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5 Oral Health Research
5 Oral Health Research
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5 Oral Health Research Although dentistry is often thought of in terms of profes- ber is unlikely to decline in the near future. While the numsional practice, it is also a science that depends on research- ber of unfilled full-time positions is approximately 275, this ers to develop new and better dental technologies and, should not be interpreted as the number of research faculty through the training of dental practitioners, to bring those needed, as some of these positions are for clinical faculty.
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66 ADVANCING THE NATION'S HEALTH NEEDS 350 300 250 200 Number 150 100 50 0 1992-1903 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 Academic Year FIGURE 5-1 Unfilled full-time positions on dental school faculties, 19922002. SOURCE: American Dental Education Association.
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degrees, sugshortages of the past decade more of a problem in the future. gesting that preexisting research training or experience for The average age of faculty members in 2001 was 49.6 years, this applicant pool is negligible.
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Consequently, students can complete the DSTP and fers to the cumulative number of applicants to all programs still have debt. This program is new -- only a few students and represents a duplicated count.9 Because of the inordi- have completed it -- but graduates appear to be dedicated to nate length of some specialty training programs -- anywhere research careers and are now in postdoctoral training.
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If applicants economic climate. For example, in 2002 there were 31 other than physicians are eligible, dentists should also be NRSA grants, 70 research career development awards, and 48 K12 and K16 awards, for a total of 149 research training awards across the nation.
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There research training profile. Dental research relies on or crosses are a few oral health scientists trained in epidemiology who other disciplinary areas (see the next section)
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programs to undergraduates considering bioresearch. The partial support currently provided is not a good medical research careers.
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