What patients think of dental services.

abstract：:The behavioural science course for the undergraduate dental curriculum at Liverpool university Dental School is designed to be integrated into the basic science and clinical teaching. The course is taught by a clinical psychologist and social anthropologist. The course has an input to each of the 5 years of the studen...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Humphris GM,Ling M

更新日期：1995-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Does this tool offer a robust method for seeking out evidence or merely gives credence to quackery? ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：2017-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Major risk factors for oral cancer are cigarette smoking and alcohol misuse. Among Asian populations, regular use of betel quid (with or without added tobacco) increases oral cancer risks. Dentists should be aware of some emerging risk factors for oral, and particularly oropharyngeal cancer such as the role of the hum...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Warnakulasuriya S

更新日期：2009-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are a commonly prescribed, effective medication in the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. Several side-effects of dental relevance can occur including angioedema of the lips, mouth and throat. This adverse effect is well reported and can be fatal, but it is not ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wakefield YS,Theaker ED,Pemberton MN

更新日期：2008-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The British Orthodontic Society launched a campaign called 'Hold that smile' to highlight to patients the importance of wearing retainers as a means of reducing relapse following orthodontic treatment. This opinion piece, on behalf of the British Orthodontic Society, is written in response to an article entitled 'Brit...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Littlewood SJ,British Orthodontic Society.

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:General referral letters to any hospital specialty are universally poor. These letters are the main source of information regarding the clinical problem and shortfalls can compromise the management of the patient. METHOD:One hundred retrospective randomly selected oral surgery referral letters in the form...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Shaffie N,Cheng L

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of salivary diagnostics to allow risk determination for periodontal diseases is advancing. New technologies in proteomics, genomics and nanotechnologies have continued the discovery of discriminatory periodontal disease biomarkers. This review briefly overviews biomarker studies that have been completed in s...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Fuentes L,Yakob M,Wong DT

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first of two review papers which aim to update the general dental practitioner on contemporary endodontic practice. This first paper reviews advancements in knowledge of endodontic infections, case selection and diagnosis. An overview is given of contemporary pulp therapy and the role of antibiotics in end...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Barnes JJ,Patel S

更新日期：2011-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Darier's disease, a genetically transmitted, autosomal dominant hyperkeratosis is a condition only occasionally described in the dental literature. A familial study is presented, which highlights the autosomal dominant inheritance mode of the condition and emphasises the similarity between the palatal lesions and nico...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Ferris T,Lamey PJ,Rennie JS

更新日期：1990-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a computer assisted learning (CAL) programme with that of traditional small group tutorials in teaching theoretical and practical aspects of periodontal pocket charting. METHOD:Sixty-one third year undergraduate dental students were randomized to either rec...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bissell V,McKerlie RA,Kinane DF,McHugh S

更新日期：2003-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we will provide our personal viewpoint on the current provision of orthodontic education and discuss the need for further developments. This will include training relevant to the following: (i) student dentists, (ii) specialists, and (iii) general practitioners: particularly those who wish to develop an ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： O'Brien K,Spencer J

更新日期：2015-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws (BONJ) is recognised as a significant complication related to the use of bisphosphonates and currently is gaining importance due to the increasingly widespread use of these medications. Patients are placed into low or high risk groups of developing BONJ depending on ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Malden N,Beltes C,Lopes V

更新日期：2009-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate a simulation laboratory course that used student-centred small-group problem-orientated discussion activities as the main medium of instruction. METHODS:A structured questionnaire using a six-point Likert scale with 30 statements relating to a fixed prosthodontics course was distributed to 4th-year and...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Botelho MG,O'Donnell D

更新日期：2001-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronectomy involves removal of a crown from roots of a healthy tooth in healthy patients indicated to prevent inferior alveolar nerve injury in a high risk case. Since the original paper in 2005 ( 2005; 43: 7-12) describing a prospective randomised study on coronectomy, there has been a lot of interest in this proced...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Renton T

更新日期：2012-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the expectations of walk-in patients seeking emergency dental care out-of-hours. BASIC DESIGN:Consecutive patients attending two emergency dental clinics at weekends were interviewed prior to seeing the dentist. The audio-recorded interview transcripts were analysed using the "framework" method o...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Anderson R

