Department of Stomatology, Section of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, s/n, Granada, 18071, Spain.
President of the Spanish Association of Orthodontists (AESOR), Madrid, Spain.
BMC Oral Health. 2023 May 11;23(1):280. doi: 10.1186/s12903-023-02987-z.
Although the European Economic Space usually acts in a united and organized way, several main differences are found regarding the type and number of dental specialties all around this group of member states. The aim of the study is to analyse the inequalities and similarities existing between 21 European countries, highlighting the number and types of recognized dental specialties.
Available official documents and webpages from 20 out of the 30 countries of which the European Economic Space is comprised plus the United Kingdom (UK), were analysed to obtain reliable data referred to dental specialties. Differences were tested with the Lorentz curve and Gini test. Additionally, a Cluster analysis was performed to obtain groups of countries with a similar pattern in the number and type of dental specialties.
Up to a total of 15 different specialties are officially recognized in all the analysed countries. Orthodontics (90%) and Oral Surgery (81%) are the two most frequently recognized specialties. The total global degree of inequality of the analysed countries was 40.2%. Cluster analysis differentiated three different main groups of countries according to the number and type of dental specialties.
The situation of dental specialties in the area of the EES plus the UK exhibits an unequal organization. Cluster analysis showed 3 main clusters of countries with a similar pattern of dental specialties.
尽管欧洲经济区通常以统一和有组织的方式行事，但在该集团成员国中，仍发现了一些关于牙科专业类型和数量的主要差异。本研究旨在分析 21 个欧洲国家之间存在的不平等和相似之处，重点介绍已认可的牙科专业数量和类型。
分析了欧洲经济区的 30 个成员国中的 20 个国家以及英国的官方文件和网页，以获取有关牙科专业的可靠数据。利用洛伦兹曲线和基尼系数检验来检验差异。此外，还进行了聚类分析，以获得在牙科专业数量和类型方面具有相似模式的国家组。
在所有分析的国家中，共有 15 种不同的专业被正式认可。正畸学（90%）和口腔外科学（81%）是最常被认可的两个专业。分析国家的总不平等程度为 40.2%。聚类分析根据牙科专业的数量和类型将国家分为三个主要组。
EES 地区加上英国的牙科专业情况组织不均等。聚类分析显示，有三个具有相似牙科专业模式的主要国家组。
