Prof. R. Slavicek: At university dental studies and general medicine are two separate studies.
Nevertheless I consider all stages of the dental education and formation as well as practical work integrated in general medicine, whereby interdisciplinary issues must not be neglected in any of these areas.
Interdisciplinary dentistry means the cooperation and coordination between different medical specialist areas and dentistry. In dentistry we include for instance orthodontics, prosthodontics, periodontology and all the others, and not to forget prosthetic dentistry. But for a responsible approach in interdisciplinary dentistry other medical fields have to be called in.
The interdisciplinary approach should be a concept which can be used in a standardized way for all patient cases. Problems can be identified already at an early stage without taking the risk that health problems settle or become chronic.