Chang Julia Yu-Fong, Cheng Feng-Chou, Liu Tsui-Hua, Lin Tzu-Chiang, Chang Yung-Ta, Chiang Chun-Pin
Graduate Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
J Dent Sci. 2021 Oct;16(4):1162-1169. doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2021.05.005. Epub 2021 Jun 2.
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: In Taiwan, the uneven distribution and the urban-rural gap of dentists are long-standing problems. Thus, the regional balance of domestic dental schools and their students are very important for the further distribution of practicing dentists. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the distributions of dental freshmen enrolled by dental schools of general universities in each city or county and different regions of Taiwan in 2020.
This study mainly collected the number of dental freshmen enrolled by the northern, central, and southern dental schools and further evaluated their distributions in each city or county and different regions of Taiwan in 2020.
The distribution of dental freshmen in Taiwan in 2020 did have a regional imbalance. These dental freshmen were mainly concentrated in municipalities, cities with dental schools, and the northern region of Taiwan. The enrolled dental freshmen tended to choose a dental school which was in the same location as they grew up. We also found that the dental freshmen enrolled by the northern, central, and southern dental schools mostly came from the northern, the northern, and the southern regions of Taiwan, respectively.
We conclude that the dental freshmen are mainly concentrated in municipalities, cities with dental schools, and the northern region of Taiwan. Moreover, the dental freshmen enrolled by the northern or central dental schools mostly come from the northern region of Taiwan and those enrolled by the southern dental schools majorly come from the southern region of Taiwan.
背景/目的：在台湾，牙医分布不均和城乡差距是长期存在的问题。因此，国内牙医学院及其学生的区域平衡对于执业牙医的进一步分布非常重要。本研究的主要目的是评估2020年台湾各市县及不同地区公立大学牙医学院录取的牙科新生分布情况。
本研究主要收集了台湾北部、中部和南部牙医学院录取的牙科新生人数，并进一步评估了2020年他们在台湾各市县及不同地区的分布情况。
2020年台湾牙科新生的分布确实存在区域不平衡。这些牙科新生主要集中在直辖市、设有牙医学院的城市以及台湾北部地区。录取的牙科新生倾向于选择与他们成长地相同地点的牙医学院。我们还发现，台湾北部、中部和南部牙医学院录取的牙科新生大多分别来自台湾北部、北部和南部地区。
我们得出结论，牙科新生主要集中在直辖市、设有牙医学院的城市以及台湾北部地区。此外，台湾北部或中部牙医学院录取的牙科新生大多来自台湾北部地区，而南部牙医学院录取的牙科新生主要来自台湾南部地区。
