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Opportunistic health screening for cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors in primary care dental practices: experiences from a service evaluation and a call to action
Introduction Substantial evidence has established associations between oral health and chronic diseases, mediated by common risk factors and...
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Trends and inequalities in realised access to NHS primary care dental services in England before, during and throughout recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented disruption to NHS dental services in England. This work describes changes in realised...
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Is there a sexual difference in the relationship between sociodemographic information and the unmet dental care needs of disabled adults? An analysis from a national survey on persons with disabilities
BackgroundHealth status and health care utilization in people with disabilities are more likely to be poorer than those without disabilities....
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Patient perceptions and experiences of dental fear of different dental specialties: a mixed-method study
ObjectiveThe primary objective of this study was to validate an Urdu translation of Kleinknecht’s Dental Fear Survey (DFS) for use in Pakistan and to...
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Time to complete contemporary dental procedures – estimates from a cross-sectional survey of the dental team
BackgroundThere are few contemporary studies on the time taken to complete dental procedures, those most heavily relied on in the United Kingdom date...
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Do preterm-born children and adolescents have greater need for dental care as compared to full term-born controls?
BackgroundPreterm birth has been shown to cause various long-term health issues. Children who were born preterm have also been observed to have more...
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Community-based dental education in Iranian dental schools
BackgroundCommunity-based dental education (CBDE) has been an essential advancement in dental education in recent decades, enhancing it in many...
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COVID-19 self-isolation patterns in UK dental care professionals from February to April 2020
Aim Dentistry is routinely associated with aerosol generating procedures. It has been suggested that aerosol generating procedures may place the...
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'You just don't have the time to keep bringing them back, bringing them back': the experience of primary care dental professionals in England when treating young children with carious teeth
Introduction Caries in the primary dentition affects around one-quarter of children in England. There is uncertainty and varying practice regarding...
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Satisfaction with dental care services in Great Britain 1998–2019
BackgroundSatisfaction with dental services can provide valuable insights into aspects of quality including access as well as changes in this over...
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Implant maintenance in general dental practice: dento-legal considerations for the general dental practitioner
Before implants are placed, the patient, as part of the consent process, should understand the risks of the treatment but also the importance of a...
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Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population
This book aims to provide the dental team with an improved understanding of management of the oral health needs of the ageing population, in whom...
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Weight stigma among dental professionals and in the dental setting: a scoping review
Background Weight stigma refers to discriminatory acts and ideologies targeted towards individuals because of their body weight and/or size. Weight...
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Patient and dentist perspectives on collecting patient reported outcomes after painful dental procedures in the National Dental PBRN
BackgroundDental Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) relate to a dental patient’s subjective experience of their oral health. How practitioners and...
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Making an IMPACTT: A framework for developing a dentist's ability to provide comprehensive dental care
This article highlights the benefits of comprehensive dental care for both practitioners and patients, and the ways in which dentists and their teams...
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Unlocking the potential of NHS primary care dental datasets
Introduction Maximising the use of routinely collected health data for research is a key part of the UK Government's Industrial Strategy. Rich data...
