title: Dental education at the crossroads: a report by the Institute of Medicine.
abstract: Today's dental schools confront an environment in higher education and health care that promises less stable financing and, thus, more uncertainty for faculty, students, researchers and administrators. A new report from the Institute of Medicine underscores the need for changes in dental education to prepare for a future that will in many important ways be quite different from the past.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 20418.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jeffcoat
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008005:Licensure, Dental / Q000592:standards; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States