Koo H, Stebe K
School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
J Dent Res. 2023 Oct;102(11):1177-1179. doi: 10.1177/00220345231183339. Epub 2023 Aug 7.
This perspective article urges the academic community to adopt a coordinated approach uniting dental medicine and engineering to support research, training, and entrepreneurship to address the unmet needs and spur oral health care innovations. We describe a new interschool institute that brings together dentists, scientists and engineers, resources, and a training program dedicated for affordable oral health care innovations, which may serve as a template for dental medicine-engineering integration.
这篇观点文章敦促学术界采取一种协调一致的方法,将牙医学与工程学结合起来,以支持研究、培训和创业,从而满足未得到满足的需求并推动口腔医疗保健创新。我们描述了一个新的跨学院机构,该机构汇聚了牙医、科学家和工程师、资源以及一个致力于可负担得起的口腔医疗保健创新的培训项目,它可作为牙医学与工程学整合的一个范例。