Background—Systematic evidence about how the public and users perceive and experience the quality of general dental care is in short supply, particularly in light of the recent changes in the general dental service. The study reported here attempted to fill this gap. Objectives—To identify the criteria the public and users adopt in evaluating the quality of general dental care, and to identify ...

The dental setting is a largely untapped venue to identify patients with undiagnosed HIV infection. Yet, uptake of rapid HIV testing within the dental community remains low. This study sought to better understand the experiences of dental professionals who have administered the test and how these experiences might inform efforts to promote greater uptake of rapid HIV testing in dental settings....

background: influenza disease is one of the oldest medical problems that can cause severe illness and high mortality rates, worldwide. in flu pandemics, medical and dental students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (kap) is critical to save patientslife.the aim of this study was to determine the score  of kap toward the pandemic h1n1 and their predictor factors among the medical and dental r...

MAIN OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the perception of patients with cardiovascular disease towards oral health and the potential for cardiac care clinicians to promote oral health. METHOD A needs assessment was undertaken with twelve patients with cardiovascular disease attending cardiac rehabilitation between 2015 and 2016, in three metropolitan hospitals in Sydney, Australia...

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) about oral health among the secondary level students of rural Nepal. Study Design: A total of 1000 secondary level school children (622 male, 378 female) of age group 13 to 18 years were selected for the study. Data on oral health knowledge, attitudes and practice was collected by means of 30 self-admin...

Utilization of dental services is hampered by multiple barriers which include culturally influenced factors, misconceptions regarding oral health care, low education and health literacy level. The purpose of the study was to uncover the cultural and ritual practices and their effect on the oral cavity and the utilization of dental services. A cross-sectional door to door survey was conducted in...

In contemporary dental practice, the role of dental plaque fermentation in the dental caries disease process is well understood, but difficult to assay for and to demonstrate to patients as an educational and motivational tool. This paper provides an overview of the current concepts of dental plaque fermentation with reference to the health/unhealthy biofilm concept of dental plaque. It explain...

conclusions “certainty in decision-making” to maintain dental health depends on overcoming the barriers of dental health. further research is needed to confirm the findings of this study. results during data analysis, four main themes developed: “barriers to dental health,” “maintaining dental health,” “uncertainty in decision-making” and “supportive factors”. “uncertainty in decision-making” a...

VOLUME 46 • NUMBER 6 • JUNE 2015 The primary goal of dental education is to train dental professionals who can competently address a wide range of issues in oral health care and independently practice evidence-based comprehensive dentistry aimed at improving the health of society.1 Competency-based education as a philosophy has widely been adopted by dental schools worldwide for both undergradu...