Predoctoral Dental Education: The Changing Role and Growing Importance of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Surgeon Teachers Innovation Versus Incumbency.

This article highlights the needs in dental education for more general medicine and scientific information. The author suggests that oral and maxillofacial surgeons could have an important role to play in this education beyond surgical procedures. The Educational Committee of AAOMS has made this point prepandemic, and it is more important now.

Pain Management for Dental Medicine in 2021: Opioids, Coronavirus and Beyond.

Over the past year our attention has inevitably been on the coronavirus pandemic, the health and welfare of our families, patients, and office staffs as well as the re-opening of our dental practices. In addition, the opioid crisis continues, is very likely to worsen as a result of the pandemic and continues to be a challenge to Dentistry. National public health issues and healthcare disparities continue and have created a global concern for providing evidence-based, adequate pain management in the dental setting.

How US dental schools can better prepare their students to perform operative procedures.

Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize the curricular and supplemental resources used by dental students during their operative dentistry course, survey students' perception of each resource's "helpfulness," and assess students' perceptions of preparedness to perform operative dental procedures in clinical settings.

Methods: American Student Dental Association delegates at all accredited dental education programs in the United States were asked to forward an email to students enrolled at their respective institutions explaining the purpose of the study and asking them to fill out our survey. The response rate was calculated using the targeted enrollment data found in American Dental Education Association Official Guide to Dental Schools.

Dental therapy in the United States: Are developments at the state level a reason for optimism or a cause for concern?

Access to dental care continues to be a challenge for millions of vulnerable Americans. In more than 50 nations worldwide, dental therapists (DTs), mid-level providers who deliver a limited scope of dental care under the supervision of a dentist, have helped increase access to needed care. Since 2003, when the Alaska Native Tribal Health System introduced DTs as part of the Federally authorized Alaska Community Health Aide Program, a total of 13 states have adopted the role.

Oral health care in the 21st century: It is time for the integration of dental and medical education.

Major issues exist in the provision of oral health care in America, especially to underserved populations. Access to care, health disparities, an aging population with higher chronic disease burden, and rising healthcare costs continue to impact health outcomes for millions. The marginalization of oral health care, like that of behavioral health care, is a contributor.

Clinical Productivity and Medicare Payments Among Female and Male Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Purpose: To characterize and compare clinical productivity and payments between female and male oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMSs) serving Medicare beneficiaries in 2017.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was composed of Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data from 2017. Providers were included if they were labeled as maxillofacial surgeons.

Gender Differences in Academic Productivity and Advancement Among Dental School Faculty.

An equal number of women and men are now graduating from dental school, but women dentists have lower income and are less likely to achieve positions of leadership, including within dental academia. Demographic information and academic rank were obtained for all faculty at the eight dental schools who received the most funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in 2017. Years since dental school graduation, total number of PubMed-indexed citations, first- and last-author publications, and H-index were determined for each faculty member.

Massachusetts Dental Schools Respond to the Prescription Opioid Crisis: A Statewide Collaboration.

The prescription opioid crisis has involved all sectors of U.S. society, affecting every community, socioeconomic group, and age group.

WITHDRAWN: Health Policy Research May Ensure the Future of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

The Publisher regrets that this article is an accidental duplication of an article that has already been published, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.

Surgical Landmarks to Locating the Main Trunk of the Facial Nerve in Parotid Surgery: A Systematic Review.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe distances from commonly used anatomic landmarks to the main trunk of the facial nerve during parotid surgery.

Materials And Methods: A systematic search of the published literature was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. All studies from January 1, 1990 to January 1, 2017 that measured distances to the main trunk of the facial nerve from common anatomic landmarks were eligible.

Should Dental Schools Train Dentists to Routinely Provide Limited Preventive Primary Medical Care? Two Viewpoints: Viewpoint 1: Dentists Should Be Trained to Routinely Provide Limited Preventive Primary Care and Viewpoint 2: Dentists Should Be Trained in Primary Care Medicine to Enable Comprehensive Patient Management Within Their Scope of Practice.

This Point/Counterpoint acknowledges the transformation of dental practice from a predominantly technically based profession with primary emphasis on restoration of the tooth and its supporting structures to that of a more medically based specialty focusing on the oral and maxillofacial complex. While both viewpoints accept the importance of this transformation, they differ on the ultimate desired outcome and how changes should be implemented during training of dentists as oral health professionals. Viewpoint 1 argues that, in response to a shortage of both primary care providers and access to affordable oral health care, dentists need to be able and willing to provide limited preventive primary care (LPPC), and dental educators should develop and implement training models to prepare them.

The Impact of Integrating Oral Health Education into a Medical Curriculum.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate our pilot program incorporating oral health education into the medical curriculum by evaluating students' perspectives on the oral health curriculum.

Subjects And Methods: Two hundred second-year students were asked to fill in a presession survey online regarding their familiarity with basic oral health concepts and their comfort level with performing oral examinations, and a postsession survey on paper that repeated the presession questions and added questions on the effectiveness of the session.

Results: Of the 200 students, 164 (82%) participated in the surveys.

Problems and Solutions for Interprofessional Education in North American Dental Schools.

Interprofessional education (IPE) is a relatively new part of dental education. Its implementation is mandated by accreditation standards, but it is also essential to good patient care. Diverse dental schools from various regions of North America outline problems they have faced in IPE and the solutions that they have found to surmount these problems.

U.S. Dental School Deans' Views on the Value of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Dentistry.

There has historically been limited development and utilization of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in clinical dentistry. However, in recent years PROMs have been recognized by other health care fields as valuable in the comprehensive assessment of patient outcomes. The aim of this study was to survey deans of U.

A New Integrated Oral Health and Primary Care Education Program in the Dental Student Clinic.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to describe the implementation of a new program incorporating primary care education into a predoctoral dental curriculum in the StudentTeaching Clinic at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) using the primary care rotations for students in a dental setting as a platform for change in our approach to patient care.

Methods: A survey of perspectives on the need for primary care medicine in dental education was distributed to all the deans of Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)-accredited dental schools in the continental United States for a total of 65 eligible schools.

Results: Of the 27 responses from the dental school deans, a majority of dental schools already had interprofessional collaborative practices at their schools, with collaborations with physicians and nurse practitioners being most common.

Health Insurance Affects Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Patterns and Outcomes.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of insurance coverage on stage of presentation, treatment, and survival of head and neck cancer (HNC).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program to identify patients diagnosed with HNC. The primary variable of interest was insurance analyzed as a dichotomous variable: Patients were considered uninsured if they were classified as "uninsured" by SEER, whereas patients were considered insured if they were defined by SEER as "any Medicaid," "insured," or "insured/no specifics.

Ultrasonographic pilot study of mental foramen size, with and without postoperative neurosensory dysfunction.

Objectives: To evaluate the ability of a portable ultrasound system to visualize the mental foramen in patients with unilateral neurosensory dysfunction after third molar removal.

Study Design: In 20 patients, an ultrasound scanner (13 MHz linear-array transducer) was used to measure the mental foramen. The anteroposterior diameter was calculated on both sides, and differences between injured and contralateral sides were tested.

Marital status and head and neck cancer outcomes.

Background: The objective of this study was to examine the effects of marital status on stage at presentation, receipt of treatment, and survival in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC).

Methods: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database was used to analyze 51,272 patients who were diagnosed with HNC from 2007 to 2010. The impact of marital status on cancer stage at presentation, receipt of definitive treatment, and HNC-specific mortality (HNCSM) was determined using multivariable logistic and Fine and Gray competing-risks regression models, as appropriate.