scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Dental Practitioners in Thiruvananthapuram on Oral Health Care for Children with Special Needs

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-254
Author(s):  
Sobha Kuriakose ◽  
Soumya Rajan ◽  
Bobby J Varghese ◽  
Firoz Asharaf ◽  
Suprasidh Suprakasam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Dental Practitioners

scholarly journals A Consensus-Based Set of Measures for Oral Health Care

2017 ◽  
Vol 96 (8) ◽  
pp. 881-887 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Baâdoudi ◽  
A. Trescher ◽  
D. Duijster ◽  
N. Maskrey ◽  
F. Gabel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Routine Data ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Care Systems

Increasingly more responsive and accountable health care systems are demanded, which is characterized by transparency and explicit demonstration of competence by health care providers and the systems in which they work. This study aimed to establish measures of oral health for transparent and explicit reporting of routine data to facilitate more patient-centered and prevention-oriented oral health care. To accomplish this, an intermediate objective was to develop a comprehensive list of topics that a range of stakeholders would perceive as valid, important, and relevant for describing oral health and oral health care. A 4-stage approach was used to develop the list of topics: 1) scoping of literature and its appraisal, 2) a meeting of experts, 3) a 2-stage Delphi process (online), and 4) a World Café discussion. The aim was to create consensus through structured conversations via a range of stakeholders (general dental practitioners, patients, insurers, and policy makers) from the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hungary, and Denmark. The study was part of the ADVOCATE project, and it resulted in a list of 48 topics grouped into 6 clusters: 1) access to dental care, 2) symptoms and diagnosis, 3) health behaviors, 4) oral treatments, 5) oral prevention, and 6) patient perception. All topics can be measured, as they all have a data source with defined numerators and denominators. This study is the first to establish a comprehensive and multiple-stakeholder consented topic list designed for guiding the implementation of transparent and explicit measurement of routine data of oral health and oral health care. Successful measurement within oral health care systems is essential to facilitate learning from variation in practice and outcomes within and among systems, and it potentiates improvement toward more patient-centered and prevention-oriented oral health care.

Antibiotic prophylaxis in oral health care: administration strategies of general dental practitioners

2005 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 321-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Ellervall ◽  
Fredrik Björklund ◽  
Madeleine Rohlin ◽  
Ellen Vinge ◽  
Kerstin Knutsson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Antibiotic Prophylaxis ◽  
Health Care Administration ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Dental Practitioners

Children’s Rights in their Oral Health Care

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-378
Author(s):  
Lee A. Smith ◽  
Emma Tumilty ◽  
Lyndie Foster Page ◽  
W. Murray Thomson ◽  
Barry Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Standard Of Care ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Dental Practitioners

Research on children’s rights in oral health care is lacking, and this study aims to partially fill this gap. In 2015, we conducted research in one region of New Zealand using video methods to explore the rights of 22 children during a specific oral health treatment, the placement of stainless steel crowns. Our findings show that many children did not receive a professional standard of care, there were gaps in the delivery and standard of care, and there were numerous examples of children’s rights’ violations. At the same time, however, some of the children’s dental practitioners’ actions may have been acceptable practice within the profession if children’s rights have not yet fully been embedded into the practice of oral health care workers. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our findings and suggestions for a more rights based standard of oral health care.

Pediatric Dentistry Specialty as Part of a Longer Continuum of Care: A Commentary

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 341-344
Author(s):  
H Barry Waldman ◽  
Rick Rader ◽  
Stephen Sulkes ◽  
Steven P Perlman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Pediatric Dentistry ◽  
Special Health Care Needs ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Special Health Care ◽  
Special Health

The transition of teenagers with special needs to young adulthood is a complex period for the children and their families. This transition is especially difficult when it comes to securing needed oral health care. The teenager is forced to transfer from the services of an age defined pediatric dental specialist with training to provide care for individuals with special needs, to 1) general practitioners with limited formal training and often unwillingness to provide care and 2) at a period when most states provide limited or lack of adult dental Medicaid programs. These issues and the need to expand pediatric dental specialist involvement in the general transitional period are reviewed.“Pediatric dentistry is an age-defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs.”1“Our system of preparing and maintaining our abilities to provide oral health services for an increasing diverse population must be brought up to date to meet the challenges posed by the treatment of young adults with disabilities.”2“Most responding dentists (to a national study of pediatric dentists) helped adolescents with and without SHCNs (Special Health Care Needs) make the transition into adult care, but the major barrier was the availability of general dentists and specialists.”3

Barriers to Oral health care in patients with special needs-A Cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
pp. 2167-2171
Author(s):  
Nandhini Subramaniam ◽  
Arvind Muthukrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Patients With Special Needs

Aim- This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the barriers to receive oral care among patients with special health care needs. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 50 patients seeking dental treatment in the special care unit of Oral medicine department. A self-administered questionnaire was employed for data collection. Results: It was found that nearly 56% of respondents listed fear towards dental treatment as an important barrier which in turn prevents them from gaining access to dental care. Around 52% of patients considered their underlying medical problem as a reason for not seeking dental care as their comorbid condition would increase their fear of dental treatment, 43% of patients considered physical barriers or in need of caretakers as a barrier to Dental care. 10% of the population stated that they do not have barriers to access Dental care. Conclusion: The major barriers to oral health care utilization among patients with special needs were fear-related and hence these patients need attention towards fear alleviation and make dental care painless and simple.

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