Patient and dentists' interests matter

General dentists and special needs patients: does dental education matter?

Special needs patients are one of the underserved dental patient groups in the United States. This study investigates whether undergraduate dental education about special needs patients affects general dentists' a) professional behavior, b) practice characteristics, and c) attitudes concerning special needs patients. Data were collected from 208 general dentists (178 male/30 female; average age...

Dominant research interests of pediatric dentists: dental materials, craniofacial biology and cariology.

p ediatric dentistry has been defined as the specialty that encompasses all facets of dentistry limited to a specific age.10lsen in 1959 stated that it is "quite difficult to determine objectively the limitations or scope of research activity that should be included in or excluded from a report to the members of the profession. "1 Reports on the many different aspects of research in pediatric d...

Dentist–patient communication: what do patients and dentists remember following a consultation? Implications for patient compliance

BACKGROUND There is a lack of information about the extent to which patients recall key facts of dental consultations. Forgetting health advice undermines adherence with such instructions and is a potential problem. This study assessed the quantity and type of information recalled in a dental consultation, dentist-patient agreement over the contents of the consultation, and the relationship of ...

Dentists, diabetes and periodontitis.

This review updates the relationship between diabetes mellitus and periodontitis. A checklist has been included to assist the general dental practitioner identify individuals with undiagnosed diabetes. The literature indicates a similar incidence of periodontitis exists between well-controlled diabetics and non-diabetics. However, a greater incidence and severity of periodontitis is observed in...

Denturism and the dentists.