TY - JOUR
T1 - Education Solutions to the Medical-Dental Divide
AU - Rasmussen, Chad M.
AU - McMillan, Kale B.
AU - McMillan, Dane C.
AU - Assael, Leon A.
AU - Arce, Kevin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Arbitrarily cordoning off the mouth from the rest of the body is the educational approach that, since 1840, has been responsible for the medical-dental schism that persists today, preventing oral health’s integration with overall health. This divide has also thwarted oral disease prevention initiatives, access to services, and health equity. This article offers an educational plan for reunifying medicine and dentistry, which involves interprofessional education, dual degree training, integrating oral health into medical education, and integrated residency training.
AB - Arbitrarily cordoning off the mouth from the rest of the body is the educational approach that, since 1840, has been responsible for the medical-dental schism that persists today, preventing oral health’s integration with overall health. This divide has also thwarted oral disease prevention initiatives, access to services, and health equity. This article offers an educational plan for reunifying medicine and dentistry, which involves interprofessional education, dual degree training, integrating oral health into medical education, and integrated residency training.
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U2 - 10.1001/amajethics.2022.27
DO - 10.1001/amajethics.2022.27
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85124836950
SN - 2376-6980
VL - 24
SP - 27
EP - 32
JO - AMA journal of ethics
JF - AMA journal of ethics
IS - 1
ER -