Research, technology transfer, and dentistry.
The periodontal discipline illustrates the need for dentists to be doctors specializing in oral medicine. Research findings are tending toward more complex and possibly lengthy treatment with drugs and/or growth factors, necessitating a curriculum with more emphasis on pharmacology, medical management, critical review of clinical trial results, and evaluation of risk-benefit ratios.
Jeffcoat
M K
MK
Department of Periodontics, University of Alabama, School of Dentistry, Birmingham.
Clark
W B
WB
D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000639:trends; D003813:Dentistry; D003945:Diagnosis, Oral / Q000639:trends; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D006801:Humans; D010517:Periodontics / Q000639:trends; D012106:Research; D018581:Technology Transfer