Al-Hamlan Nasir, Al-Ruwaithi Moatazbellah M, Al-Shraim Nasir, El-Metwaaly Ashraf
Orthodontic Division, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz Dental Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Orthod Sci. 2013 Apr;2(2):67-72. doi: 10.4103/2278-0203.115095.
This study aims to explore the criteria used by graduate students while selecting a career as orthodontists and their future aspirations.
A list of Saudi Board of Orthodontics (SB-Ortho) residents was obtained from the Central and Western regions of the Kingdom and all orthodontic residents (excluding the 1(st) year residents) were invited to participate in this survey. Permission to contact the orthodontic residents was obtained from the respective program directors. The final study sample composed of 36 orthodontic residents.
About 39% of residents chose orthodontic specialty after graduation, nearly 33% selected the career during the undergraduate education while the rest chose the specialty at other stages. Approximately, 67% of the residents chose orthodontic specialty because it is intellectual challenging. Around 25% of residents choose orthodontic to improve their earning and 39% join orthodontic for job prestige. Around 50% of orthodontic Saudi residents planned to use self-ligating brackets; 63.9% planned to use invisalign; 86.1% plan to use temporary anchorage devices. About 72% of residents plan to use a cone-beam computerized tomography; 89% plan to use a digital imaging program; 39% plan to use indirect bonding; and 28% plan to use lingual orthodontics. More than half of the residents showed interest to participate in the research and about a quarter of them were willing to work in small cities.
Most of the orthodontic residents in Saudi Arabia take up this specialty as they felt that it was intellectually challenging. The SB-Ortho program adequately prepares the residents in all the modern aspects of the specialty.
本研究旨在探讨研究生在选择正畸医生职业时所使用的标准及其未来抱负。
从沙特王国中部和西部地区获取沙特正畸委员会（SB-Ortho）住院医师名单，并邀请所有正畸住院医师（不包括第一年住院医师）参与本调查。已获得各项目主任允许联系正畸住院医师的许可。最终研究样本由36名正畸住院医师组成。
约39%的住院医师毕业后选择正畸专业，近33%在本科教育期间选择该职业，其余在其他阶段选择该专业。约67%的住院医师选择正畸专业是因为其具有智力挑战性。约25%的住院医师选择正畸是为了提高收入，39%是为了职业声望而加入正畸专业。约50%的沙特正畸住院医师计划使用自锁托槽；63.9%计划使用隐适美；86.1%计划使用临时支抗装置。约72%的住院医师计划使用锥形束计算机断层扫描；89%计划使用数字成像程序；39%计划使用间接粘结；28%计划使用舌侧正畸。超过一半的住院医师表示有兴趣参与研究，约四分之一愿意在小城市工作。
沙特阿拉伯的大多数正畸住院医师选择该专业是因为他们觉得其具有智力挑战性。SB-Ortho项目在该专业的所有现代方面都为住院医师提供了充分的准备。
