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INTRODUCTION: A 4-year collaborative project between the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) and 15 American orthodontic graduate programs concluded at the ABO Clinical Examination in February 2006. METHODS: Fifty recent graduates (the pilot study group) presented cases that were treated in their graduate programs as partial fulfillment of the requirements for ABO certification. The examinees were tested by calibrated ABO examiners and required to satisfy traditional ABO standards. They presented appropriate case reports that contained the ABO's 3 measurement instruments. Thirty-nine practicing orthodontists (the control group) presented cases according to the traditional ABO Clinical Examination process. RESULTS: Ninety percent of the pilot study group and 85% of the control group successfully accomplished ABO certification. There was a difference of 2.38 points between the 2 groups for the mean total scores of the cases that passed. The pilot study group presented cases that met the historic averages for case complexity (discrepancy index). CONCLUSIONS: Residents in orthodontic programs are able to treat cases to ABO standards of quality.
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Certificação/métodos , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia/normas , Internato e Residência/normas , Ortodontia/educação , Conselhos de Especialidade Profissional , Avaliação Educacional/métodos , Humanos , Modelos Lineares , Má Oclusão/terapia , Ortodontia/normas , Ortodontia Corretiva , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde , Projetos Piloto , Resultado do Tratamento , Estados UnidosAssuntos
Avaliação Educacional/métodos , Ortodontia , Conselhos de Especialidade Profissional , Cefalometria , Registros Odontológicos , Humanos , Má Oclusão/classificação , Má Oclusão/diagnóstico por imagem , Modelos Dentários , Aparelhos Ortodônticos , Ortodontia/educação , Ortodontia/normas , Planejamento de Assistência ao Paciente , Radiografia Dentária , Conselhos de Especialidade Profissional/normas , Resultado do Tratamento , Estados UnidosAssuntos
Técnicas de Movimentação Dentária/métodos , Dente/patologia , Processo Alveolar/patologia , Cefalometria , Oclusão Dentária , Seguimentos , Previsões , Humanos , Registro da Relação Maxilomandibular , Modelos Dentários , Contenções Ortodônticas/classificação , Prognóstico , Recidiva , Rotação , Migração de Dente/patologiaAssuntos
Registros Odontológicos , Ortodontia , Doenças Periodontais/diagnóstico por imagem , Conselhos de Especialidade Profissional , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Humanos , Má Oclusão/terapia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ortodontia/normas , Ortodontia Corretiva , Radiografia Interproximal , Radiografia Panorâmica , Estados UnidosAssuntos
Certificação/normas , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia/normas , Avaliação Educacional/métodos , Ortodontia/educação , Conselhos de Especialidade Profissional , Certificação/métodos , Coleta de Dados , Avaliação Educacional/normas , Humanos , Internato e Residência , Má Oclusão Classe II de Angle/terapia , Ortodontia/normas , Resultado do Tratamento , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Although some specialty certifying boards began recommending or requiring recertification of their "boarded" specialists as early as 1986, recertification is a relatively new concept for the specialty of orthodontics. In the mid 1990s, the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) recognized that many other medical and dental specialty boards had already established voluntary or mandatory recertification policies and decided to establish its own time-limited certifying policy. After a series of field tests involving former directors, council members of the College of Diplomates of the ABO, and volunteer diplomates, the ABO instituted a recertification policy for candidates who applied for initial certification after January 1, 1998. Since then, the total number of diplomates who have been recertified has steadily increased. Surveys of successfully recertified diplomates reflect a positive feeling about the process. When medical and dental specialists are expected to be more accountable, recertification has been shown to be a valid method to help ensure continued competency. The ABO believes that the formulation of educational and certifying processes to document a diplomate's clinical competency throughout his or her career will help to serve the public welfare. The ABO is attempting to make initial certification and periodic recertification attainable for more orthodontists and, in so doing, to provide a standard by which we exist as a specialty.