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. 2021 Feb;85(2):112-115.
doi: 10.1002/jdd.12476. Epub 2020 Nov 22.

Hospital Dentistry: The Swiss-Army Knife of Dental Medicine

George H Kunkel  1 , Gary K Roberts  1
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Hospital Dentistry: The Swiss-Army Knife of Dental Medicine

George H Kunkel et al. J Dent Educ. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

Hospital Dentistry is an inclusive synergism of the recognized dental specialties in an emergency/hospital atmosphere. This perspective composition serves to display the breadth of Hospital Dentistry from an observational and creative viewpoint while elucidating the role of the Hospital Dentist in the dynamic large university hospital setting. It calls for increased awareness of the field of Hospital Dentistry and the potential for its specialized role in the future of dental medicine. Hospital-based General Practice Residencies (GPR) expose trainees to Hospital Dentistry and its integrated role in medicine. Exploring the ventures of Hospital Dentistry highlight the need to increase Hospital Dentistry-focused student groups while encouraging advanced dental education through GPR programs. The rising geriatric community, complex patient caseload, and population growth call for the need to expand the field of Hospital Dentistry through its recognition as a specialty in the future of dental medicine.

Keywords: dental education; dental student; dentistry; hospital dentistry; professional development.

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