This will lead to many educational challenges. For the field of dentistry, this means that educational programs need to be built up in such a way that they give the possibility of increased flexibility and the ability to adapt more quickly to a dynamic treatment profile. For the dentists of the future this will lead to increased demands for diagnostic awareness and general medical knowledge. The treatment of the rapidly growing group of elderly people with their own teeth will lead to special challenges. This is a group of people which suffers more from illness, and illnesses of a more complex nature.
Many diseases manifest themselves in the oral cavity.
Dentists, who deal with a large section of the population during their annual checkups, must become qualified to take responsibility for a complete oral diagnosis.