[Post-academic dental specialties 16. Post-academic specialization in maxillofacial prosthodontics].
Maxillofacial prosthodontics is a specialization in dental health practiced in centers for special dental care in The Netherlands by a limited number of dentists and technicians. The necessary skills, which are largely unique in the field of dentistry, were described in 2001 in a training program by the Dutch Association for Gnathology and Prosthodontics. Multidisciplinary diagnostics, treatment planning, and care delivery are taught in a modular system. A shortage of maxillofacial prosthodontists and maxillofacial technicians calls for a structural training of young colleagues.
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D003479:Curriculum; D003813:Dentistry / Q000592:standards*; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D019931:Maxillofacial Prosthesis Implantation / Q000193:education*; D009426:Netherlands; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D013038:Specialization