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Community-based dental education: history, current status, and future
Allan J Formicola1, Howard L Bailit
1College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W. 168 Street, Box 100, New York, NY 10032, USA. ajf3@columbia.edu
Abstract:
This article examines the history, current status, and future direction of community-based dental education (CBDE). The key issues addressed include the reasons that dentistry developed a different clinical education model than the other health professions; how government programs, private medical foundations, and early adopter schools influenced the development of CBDE; the societal and financial factors that are leading more schools to increase the time that senior dental students spend in community programs; the impact of CBDE on school finances and faculty and student perceptions; and the reasons that CBDE is likely to become a core part of the clinical education of all dental graduates.
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