Oral medicine (stomatology) across the globe: birth, growth, and future

Prospect of Oral Medicine and the Pedagogical Deficiencies

“…According to Field, 4 the independent dental school was the consequence to an unsuccessful attempt to create a dental department within a medical school. 33 countries recognize oral medicine as a specialty 2,5 and 22 countries have a postgraduate program in oral medicine. 6 Unfortunately, all countries have cast-off the medical training required for oral medicine.…”

“…This definition has been approved by the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC), a US organization chaired and hosted by the American Medical Association. 2 Currently the specialists apply latest imaging modalities to decrease radiation exposure to the patients and to improve diagnostic services. Oral medicine is principally considered as medical specialty but ended up in dentistry and now suffers an "identity crisis, " bestriding both dentistry and medicine.…”

Oral medicine in Europe and the European Association of Oral Medicine

“…Oral Medicine (OM) is generally defined as the branch of dentistry related to the oral health care of patients suffering from chronic recurrent and medically related disorders of the mouth and maxillofacial region with their diagnosis and mostly non-surgical management. OM was originally called dental medicine and it is sometimes termed oral and maxillofacial medicine and, mainly in the Ibero-American world and in Southern Europe, also stomatology [1].…”

La chirurgie orale sauvera-t-elle la médecine orale ?

“…Récemment, Crispian Scully a publié un article intitulé « Oral medicine (stomatology) across the globe : birth, growth, and future » [2], où il fait un état des lieux de la médecine orale. La médecine orale est définie par un champ de compétences qui recouvre le diagnostic et le traitement non chirurgical des maladies et lésions oro-faciales d'origine locale ou générale.…”

“…Les domaines de compétence du chirurgien oral étant sur le plan médical : la dermatologie buccale, le dépistage des lésions et tumeurs malignes de la cavité buccale, des maxillaires et de la mandibule, les douleurs oro-faciales, les pathologies de l'appareil manducateur, les pathologies des glandes salivaires. -Sur le plan scientifique, il n'existe aucune société scientifique dédiée spécifiquement à la médecine orale [2]. Au moins 4 sociétés scientifiques s'intéressent en partie à la médecine orale : la Société -Sur le plan de l'exercice professionnel, en France, la méde-cine orale était historiquement pratiquée en majorité par les stomatologues qui ont le plus souvent un exercice médico-chirurgical alors que les chirurgiens maxillo-faciaux ont principalement un exercice chirurgical.…”