Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Division of Preventive Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Apr 27;46(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s40463-017-0211-5.
This study surveyed non-United States maxillofacial prosthodontists (MFP) to determine their practice profile and rationale for pursuing an MFP career.
Email addresses for the MFP were obtained from the International Society for Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, and International Academy for Oral Facial Rehabilitation. Emails with a link to the electronic survey program were sent to each participant. Chi-square and Mann-Whitney-U tests were used to investigate the influence of formal MFP training on professional activities and type of treatments provided.
One hundred twelve respondents (response rate 39%) from 33 nationalities returned the survey. The top three reasons for pursuing an MFP career were personal satisfaction, prosthodontics residency exposure, and mentorship. The predominant employment setting was affiliation with a university (77%). There were significant differences between respondents with and without formal MFP training regarding provision of surgical treatments (P = 0.021) and dental oncology (P = 0.017). Most treatments were done together with otolaryngology, oral surgery (68%) and head and neck surgery (61%). Practitioners not affiliated with a university spent significantly more time in clinical practice (P = 0.002), whereas respondents affiliated with universities spent significantly more time in teaching/training (P = 0.008) and funded research (P = 0.015).
Personal satisfaction is the most important factor in a decision to choose an MFP career. Most of the MFPs work at a university and within a multidisciplinary setting. There were differences regarding type of treatments provided by respondents with and without formal MFP training.
本研究调查了非美国颌面修复医师（MFP），以确定他们的实践概况和从事 MFP 职业的理由。
从国际颌面康复学会、美国颌面修复学会和国际口腔颌面康复学会获得 MFP 的电子邮件地址。向每位参与者发送带有电子调查程序链接的电子邮件。使用卡方检验和曼-惠特尼 U 检验来研究正规 MFP 培训对专业活动和提供的治疗类型的影响。
来自 33 个国家的 112 名受访者（回复率 39%）回复了调查。从事 MFP 职业的前三大原因是个人满意度、修复学住院医师培训经历和指导。主要就业场所是与大学有关联（77%）。有正规 MFP 培训和没有正规 MFP 培训的受访者在提供手术治疗（P=0.021）和牙科肿瘤学（P=0.017）方面存在显著差异。大多数治疗与耳鼻喉科、口腔颌面外科（68%）和头颈外科（61%）一起进行。未与大学有关联的从业者在临床实践中花费的时间明显更多（P=0.002），而与大学有关联的受访者在教学/培训（P=0.008）和资助研究（P=0.015）方面花费的时间明显更多。
个人满意度是选择 MFP 职业的最重要因素。大多数 MFP 在大学和多学科环境中工作。有正规 MFP 培训和没有正规 MFP 培训的受访者在提供的治疗类型方面存在差异。
