Clinical Dental Assistants are Crucial Bedrock Team Members in the Academic Clinical Dental Milieu during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 Pandemic forced immediate changes in how dental academicians must teach dental student doctors’ hands-on acquisition of Dental Auxiliary Utilization (DAU) principles. The Clinical Dental Assistants’ (CDAs) presence was reduced drastically in their clinical access during patient care in the distal part of the Spring Semester 2020 and the early months of the Fall Semester of 2020. The substantive and necessary limitations for safety in the academic setting and societal dental health care needs have reduced student doctors’ opportunities to utilize clinical dental assistants (CDAs) for DAU. CDAs’ value in an academic dental care milieu is paramount to student doctors’ successful transition from the preclinical to clinical and ultimately transition to private clinical practices.

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Role of Sugar Free Chewing Gums in Oral Health

Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry ◽

10.5005/johcd-9-1-35 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 35-39

Author(s):

CM Marya ◽

S Dhingra ◽

A Jnaneswar ◽

H Kumar ◽

N Dahiya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

Periodontal Diseases ◽

Dental Health ◽

Chewing Gum ◽

Care Needs ◽

Dental Health Care ◽

Chewing Gums ◽

Fermentable Carbohydrates ◽

Health Burdens

ABSTRACT Dental caries and periodontal diseases have historically been considered the most important global oral health burdens. Hence, the dental health care needs to apply strategies for prevention of oral health problems. Chewing gum gained interest due to its ability to stimulate salivation and accelerate the clearance of fermentable carbohydrates from the dietary intake. Chewing gum with Xylitol has received special attention due to its mechanical cleaning together with saliva stimulation. These actions could lead to a therapeutic, caries lowering action and various other oral health benefits.

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Unmet dental health care needs among adults in Serbia, Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2017

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckz187.145 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽

Author(s):

Z Terzic-Supic ◽

J Todorovic ◽

K Vojvodic ◽

P Piperac ◽

M Santric-Milicevic

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Dental Health ◽

Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

Social Characteristics ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽

Care Needs ◽

Dental Health Care

Abstract Background Changes in the health insurance law in 2005 led to the changes in the organization of the provision of dental health care in Serbia. Prior to this law, dental health care was available for every resident covered by mandatory health insurance without additional out-of-pocket payments. Now the dental health care is available only for children under the age of 18, students under the age of 26, pregnant women and for emergency dental care. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of unmet dental health care needs among adults and to assess the factors associated with unmet dental health care needs. Methods The study was the secondary analysis of the data from the Survey on income and Living conditions in Serbia, conducted during 2017. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association of unmet dental health care needs and socio-demographic and socio-economic factors. Results Total of 1718/12437 (12.1%) adults reported unmet dental health care needs. The main reason reported was not being able to afford it (1014/1718, 59.0%), along with the fear of doctors or hospitals (260/1718, 15.5%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed the association of unmet dental health care needs and being employed (OR: 1.50, 95% CI: 1.24-1.80), unemployed (OR: 1.96, 95% CI: 1.65-2.33), having primary (OR: 1.47, 95% CI: 1.16-1.86), or secondary education (OR: 1.43, 95% CI: 1.21-1.69), being divorced (OR: 1.47, 95% CI: 1.17-1.85), having good (OR:1.44, 95% CI: 1.20- 1.74), average (OR: 2.36, 95% CI: 1.91-2.92), poor (OR: 2.29, 95%CI: 1.77-2.97), or very poor general health (OR: 2.42, 95% CI: 1.68-3.48), having limitation in daily activities (OR: 0.66, 95% CI: 0.60-0.77) and being materially deprived (OR: 1.67, 95% CI: 1.46-1.90). Conclusions The prevalence of unmet dental health care needs in high among adults in Serbia. There is an association between social characteristics and health status with unmet dental health care needs in Serbia. Key messages There is a high prevalence of unmet dental health care needs in Serbia. Unmet dental health care needs are associated with social characteristics and health status.

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Helping to Meet the Dental Health Care Needs of the Nation: The Potential Role of the Dental Service of the Veterans Administration’s Health Care System

The Journal of the American Dental Association ◽

10.14219/jada.archive.1973.0113 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 86 (3) ◽

pp. 615-625 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care System ◽

Potential Role ◽

Dental Health ◽

Dental Service ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Care Needs ◽

Dental Health Care ◽

Care System

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Preventive dental health care experiences of preschool-age children with special health care needs

Special Care in Dentistry ◽

10.1111/scd.12084 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 68-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Colleen E. Huebner ◽

Donald L. Chi ◽

Erin Masterson ◽

Peter Milgrom

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Dental Health ◽

Preschool Age ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Care Needs ◽

Special Health Care ◽

Dental Health Care ◽

Health Care Experiences ◽

Preschool Age Children ◽

Special Health

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Some Nigerian Dentists and Oral Health Workers Assessment of the Dental Health Care Needs of Their Nation’s Primary School-Age-Children

International Journal of Tropical Medicine ◽

10.3923/ijtmed.2010.10.15 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 10-15

Author(s):

Biodun-Smith Adegoroye ◽

Uti Omolara ◽

G.B. Eweniyi

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Oral Health ◽

Health Workers ◽

Dental Health ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Care Needs ◽

Dental Health Care ◽

Primary School Age

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Unmet dental health care needs in Serbia

Srpski medicinski casopis Lekarske komore ◽

10.5937/smclk2-32309 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 43-51

Author(s):

Jovana Todorović ◽

Nataša Popović ◽

Pavle Piperac ◽

Slavica Đurđević-Todorović ◽

Zorica Terzić-Šupić

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Status ◽

Dental Health ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Care Needs ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Dental Health Care ◽

Status Characteristics ◽

The Republic

Aim: The aim of this study was the analysis of the social and health status characteristics of the population with unmet dental health care needs. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study included 20,069 respondents from the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) in the Republic of Serbia in 2014. Results: Nearly every sixth citizen (16.1%) reported unmet dental health care needs. Participants between the ages of 27 and 44 years (OR: 1.48, 95% CI: 1.21 - 1.82), and between 45 and 64 years (OR: 1.49, 95% CI: 1.19 - 1.86), participants who assessed their health status as: good (OR: 1.91, 95% CI: 1.63 - 2.25), fair (OR: 3.16, 95% CI: 2.64 - 3.77), bad (OR: 3.65, 95% CI: 2.94 - 4.53), or very bad (OR: 4.22, 95% CI: 3.10 - 5.74), had a higher likelihood of reporting unmet dental health care needs. The most frequent reasons for unmet dental health care needs were financial obstacles to the accessibility of dental health care (66.6%) and fear or treatment (15.1%). Conclusion: The study found associations between unmet dental health care needs and social and health status characteristics. Health policy should adopt a multidimensional approach and eliminate barriers which restrict the accessibility of dental health care.

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