An international survey of oral medicine practice: Proceedings from the 5th World Workshop in Oral Medicine

Abstract

Oral Diseases (2011) 17 (Suppl. 1), 99–104 Objectives: (i) To define the current state of oral medicine clinical practice internationally, and (ii) to make recommendations for future modeling of the practice of oral medicine. Materials and methods: A survey was designed by an international panel of oral medicine experts to assess the current state of oral medicine practice internationally. The survey was sent to oral medicine experts across the world, and responses were electronically stored and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Two hundred respondents completed the survey representing 40 countries from six continents. The two most common settings for an oral medicine practice were in a hospital and a dental school. More than 88% of respondents considered management of oral mucosal disease, salivary dysfunction, oral manifestations of systemic diseases, and facial pain in the definition of oral medicine. Conclusions: (i) Oral medicine clinicians diagnose and manage a wide variety of orofacial conditions; (ii) There are significant differences in the definition of oral medicine clinical practice from country to country; (iii) India has the largest expansion of oral medicine services as defined by escalating numbers of clinicians within the specialty as compared with other countries; (iv) oral medicine practitioners have a wide range of professional responsibilities.

Evaluation of oral mucosal diseases: inter‐ and intra‐observer analyses

“…Practically speaking, almost half the patients seen by oral medicine practitioners suffer from oral mucosal diseases (19), whereas general dental practitioners routinely deal with dental conditions. Considering that the diagnosis and management of oral mucosal lesions lies within the scope oral medicine practitioners (20) and is included in all postgraduate programs in oral medicine worldwide (21), the advantages of follow-up by oral medicine practitioners are clear. For example, a recent study noted that correct diagnosis of oral mucosal lesions was achieved in 46-80% of cases by English general dental practitioners, whereas 78-87% of the cases were correctly diagnosed by a specialist (22).…”

Report on World Workshops on Oral Medicine (WWOM) IV and V: research themes and citation impact

“… The WWOM IV portfolio comprised a total of 12 publications in a OOOOE Supplement (one editorial, one methodological paper, and 10 research papers) (Aframian et al , ; Al‐Hashimi et al , ; Baccaglini et al , ,b; Brennan et al , ; von Bültzingslöwen et al , ; Lewis et al , ; Lockhart et al , ; Patton et al , ; Shiboski et al , ; Ship et al , ; Woo and Challacombe, ); The WWOM V portfolio comprised a total of 10 publications: Nine publications in an Oral Dis Supplement (one editorial and eight research papers) (Benoliel et al , ; Greenberg et al , ; Kerr et al , ; Lingen et al , ; Rogers et al , ; Sankar et al , ; Schleyer et al , ; Stoopler et al , ; Syrjänen et al , ) 2012 publication in Adv Drug Del Rev (Hearnden et al , ). …”

“…An international survey of oral medicine practice: Proceedings from the 5 th World Workshop in Oral Medicine (Stoopler et al, 2011) Obtain a more inclusive international consensus definition of oral medicine practice and its potential as a full-time clinical practice Develop an international study to determine effect of presence of trained oral medicine practitioners on level of care provided for patients with a variety of diseases including oral mucosal disease, facial pain disorders, salivary gland disease, and oral health care for medically complex patients Develop a global strategy to increase public awareness as well as promote clinical practice of oral medicine among patients as well as other healthcare professionals Utilize future efforts at defining the scope of the field and its practice on a global scale in order to encourage dental students to pursue oral medicine as a career…”

“…Twenty-two research papers were generated by WWOM IV & V and published in special supplements of Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology (OOOOE) in 2007 (Aframian et al, 2007;Al-Hashimi et al, 2007;Baccaglini et al, 2007a,b;Brennan et al, 2007;von B€ ultzingsl€ owen et al, 2007;Lewis et al, 2007;Lockhart et al, 2007;Patton et al, 2007;Shiboski et al, 2007;Ship et al, 2007;Woo and Challacombe, 2007) and Oral Diseases (Oral Dis) in 2011 (Benoliel et al, 2011;Greenberg et al, 2011;Kerr et al, 2011;Lingen et al, 2011;Rogers et al, 2011;Sankar et al, 2011;Schleyer et al, 2011;Stoopler et al, 2011;Syrj€ anen et al, 2011), as well as Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (Adv Drug Del Rev) in 2012 (Hearnden et al, 2012).…”

“…Subject areas addressed in World Workshop on Oral Medicine (WWOM)IV (published in 2007). The reader is referred to the original publications for the complete listing of the research directions as well as the source literatureBaccaglini et al, 2007a,b;Brennan et al, 2007;von B€ ultzingsl€ owen et al, 2007;Lewis et al, 2007;Lockhart et al, 2007;Patton et al, 2007;Shiboski et al, 2007;Ship et al, 2007;Woo and Challacombe, 2007); • The WWOM V portfolio comprised a total of 10 publications:Nine publications in an Oral Dis Supplement (one editorial and eight research papers)(Benoliel et al, 2011;Greenberg et al, 2011;Kerr et al, 2011;Lingen et al, 2011;Rogers et al, 2011;Sankar et al, 2011;Schleyer et al, 2011;Stoopler et al, 2011;Syrj€ anen et al, 2011) …”