Role of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in Clinical Dentistry Current Status and Future Perspective in Korea -

The system of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology education, radiographic equipments and oral health care were evaluated in Korea. The objectives, the length, curriculum guidelines, instructional method and teaching means for undergraduate, and postgraduate education in 9 dental college were described. To investigate the radiographic ewuipments, surveys were received from 6 Dental College Hospitals(DCH), 23 Dental Hospitals(DH) and 373 Dental Clinics(DC). And the results of oral health care were obtained from the surveys of Kyunghee Dental College Hospital(KDCH), 14 Dental Hospital Hospitals and 52 Dental Clinics.