培训计划是否正在培训正畸住院医师使用激光。我们向 70 个正畸住院医师培训计划的项目主任/主席发送了一份匿名电子调查，其中 37 个（53%）做出了回应。在这 37 个项目中，28 个（76%）报告说在正畸研究生课程中为患者提供激光治疗，8 个（22%）表示他们不在正畸研究生课程中提供治疗，1 个项目（3%）报告说提供激光培训但不在患者身上使用激光。牙龈切除术和犬齿暴露被报告为居民使用激光进行的最常见的手术，而拆除正畸托槽则是使用激光进行的最不常见的手术。二极管激光器是最常用的激光类型。在不提供激光培训的 8 个项目（22%）中，有 4 个表示没有计划开始使用激光或进行激光使用培训。另外四个则表示他们计划在未来纳入激光的使用。
