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Current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialists in Taiwan in 2020

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: There were 661 board-certified orthodontic specialists in Taiwan in 2020. This study reported the current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialist in Taiwan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study exploited the secondary data analysis and interview to survey th...

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Autores principales: Chang, Julia Yu-Fong, Tsai, Shih-Jaw, Lin, Tzu-Chiang, Wang, Ling-Hsia, Cheng, Feng-Chou, Chiang, Chun-Pin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2021.06.008
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author Chang, Julia Yu-Fong
Tsai, Shih-Jaw
Lin, Tzu-Chiang
Wang, Ling-Hsia
Cheng, Feng-Chou
Chiang, Chun-Pin
author_facet Chang, Julia Yu-Fong
Tsai, Shih-Jaw
Lin, Tzu-Chiang
Wang, Ling-Hsia
Cheng, Feng-Chou
Chiang, Chun-Pin
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description BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: There were 661 board-certified orthodontic specialists in Taiwan in 2020. This study reported the current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialist in Taiwan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study exploited the secondary data analysis and interview to survey the current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialists in Taiwan. RESULTS: Of the 661 orthodontic specialists, there were 84 registered in the medical centers, 44 in the regional hospitals, 7 in the district hospitals, and 526 in the dental clinics, respectively. There were 20 orthodontic specialist training institutions (15 medical centers, 3 regional hospitals, one district hospital, and one dental clinic) that had 218 dentists in orthodontic departments of training institutions and a training capacity of 51 dentists. Of the 20 orthodontic specialist training institutions in Taiwan in 2020, 12 were located in the northern, 4 in the central, and 4 in the southern regions of Taiwan. Moreover, we found none of the training institutions in the eastern and offshore island regions of Taiwan and the number of the orthodontic specialists did increase along with the population and the number of the practicing dentists. CONCLUSION: There are three major orthodontic specialist occupation problems in Taiwan: a surplus of the orthodontic specialists in the near future, an uneven distribution of the orthodontic specialists, and a concentration of the orthodontic specialists in the metropolitan areas of the municipalities. Therefore, we suggest that the government and relevant professional groups should propose solutions for these problems as soon as possible.
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spelling pubmed-84038912021-09-03 Current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialists in Taiwan in 2020 Chang, Julia Yu-Fong Tsai, Shih-Jaw Lin, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Ling-Hsia Cheng, Feng-Chou Chiang, Chun-Pin J Dent Sci Original Article BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: There were 661 board-certified orthodontic specialists in Taiwan in 2020. This study reported the current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialist in Taiwan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study exploited the secondary data analysis and interview to survey the current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialists in Taiwan. RESULTS: Of the 661 orthodontic specialists, there were 84 registered in the medical centers, 44 in the regional hospitals, 7 in the district hospitals, and 526 in the dental clinics, respectively. There were 20 orthodontic specialist training institutions (15 medical centers, 3 regional hospitals, one district hospital, and one dental clinic) that had 218 dentists in orthodontic departments of training institutions and a training capacity of 51 dentists. Of the 20 orthodontic specialist training institutions in Taiwan in 2020, 12 were located in the northern, 4 in the central, and 4 in the southern regions of Taiwan. Moreover, we found none of the training institutions in the eastern and offshore island regions of Taiwan and the number of the orthodontic specialists did increase along with the population and the number of the practicing dentists. CONCLUSION: There are three major orthodontic specialist occupation problems in Taiwan: a surplus of the orthodontic specialists in the near future, an uneven distribution of the orthodontic specialists, and a concentration of the orthodontic specialists in the metropolitan areas of the municipalities. Therefore, we suggest that the government and relevant professional groups should propose solutions for these problems as soon as possible. Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China 2021-10 2021-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8403891/ /pubmed/34484574 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2021.06.008 Text en © 2021 Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Chang, Julia Yu-Fong
Tsai, Shih-Jaw
Lin, Tzu-Chiang
Wang, Ling-Hsia
Cheng, Feng-Chou
Chiang, Chun-Pin
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title_full Current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialists in Taiwan in 2020
title_fullStr Current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialists in Taiwan in 2020
title_full_unstemmed Current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialists in Taiwan in 2020
title_short Current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialists in Taiwan in 2020
title_sort current practice patterns and training project of orthodontic specialists in taiwan in 2020
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2021.06.008
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