Clinic for Geriatric and Special Care Dentistry, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine, Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Department of Prosthodontics and Materials Science, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2018 Aug;22(3):e303-e311. doi: 10.1111/eje.12294. Epub 2017 Nov 17.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: In view of the demographic shift, undergraduate dental students should be prepared for growing numbers of older people and their specific needs. The study examines changes in undergraduate dental teaching in Austria, Germany and Switzerland between 2004 and 2014.
Questionnaires were mailed in 2004, 2009 and 2014 to all deans and all department heads of Austrian (n = 4), German (n = 30) and Swiss (n = 4) dental schools.
Response rates were 51% for deans and 47% for heads of department. Gerodontology was taught in 5 German universities, all 3 Swiss and 1 Austrian dental school. Aspects of gerodontology were included in traditional core subjects; however, in a large number of German (88%) and Austrian (50%) universities, dedicated lecture series and seminars are lacking. Changes over time indicate firmly established teaching in Switzerland, minor fluctuations in Austria and reduced dedicated teaching activities in Germany.
Inclusion of gerodontology in the national syllabus is a decisive factor for the integration of the subject into undergraduate courses. The recommendations of the European College of Gerodontology (2009) regarding didactical and practical teaching should be implemented in the respective compulsory syllabus to prepare current undergraduate dental students for the challenges of tomorrow.
目的/目标：鉴于人口结构的变化，本科牙科学生应该为越来越多的老年人及其特定需求做好准备。本研究调查了 2004 年至 2014 年期间奥地利、德国和瑞士本科牙科教学的变化。
2004 年、2009 年和 2014 年向奥地利（n=4）、德国（n=30）和瑞士（n=4）所有牙科学院的院长和系主任邮寄了问卷。
院长的回复率为 51%，系主任的回复率为 47%。5 所德国大学、3 所瑞士大学和 1 所奥地利牙科学院教授老年牙科。老年牙科的各个方面都包含在传统的核心科目中；然而，在许多德国（88%）和奥地利（50%）大学中，缺乏专门的讲座系列和研讨会。随着时间的推移，瑞士的教学已经确立，奥地利略有波动，德国的专门教学活动减少。
将老年牙科纳入国家教学大纲是将该科目纳入本科课程的决定性因素。欧洲老年牙科学院（2009 年）关于教学和实践教学的建议应纳入相应的必修教学大纲，以使当前的本科牙科学生为未来的挑战做好准备。
