title: The necessity to establish surgical orthodontic fellowship program for orthodontists.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Medical field is developing very rapidly and is becoming more specialized. Orthodontics is of no exception. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the necessity of establishment of surgical orthodontic fellowship program for orthodontists in order to provide them with better insight.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 10 multiple choice question survey was taken from 270 orthodontists who participated in the European Orthodontic Society Congress in Istanbul, 2011. The results were tabulated and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  52% of the respondents believed that the knowledge of treatment of orthognathic surgery patients can be significantly improved by adding a fellowship of orthognathic surgery after the residency program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adding such program can be very constructive and will give better insight to orthodontists in regards to treatment of orthognathic patients.
authors.affiliation: Director of Orthognathic Surgery, Department of Orthodontics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Rahman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Showkatbakhsh
authors.forename: Abdolreza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jamilian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D032921:Consensus; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000193:education*; D057909:Orthognathic Surgery / Q000193:education*; D013039:Specialties, Dental / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires