Stewart B L, Macmillan C H, Ralph W J
School of Dental Science (Restorative Dentistry), University of Melbourne.
Aust Dent J. 1990 Jun;35(3):294-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1990.tb05410.x.
A survey of dentists registered with the Dental Board and resident in the State of Victoria included two sections, one for specialist/restricted practitioners and the other for practitioners, who had gained a postgraduate degree from the University of Melbourne between December 1982 and 1987. The responses of the former suggested that demand for most specialist services appears to be reasonably healthy at the moment and the majority of the latter indicated that they had been adequately trained for specialist practice. It was suggested that there are several market forces which could influence the number of applicants seeking specialist training in future. Strongest demand was likely to be sustained for oral surgery and orthodontics. This is despite evidence of a decline in demand for specialist orthodontic services in private practice. Attention was drawn to the 1986 Ministerial Review of Dental Services in Victoria, in which concern was expressed for the lack of access to orthodontic services for low income families. It was proposed that more cost-effective methods of deploying orthodontic personnel could be used, as in other countries, to provide this access. Demand for specialist services in endodontics, paediatric dentistry, periodontics and prosthodontics could decline in future as general practitioners steadily broaden their range of services through continuing education courses.
一项针对在牙科委员会注册并居住在维多利亚州的牙医的调查包括两个部分，一部分针对专科医生/受限从业者，另一部分针对在1982年12月至1987年期间从墨尔本大学获得研究生学位的从业者。前者的回应表明，目前对大多数专科服务的需求似乎相当旺盛，而后者中的大多数表示他们已接受过充分的专科实践培训。有人指出，有几种市场力量可能会影响未来寻求专科培训的申请人数量。口腔外科和正畸科的需求可能会持续保持最强劲。尽管有证据表明私人执业中专科正畸服务的需求有所下降。人们注意到1986年维多利亚州牙科服务部长级审查，其中对低收入家庭难以获得正畸服务表示关切。有人提议，可以像其他国家那样，采用更具成本效益的方式来配置正畸人员，以提供这种服务。随着全科医生通过继续教育课程不断扩大其服务范围，未来牙髓病学、儿童牙科、牙周病学和修复学等专科服务的需求可能会下降。
