A fulfilling role

In clinical dental consultations in multilingual contexts, medical interpreting is often performed by the supporting staff as part of routine triadic formulations. As academic dentistry becomes increasingly internationalised, issues of language and culture add to the interactional complexity of clinical communication and education. A multivariate approach was adopted to investigate one case of multilingualism in dentistry in Asia. Collection of both survey (n=86) and interactional data provided empirical evidence regarding language use and language demands across integrated Polyclinics. Descriptive statistics of Dental Surgery Assistant (DSA) perception data and conversation analysis (CA) of mediated interpretation indicate that, as members of the oral healthcare team, DSAs in Hong Kong are an essential resource in their role of intercultural mediators between patients and clinicians, both staff and students. Discussion of sociolinguistic notions of place-as-location and place-as-meaning supports a wider conceptualisation of the role of support staff as interpreters in clinical settings. Implications are drawn for policy, curriculum and staff development.

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Evaluation of Clinical Efficacy of Using Aprotinin Fluctuophoresis after Dental Surgery

Ukraïnsʹkij žurnal medicini bìologìï ta sportu ◽

10.26693/jmbs04.06.255 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (6) ◽

pp. 255-259

Author(s):

N. Paterega ◽

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R. Ogonovsky

Keyword(s):

Clinical Efficacy ◽

Dental Surgery

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BARRIERS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL SKILLS IN DENTAL SURGERY

Proceedings of the III International Conference "Education and Applied Psychology in 21 century: actual perspectives" ◽

10.29013/iii-conf-ped-psych-pp-3-7-10 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

S. P. Yarova ◽

Y. Y. Yarov ◽

I. I. Zabolotnaya ◽

S. A. Dubina ◽

S. O. Turchenenko

Keyword(s):

Practical Skills ◽

Dental Surgery

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Properties of Absorbable and Nonabsorbable Suture Material in Dental Surgery

Case Medical Research ◽

10.31525/ct1-nct04234308 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Suture Material ◽

Dental Surgery ◽

Nonabsorbable Suture

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Interrelations Between Anesthetic Substances, General Condition of the Patient and Implant Rehabilitation Procedure

Revista de Chimie ◽

10.37358/rc.17.7.5739 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 68 (7) ◽

pp. 1674-1676

Author(s):

Manuel Florin Rosu ◽

Doriana Agop Forna ◽

Norina Consuela Forna

Keyword(s):

General Anesthesia ◽

General Condition ◽

Sinus Lift ◽

General State ◽

Therapeutic Approaches ◽

Prosthetic Rehabilitation ◽

Therapeutic Success ◽

Dental Surgery ◽

Evaluation Protocol ◽

Clinical Cases

The purpose of this study is to quantify the existing interrelationship between the anesthetic substances used in the implanto-prosthetic rehabilitation procedures with the general state of the patient, as well as the specific implant rehabilitation work.The analyzed lot brought together 110 patients, candidates for implanto-prosthetic rehabilitation, subjected to a general and local evaluation protocol for choosing general anesthesia in accordance with the general state and complexity of the implanto-prosthetic algorithm. Regarding connection between therapeutic approaches in oral implantation and types of anesthesia , we obtained correlative aspects between the use of inhalosedation and implantation algorithm in 80% clinical cases and augmentation with implantation was found in 20%.General anesthesia with Midazolam has been correlated with implantation and augmentation in 77% clinical cases and sinus lift and implantation was found in 23% clinical cases.General anesthesia with Midazolam was used in 64% clinical cases with implantation and sinus lift and 36% clinical cases with implantation.Careful monitoring of the patient and proper dental surgery where the intervention is performed are the key for a therapeutic success regarding sedation and anesthesia.

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A Cohort study to compare Admission criteria and Academic performance among preclinical students at The Copperbelt University School of Medicine: complete enumeration (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.16938 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Andrew Mwila

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Clinical Medicine ◽

Average Score ◽

First Year ◽

Admission Criteria ◽

Biomedical Sciences ◽

Dental Surgery ◽

School Of Medicine ◽

Better Than

BACKGROUND The Copperbelt University is the second public University in Zambia. The School of Medicine has four major programs namely; Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Bachelor of Clinical Medicine and Bachelor of Biomedical sciences. The Copperbelt University School of Medicine runs a five-year training program for both the BDS and the MBCHB programs. Students are admitted into the Medical school after successfully completing their first year at the Main campus in the School of Natural Sciences with an average of 4 B grades or higher (B grade is a mark of 65 to 74%). OBJECTIVE The study was done to determine the association between admission criteria and academic performance among preclinical students. Hence, the study compares the academic performance among preclinical students admitted into the Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the Copperbelt University School of Medicine. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study conducted at Michael Chilufya Sata School of medicine Campus. A pilot study was conducted with 30 BDS and 30 MBCHB students and the obtained information helped determine the sample size. SPSS was used to analyze the data. The study period lasted approximately 7 weeks at a cost of K1621. RESULTS In 2014, there was an improvement in average performance between 2nd and 3rd year for each program. An average score of 15.4 (SD 4.2) was obtained in 3rd year compared to 12.8 (SD 4.9) in 2nd year (p<0.001). Meanwhile, 3rd MB ChB mean score was 12.6 (SD 3.7) compared to 10.7 (SD 3.6) in 2nd years (p<0.05). However, in 2016, both programs, 3rd year mean scores were lower than 2nd year (MB ChB 2nd year mean score was 12.0 (SD 4.3) compared to 3rd year with a mean score of 9.5 (SD 4.5), p<0.001; BDS 2nd year mean score was 10.6 (SD 4.0) compared to 3rd year mean score of 8.2 (SD 3.4), p<0.01. On average MB ChB students performed better than BDS students in all the years (p<0.05), except in 2016 when the results were comparable. CONCLUSIONS Results from the study shows that entry criteria has a correlation to academic performance as students admitted with higher grades perform much better than those with lower grades.

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