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P A Zillén

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PubMed2000

World dental demographics.

AIMS: To collect basic data regarding dental workforce and dental education in all countries of the world and to make this data available on the FDI's Website. METHOD: A postal questionnaire survey. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Member Associations of the FDI and governmental agencies. RESULTS: Responses were received from 73 countries with a reported total number of dentists of 703,947. A comparison between the figures now reported and the figures published in 1990 shows that the total number of dentists in these countries has increased by 27.8 per cent over the ten year period. No correlation was found between the population per dentist figures and the GNP of the countries. In the reporting countries, there were 550 dental schools. A comparison between the figures now reported and the figures published in 1990 shows that the total number of dental schools in these countries has increased by 42.6 per cent over the ten year period. The total number of dental hygienists was reported to be 181,336 and the total number of dental technicians in these countries was reported to be 252,004.

Demography↗
PubMed1976

Continuing education.

The greatest fault in current dental education is that for many dentists education ceases with graduation. It should instead be a lifetime process beginning with the undergraduate course and progressing through clinical experience alternating with continuing education. The ultimate objective should be good oral health for the population but in many cases the service provided falls short of the ideal taught at dental school. Education alone will not solve this problem. Other factors such as job satisfaction, pay and superannuation, general policy and the organization of the individual surgery play a part. Planning of continuing education should start with a comparative analysis of dental care as it is and as one would like it to be. At the undergraduate level the concentration must be on theoretical knowledge and the practice of clinical skills. Growing clinical experience will develop these skills and will also give rise to new feelings about work, patients and the world around. Continuing education must update the dentist's theoretical knowledge which is then advanced at collective sessions. Although voluntary, more than 20 per cent of all private dentists in Sweden are currently taking part in this programme.

Dental Care↗
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1994--the World Year of Oral Health.

The FDI has declared 1994 the World Year of Oral Health--the WHO's World Health Day, 7 April 1994, is dedicated to Oral Health. This makes 1994 a unique year, during which the dental profession and organised dentistry worldwide will focus on the promotion and further development of oral health and oral health care--throughout the year.

Global Health↗