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Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Healthcare Professionals for a Personalized Oral Healthcare Environment

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A prospective healthcare system proposes shifting the focus from disease management to disease prevention and health promotion. Dentistry has a unique opportunity to embrace this model of healthcare and focus its attention on the management of oral health. To prepare future oral healthcare professionals to succeed in this new healthcare environment, dental schools will need to provide students with the scientific and technical knowledge required to understand and assess risk, employ new strategies to minimize disease progression, and place a greater emphasis on disease prevention. This will require innovative approaches to curriculum that include expanding knowledge domains such as genomic medicine and health policy and define new competencies to facilitate interprofessional education and high-value collaborative care. Dental schools must also consider developing career paths and new work force models that will accelerate the development of a prospective oral healthcare environment, increase access to care, and insure that dentistry maintains its leadership role in fostering optimal oral health.

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Polverini, P.J. (2015). Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Healthcare Professionals for a Personalized Oral Healthcare Environment. In: Polverini, P. (eds) Personalized Oral Health Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23297-3_10

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