Dr. Gintaras JanužisLITHUANIAN DENTAL CHAMBER

LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF DENTISTRY IN LITHUANIA

DENTIST – A SPECIALIST OR NOT?

WHAT IS THE LIMIT OF PROFESSIONALITY?

HISTORY AND TODAY: WHAT IS CHANGING?

WHAT DETERMINES THE SPECIALIZATIONS?

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, NEED, ADMINISTRATION.

ENDODONTOLOGIST

PROSTHODONTIST

ORTHODONTIST

PERIODONTOLOGIST

ORAL SURGEON

PAEDIATRIC DENTIST

OTHERS

ENDODONTOLOGIST

PROSTHODONTIST

ORTHODONTIST

PERIODONTOLOGIST

ORAL SURGEON (MFS)

PAEDIATRIC DENTIST

OTHERS

TYPES OF SPECIALTIES ANDNUMBERS IN EACH

EU Manual of Dental Practice version 4.1. (2009)

MAJOR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

EU Manual of Dental Practice version 4.1. (2009)

Endo Paedo Perio Prostho Belgium 10,5 mln. - - 95 - UK 60 mln. 187 224 280 377 Spain 46 mln. - - - - Romania 21,5 mln. - - - - Portugal 10,6 mln. - - - - Poland 38 mln. 1622 478 369 1441 Netherlands 16 mln. 60 40 80 - Italy 60 mln. - - - - Greece 11 mln. - - - - Hungary 10 mln. - 285 40 - France 62 mln. - - - - Germany 81 mln. - - 40 - Czech Rep. 10 mln. - - - -

SMALLER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

EU Manual of Dental Practice version 4.1. (2009)

Endo Paedo Perio Prostho Austria 8,3 mln. - - - - Bulgaria 7 mln. 417 577 31 115 Croatia 4,4 mln. 93 145 94 145 Cyprus 0,8 mln. - - - - Denmark 5,5 mln. - - - - Estonia 1,3 mln. - - - - Finland 5,3 mln. 3 86 2 144 Iceland 0,3 mln. 2 4 10 4 Ireland 4,2 mln. - - - - Latvia 2,2 mln. 5 21 6 16 Lichtenstein 0,003 mln. - - 1 - Lithuania 3,3 mln. 31 56 35 286 Luxembourg 0,4 mln. - - - - Malta 0,4 mln. 1 2 2 1 Norway 4,8 mln. 40 18 74 46 Slovakia 5,4 mln. - 74 95 64 Slowenia 2 mln. 20 50 33 47 Switzerland 7,5 mln. - - 102 61 Sweden 9 mln. 42 85 105 117

MORE IS BETTER ?

2 ENDODONTOLOGY 3 - PERIODONTOLOGY 3 2 PROSTHODONTIC DENTISTRY 4 - PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY 2 - ORAL SURGERY 5 3 ORTODONTIC 3 1 MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY 1

POSTGRADUATE POSITION

QUESTION ???

• Do we know professional needs?

NO• Is need of specialists examinated?

NO• Does the strategy of government on this position

exist?

NO

QUESTION ???

• What is the motivation for postgraduate study?

Improving the knovledge base.

Lack of experience.

Low-skill.

• Basic study of high-quality?

BASIC STUDY

• theoretical knowledge

• practical observations

• practical training

• practical skills

• practical experience

PROFESSIONAL STANDARTS

• theoretical knowledge

• practical observations

• practical training

• practical skills

• practical experience

BASIC STUDIES OF DENTISTRYAND PROFESSIONAL STANDART

TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

DISCUSSION

• Basic education quality

• Theory and Practice

• Professional standard size

• Skills necessary to manipulate

• The need for professional qualifications

CONCLUSIONS

• Analysis of dental care

• The need for professional qualifications

• The limit of expansion for professional standards

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