Overview of the education system for dental technicians in Taiwan
The dental technicians, who are primarily responsible for the fabrication and maintenance of the dental prostheses, play an indispensable role in the dental healthcare. However, the number of dental technology students decrease year by year. Therefore, attracting more students to join the dental technology education is a great challenge in Taiwan.
Authors
- Wei‐Chun Lin
- Chun‐Pin Chiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6190-7162)
- Yu-Chieh Lin
- Feng-Chou Cheng
- Yung‐Hsun Shih
Institutions
- National Taiwan Normal University (TW)
- Tzu Chi College of Technology (TW)
- National Taiwan University (TW)
- Vilnius University (LT)
- Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (MY)
- Tzu Chi University (TW)
- Tzu Chi Foundation (TW)
- Vilnius University of Applied Sciences (LT)
- National Taiwan University Hospital (TW)
- Wan Fang Hospital (TW)
- University of Kuala Lumpur (MY)
- Taipei Medical University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Dental Sciences
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2024.11.015
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Dental Education, Practice, Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.95