Bez C, Sklavounou A, Carrozzo M
EAOM Board, Private Practitioner, Milan, Italy.
Past EAOM President, Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology. Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Br Dent J. 2017 Dec;223(9):726-728. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.891. Epub 2017 Oct 27.
Oral medicine (OM) is a relatively young dental specialty usually dealing with the oral healthcare of patients suffering from chronic recurrent and medically-related disorders of the mouth and maxillofacial region and with their diagnosis and mostly non-surgical management. The beginning of OM goes back to 1925 in the USA and 1950s in Europe. However, official specialty recognition is more recent and within Europe, it is only in the UK, Croatia and Israel where OM is recognised by local registering authorities, although in several other European countries it is viewed as a distinct field of study. Despite a broad agreement in OM syllabi and clinical practice, there are still some important differences in its definition and scopes within Europe. It is crucial that European countries agree a consensus definition of OM and clarify competencies and limits, so they may move from institution and region-specific approaches to an international framework. According to the European Directives, it is timely to recognise a minimum three year standard curriculum at a post-graduate level which will lead to uniformity of training for OM residencies in European country members and will eventually provide guidelines for a broader OM specialty recognition.
口腔医学（OM）是一门相对年轻的牙科专业，通常负责为患有口腔和颌面部慢性复发性及与医学相关疾病的患者提供口腔保健服务，并进行诊断以及大多是非手术治疗。口腔医学的起源可追溯到1925年的美国和20世纪50年代的欧洲。然而，官方对该专业的认可则更近一些，在欧洲，只有英国、克罗地亚和以色列的地方注册机构认可口腔医学，尽管在其他几个欧洲国家，它被视为一个独特的研究领域。尽管口腔医学教学大纲和临床实践有广泛共识，但在欧洲，其定义和范围仍存在一些重要差异。欧洲各国就口腔医学的共识定义达成一致并明确能力和界限至关重要，这样它们才能从针对机构和地区的方法转向国际框架。根据欧洲指令，现在是时候认可研究生阶段至少三年的标准课程了，这将使欧洲成员国口腔医学住院医师培训统一，并最终为更广泛的口腔医学专业认可提供指导方针。
