Postdoctoral education in dentistry: Preparing dental practitioners to meet the oral health needs of America in the 21st century

2000 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 582
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Dental Practitioners

scholarly journals Oral Health and Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Unique Collaboration between Dentistry and Occupational Therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Dominique H. Como ◽  
Leah I. Stein Duker ◽  
José C. Polido ◽  
Sharon A. Cermak
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Clinic Visit ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are at risk for oral health disparities. With the dramatic rise in ASD prevalence to 1 in 54 children, it is likely that an increasing number of dental practitioners will encounter or be asked to treat children with ASD. This paper reviews explanations related to the increasing prevalence of ASD, provides reasons why children with ASD are at increased risk for poor oral health, and discusses unique interprofessional collaborations between dental practitioners and occupational therapists. Occupational therapists and dentists can work together to plan modifications to the dental environment or adapt dental protocols to reduce some of the barriers encountered by those with ASD, provide desensitization strategies before the clinic visit, or help a child with emotional regulation during clinical treatments.

"Six-month recall dental appointments, for all children, are (un)justifiable"

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Anthonappa ◽  
Nigel King
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Oral Disease ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Insufficient Evidence ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Dental Practitioner ◽  
Dental Professionals ◽  
Dental Appointments

Each child is an individual with specific needs, which necessitates a different plan of management based on the type of oral disease or disability present. This raises a question as to whether the customary fixed sixmonth recall visits for children commonly advocated by dental professionals need to be altered/adjusted so as to reflect the individual's oral health needs more closely, in order to optimize their clinical and costeffectiveness. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the evidence to either justify or refute the sixmonth recall dental appointments for all children. Based on the available evidence, we conclude that the judgment about appropriate intervals should be made by the dental practitioner on an individual risk basis as insufficient evidence exists to either justify, or refute the six-month recall dental appointments.

Final Report of the FOPE II Pediatric Generalists of the Future Workgroup

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 106 (Supplement_E1) ◽  
pp. 1199-1223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurel Leslie ◽  
Peter Rappo ◽  
Herbert Abelson ◽  
Renee R. Jenkins ◽  
Sydney R. Sewall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Pediatric Education ◽  
The Future

The Future of Pediatric Education II (FOPE II) Project was a 3-year, grant-funded initiative, which continued the work begun by the 1978 Task Force on the Future of Pediatric Education. Its primary goal was to proactively provide direction for pediatric education for the 21st century. To achieve this goal, 5 topic-specific workgroups were formed: 1) the Pediatric Generalists of the Future Workgroup, 2) the Pediatric Specialists of the Future Workgroup, 3) the Pediatric Workforce Workgroup, 4) the Financing of Pediatric Education Workgroup, and 5) the Education of the Pediatrician Workgroup. The FOPE II Final Report was recently published as a supplement toPediatrics (The Future of Pediatric Education II: organizing pediatric education to meet the needs of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults in the 21st century.Pediatrics. 2000;105(suppl):161–212). It is also available on the project web site at: www.aap.org/profed/fope1.htm This report reflects the deliberations and recommendations of the Pediatric Generalists of the Future Workgroup of the Task Force on FOPE II. The report looks at 5 factors that have led to changes in child health needs and pediatric practice over the last 2 decades. The report then presents a vision for the role and scope of the pediatrician of the future and the core attributes, skills, and competencies pediatricians caring for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults will need in the 21st century. Pediatrics 2000;106(suppl):1199–1223;pediatrics, medical education, children, adolescents, health care delivery.

Oral health needs: how may they be met?

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny E Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Needs

Looking at Overtreatment in Esthetic Dentistry as a Professional and Business Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (Special Issue) ◽  
pp. 125-125
Author(s):  
Alexandru Mester ◽  
◽  
Maria Aluas ◽  
Roxana Bordea ◽  
Ondine Lucaciu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Orthodontic Appliances ◽  
Health State ◽  
Dental Esthetics ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Fixed Orthodontic Appliances ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Business Approach ◽  
The Right

"Dental practitioners, sometimes, are facing patient’s requests to overtreatment care, which in many situations is completely unnecessary or even dangerous/ risky/ disproportionate to the patient’s (oral) health state/condition. It can include procedures such as: teeth whitening, removal of amalgam fillings, closing diastema, veneers, dental extractions, root canal treatment, dental implants or fixed orthodontic appliances. It is known that dentistry practice belongs to two different and conflicting worlds, medical and business. In front of such situations, dentists should decide the right way of doing their job: being a medical doctor and treating patients or doing business and executing exactly what patients are asking for. Due to these facts, this presentation aims to: 1) identify the main issues related to this dilemma of dentists and 2) offer a better perspective on realizing dental esthetics treatments without jeopardize the oral health of the patient, but also the dentist’s profession and professional integrity. "

Developing a dental leadership programme to address global oral health challenges

BMJ Leader ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-86
Author(s):  
Valerie Wordley ◽  
Raman Bedi
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Collaborative Leadership ◽  
The World ◽  
Oral Health Policy ◽  
Child Oral Health

Dental leadership is essential in addressing the crisis of 21st century dentistry. The Senior Dental Leaders programme was established in 2006 and has since influenced global oral health policy. The programme demonstrates how collaborative leadership and an engaged alumni network can produce successful dental leaders, significantly impacting upon child oral health around the world. There is now a great need for leadership development programmes at every level of dental training.

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