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A study on the North Korea's dentistry education system and its implication on the direction for integration of South and North Korea's dentistry education  

Shin, Teo-Jeon (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
Han, Dong-Hun (Department of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
Jin, Bo-Hyoung (Department of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
Kim, Tae-Il (Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
Lee, Jae-Il (Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
Kim, Chong-Chul (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
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The Journal of the Korean dental association / v.53, no.10, 2015 , pp. 726-731 More about this Journal
Abstract
There are big differences in dental education system between South Korea and North Korea. In North Korea, there is no college of dentistry and official license system and thus, dentists can treat a patient right after graduation from medical school. There are also positions such as paradentists capable of providing dental treatments, whereas such positions do not exist in South Korea. In this regards, in order to get ready for the United Korea, we need to establish a system designed to complement the differences in dentistry education and license system between South and North Korea. Such system would help to minimize the social cost in relation to the unification in near future.
Keywords
Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Dental Education; Dentists;
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