更新日期：2004-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Infant oral mutilation (IOM) is a primitive traditional practice involving the 'gouging out' of an infant's healthy primary tooth germs. This can lead to transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV/ AIDS, septicaemia and death. Other complications include eradication and/ or malformation of the child's permanent ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Girgis S,Gollings J,Longhurst R,Cheng L

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In December 2014, Public Health Wales introduced a proof-of-concept incentive scheme, aiming to encourage National Health Service (NHS) dental practitioners in Wales to provide brief intervention for smoking cessation and increase referrals to Stop Smoking Wales (SSW). The scheme ran for 11 weeks. Practitioners were a...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wilson M,Karki AJ,Gould A

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The improvement of patient safety has been a long-term aim of healthcare organisations and following recent negative events within the UK, the focus on safety has rightly increased. For over twenty years, clinical audit has been the tool most frequently used to measure safety-related aspects of healthcare and when don...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Ashley MP,Pemberton MN,Saksena A,Shaw A,Dickson S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was carried out of 102 members of the general public, asking for their views of the recent changes in the government funding of NHS dentistry. Approximately 80% of those surveyed had heard about the changes. The majority thought that the implications of the change would be a rise in costs to patients and a fa...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Allen D,Barker T,Gibbons D,Newton T,Thorogood N

更新日期：1992-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to inform the reader of the main principles considered in the management of mild hypodontia involving the absence of one or more maxillary lateral incisors. With increasing demand and limited resources of hospital dental services, general dental practitioners (GDPs) are required to actively pa...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Westgate E,Waring D,Malik O,Darcey J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1994 the Department of Health commissioned a survey of early feeding practices within the Asian community. The survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) was designed to assess from a nationally representative sample of infants from the Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani communities from across Eng...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Watt RG

更新日期：2000-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Dentists and dental care professionals have a key role to play in the journey of the mouth cancer patient. Involved in the prevention, diagnosis and delivery of oral healthcare before, during and following mouth cancer treatment, dental professionals are essential to the delivery of patient care. This article will exp...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Beacher NG,Sweeney MP

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:There are various motivators that prompt people to study dentistry but there is evidence that the salience of each varies according to gender and black and minority ethnic (BME) group. Given the current focus on inequality within the science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics (STEMM) academic disciplin...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Waylen A,Barnes O,Kenyon P,Neville P

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tooth wear is recognised as a common feature of European dentitions. However, little is known about its progression in susceptible patients. The aim of this study was to assess the degree and progression of tooth wear in patients by examining study casts taken of their teeth on two separate occasions. DESIGN...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bartlett DW

更新日期：2003-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper is the first in a series of two that investigate the undergraduate teaching of complete dentures in the UK. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A questionnaire was sent by email to 13 UK dental schools enquiring about the number of hours spent in the lecture theatre, laboratory and clinic. The schools were also asked...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wieder M,Faigenblum M,Eder A,Louca C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The difference between paediatric dentistry and most other branches of dentistry is that in the child the occlusion is changing. Consequently 'Good Occlusal Practice' in children is a matter of making the right clinical decisions for the future occlusion. The clinician needs to be able to predict the influence that di...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Davies SJ,Gray RJ,Mackie IC

更新日期：2001-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:There may be unintended changes to the occlusion following the provision of guards and splints. This article describes the management of anterior open bite as an unintentional, iatrogenic occlusal change in patients who have worn a night guard or occlusal splint and one case caused by an orthodontic retainer. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bereznicki T,Barry E,Wilson NHF

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Caries Consensus Collaboration (ICCC) presented recommendations on terminology, on carious tissue removal and on managing cavitated carious lesions. It identified 'dental caries' as the name of the disease that dentists should manage, and the importance of controlling the activity of existing cavitat...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Banerjee A,Frencken JE,Schwendicke F,Innes NPT

更新日期：2017-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated if the patient can have a role in reporting early peri-implant complications. DESIGN:An exploratory, single-centred study comparing patient's perceptions of implant success to the clinical success at an examination. SETTING, MATERIALS AND METHODS :Seventy-five patients were randomly ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wright S,Archer C

更新日期：2015-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This article forms part of a BDJ series of Practice papers on the subject of clinical examination and related record keeping. The series is taken from the Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP[UK]) 2016 Good Practice Guidelines book on this topic, edited by A. M. Hadden. This particular article, the first in the...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Hadden AM,and the FGDP(UK) Clinical Examination and Record-Keeping Working Group.

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00