Agouropoulos Andreas, Seymen Figen, Kupietzky Ari, Bönecker Marcelo
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Int J Paediatr Dent. 2024 Jan;34(1):58-65. doi: 10.1111/ipd.13097. Epub 2023 Jun 28.
Published information on the teaching and recognition of paediatric dentistry (PD) is limited worldwide.
The aim of this study was to investigate the status of current teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate training in PD and identify differences by country-level economic development.
Representatives from 80 national member societies of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry (IAPD) were invited to complete a questionnaire on undergraduate and postgraduate PD curricula, types of postgraduate education offered, and recognition of the specialty. Country economic development level was classified according to the World Bank criteria. The chi-squared test and the Spearman correlation coefficient were used for data analysis (α = 0.005).
Response rate was 63%. Teaching of PD at the undergraduate level was present in all countries, but PD specialization, master's, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) coursework were offered in 75%, 64%, and 53% of surveyed countries, respectively. Postgraduate specialization courses were offered in a significantly larger proportion of high-income countries than in upper-middle- or lower-middle-income countries (p < .01). In 20% of participating countries, PD was not an officially recognized specialty with no difference in recognition of the specialty by country's economic development level (p = .62).
Paediatric dentistry is taught at the undergraduate level universally, but at the postgraduate level, significantly fewer courses are available, especially in lower-income countries.
全球范围内，关于儿童牙科学（PD）教学与认知的已发表信息有限。
本研究旨在调查本科及研究生阶段儿童牙科学培训的当前教学状况，并按国家经济发展水平确定差异。
邀请了国际儿童牙科学会（IAPD）80个国家会员协会的代表填写一份关于本科及研究生儿童牙科学课程、提供的研究生教育类型以及该专业认可度的问卷。根据世界银行标准对国家经济发展水平进行分类。采用卡方检验和斯皮尔曼相关系数进行数据分析（α = 0.005）。
回复率为63%。所有国家都开展了本科阶段的儿童牙科学教学，但在接受调查的国家中，分别有75%、64%和53%提供儿童牙科学专科、硕士和博士课程。高收入国家提供研究生专科课程的比例显著高于中高收入或中低收入国家（p < 0.01）。在20%的参与国家中，儿童牙科学不是官方认可的专业，且该专业的认可度在不同经济发展水平的国家间无差异（p = 0.62）。
儿童牙科学在本科阶段普遍开设，但在研究生阶段，课程明显较少，尤其是在低收入国家。
