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Dental Care in Developing Countries: Achievements and Challenges
Dental care in developing countries presents unique challenges and opportunities. Limited access to care, infrastructure gaps, and economic...
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Enhanced Dental Care
Oral health care is the most prevalent unmet health care need of children with special needs. Unmet oral health care needs can lead to problems such...
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The role of dental hygienists and dental therapists in supportive peri-implant care
In the UK, as in many countries, dental hygienists and dental therapists are registered dental healthcare professionals who are focused on prevention...
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Quality of Dental Care in Developing Countries: Status and Future Recommendations
The quality of dental care in developing countries is a critical issue that impacts oral health outcomes and overall well-being. This chapter...
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Supportive periodontal care in dental practice: Part 1 - the importance and implications for general dental practitioners
Supportive periodontal care is an essential component of maintaining the outcome of periodontal treatment. It is essential to ensure cost benefit to...
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The heart of it: dental care and cardiothoracic surgery
Both dental and cardiovascular disease are prevalent in the general population, have common risk factors and may be closely associated.
Following...
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Medicaid Dental Benefits for Pregnant People and Dental Care Use Among Very Young Children
ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to examine the association between Medicaid dental benefits for pregnant people and dental care use among very...
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Dental care for older adults in home health care services - practices, perceived knowledge and challenges among Norwegian dentists and dental hygienists
BackgroundProviding dental services to dependent older adults might be challenging because of physical and cognitive decline. The present study aimed...
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Best practice models for dental care delivery for people experiencing homelessness
People experiencing homelessness have been encountering significant barriers in accessing healthcare services, including dental care services. There...
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Dental education in primary care: 14 years of Peninsula Dental School
Peninsula Dental School, established in 2006, was the UK's first new dental school in 40 years. It had the freedom to develop a completely new dental...
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Race, Ethnicity, and Other Barriers to Access Dental Care During Pregnancy
BackgroundHistorically, women of color showed poorer oral health and lower dental service utilization in the USA. These barriers to dental care...
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A scoping review of dental practitioners’ perspectives on perceived barriers and facilitators to preventive oral health care in general dental practice
BackgroundOral health has an important role in the general health and well-being of individuals. Dental teams are ideally placed to support patients...
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Prevalence of medical emergency events in primary dental care within the UK
Introduction Dental professionals have an ethical and legal obligation to diagnose and manage medical emergencies which may occur in primary dental...
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Regulation of dental consultations in primary health care and performance of services in dental speciality centers
ObjectiveThis study analyzed the regulation of dental specialty centers (CEOs) coordinated exclusively by Primary Health Care (PHC) in four primary...
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Knowledge about dental care in patients with head and neck cancer among senior dental school students: a cross-sectional descriptive study
BackgroundThe dentist's central role in treating head and neck cancer patients is to care for the patient’s oral cavity before, during, and after...
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Domiciliary Dental Care and Supporting Access to Dental Services
Domiciliary dental care (DDC) is an essential part of dentistry for older people confined to their home or residential setting. Demand for DDC is...
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Silver diamine fluoride for the management of dental caries in children in primary dental care: protocol for a feasibility study
BackgroundDental caries remains a significant problem in England, affecting 11% of 3-year-olds and 23% of 5-year-olds. While current approaches have...
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Supportive periodontal care in dental practice: Part 2 - perceptions of locally referring UK general dental practitioners
Background Supportive periodontal care (SPC) is important in maintaining periodontal treatment outcomes. Hospital services provide specialist...
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Dental care professionals’ awareness of oral dryness and its clinical management: a questionnaire-based study
BackgroundDespite the high prevalence of oral dryness and awareness of its complications, there is limited research on the clinical management of...
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Behavioural intervention to promote the uptake of planned care in urgent dental care attenders: a feasibility randomised controlled trial
BackgroundUrgent dental care may be the only place where many people, especially vulnerable groups, access care. This presents an opportunity for...
