Blood pressure measuring equipment in the dental surgery: use or ornament?

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the relationship between the preventive and restorative care provided to children who frequently attend the General Dental Service in the UK after taking into account socio-economic status, gender and dental caries experience. SETTING:General dental practices in the North West of England. SUBJE...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Tickle M,Milsom KM,King D,Blinkhorn AS

更新日期：2003-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many varying factors which impact on the behaviour of reluctant patients and the understanding of theoretical behavioural models can help to understand some of the key issues. This paper considers such models and the effective use of marketing communications in helping to change behaviour. The paper conclude...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Ashford R,Blinkhorn AS

更新日期：1999-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Each year since 1970, the charity CRISIS has provided a place of warmth and shelter for the homeless of London (guests) over the Christmas period. In 1990 they converted a large factory warehouse off the Old Kent Road and set it up to cook meals, provide beds, games, televisions, hairdressing, chiropody, medical and d...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Daly B

更新日期：1991-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical study to monitor dentinal hypersensitivity with episodic use of a desensitising dentifrice. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：2017-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify which local anaesthetic solutions were used by general dental practitioners in the United Kingdom and to determine selection criteria. In addition, differences in anaesthetic choice between recent graduates (< or = 5 years) and more experienced practitioners were investig...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Corbett IP,Ramacciato JC,Groppo FC,Meechan JG

更新日期：2005-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Putting patients' interests first should always be at the forefront of a dental practitioner's mind. When treatment planning, it can be possible to lose sight of the patient: their primary concerns, ability to cope with treatment and what they regard success to be. Introducing key concepts such as a 'problem list' and...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Patel K,Walshaw E

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of the oral cavity frequently occurs in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This report describes a lesion presenting as delayed healing of an extraction wound with hyperaemic swollen gingivae and ulceration in an apparently healthy 34-year-old Thai fisherman. The le...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Nittayananta W,Chungpanich S,Pongpanich S,Mitarnun W

更新日期：1996-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To report the development and evaluation of an evidence-based, online, patient assessment tool, capable of measuring oral health status, future disease risk and capitation fee guidance. METHODS:An online integrated oral health and risk assessment tool called DEPPA was developed, incorporating 1) PreViser(™) risk s...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Busby M,Chapple E,Matthews R,Chapple IL

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the impact of dental anxiety on daily living. METHOD:Twenty people attending a dental sedation clinic completed the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, and were interviewed privately using a reflexive, in-depth technique. All interviews were audio-tape recorded and transcribed. The transcripts were analysed ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cohen SM,Fiske J,Newton JT

更新日期：2000-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:'...absence of any leachable antibacterial agent.' ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To ascertain the survival of teeth having undergone root canal therapy, when bacterial photo-dynamic therapy (bacterial PDT) was used as an adjunct during root canal system disinfection. Design Retrospective survival analysis (Kaplan-Meier method) of endodontically-treated teeth, when bacterial PDT was used ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Lane J,Bonsor S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate job satisfaction among hygienist-therapists. Increasing numbers of hygienist-therapists work in UK primary dental care teams. Earlier studies suggest a clinical remit/clinical activity mismatch, without investigating any link with job satisfaction. METHODS:A UK-wide survey of dental hygienist-...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Csikar J,Godson J

更新日期：2011-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the measurement of oral health self perceptions, as part of a concise patient survey, and to consider the potential value of including this aspect in survey instruments. METHOD:In 2011, the data collected from 42,794 patients attending 276 practices participating in a voluntary accreditation program...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Busby M,Burke FJ,Matthews R,Cyrta J,Mullins A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of dental caries was carried out involving 1537 mothers who attended St David's Hospital, Gwynedd, between July 1986 and July 1987 for their confinement. The study was 'blind' in respect of residence. The mean DMFT value for mothers with continuous residence in the non-fluoridated Gwynedd mainland was 13.6 and...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Thomas FD,Kassab JY

更新日期：1992-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though dental care is sometimes erroneously considered a modern practice, written records from major ancient civilisation all around the world date back to several millennia BC. In particular, in the Middle Ages, among the tenth and thirteenth centuries, the illustrious Medical School of Salerno in Italy, the mos...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bifulco M,Amato M,Gangemi G,Marasco M,Caggiano M,Amato A,Pisanti S

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Many terms have been used to describe incomplete tooth fractures. This paper reviews them, discusses the clinical features of incomplete tooth fractures and proposes a clinically representative definition. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Ellis SG

更新日期：2001-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Firstly to determine the current provision of sedation in primary dental care in an area of Scotland without local secondary care support and secondly, to investigate dental practitioners' desire for formal postgraduate training in sedation techniques. DESIGN:A prospective postal questionnaire-based study. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Foley J

更新日期：2002-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the theoretical aspects and clinical procedures involved in recording centric relation. Established clinical techniques to record centric relation are considered and described in part one. The second article considers more recent concepts of centric relation and clinical techniques to record it. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Hassall D

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief clinical orthodontic examination is described as a method of screening young people in practices, community clinics or at school inspections for malocclusions requiring a more comprehensive assessment. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Kirschen R

更新日期：1998-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a white patch on the right lateral border of the tongue, found to be hyperkeratosis induced by long-term habitual placement of nicotine replacement lozenges (NiQuitin CQ) in the right lingual sulcus, is presented. The lesion became less evident once the patient varied the intraoral location and reduced his c...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Naudi KB,Felix DH

更新日期：2007-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced oral aperture and mandibular mobility/trismus are relatively common conditions that can be encountered in patients attending general dental practice, community dental practice and district general or dental teaching hospitals. All dental specialties may see patients with these conditions, and regardless of whi...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Garnett MJ,Nohl FS,Barclay SC

更新日期：2008-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent health promotion campaigns have encouraged the public to consume at least five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. Many see consuming fruit smoothies as a way of achieving this. OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the potential or otherwise for fruit smoothies to bring about dental erosion. DESIGN:Labora...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Brand HS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether clinical audit can improve general dental practitioners' prescribing of antibiotics. DESIGN:An intervention study carried out in general dental practice in the North West of England. METHOD:Information was collected over an initial six-week period from 175 general dental practitioners...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Palmer NA,Dailey YM,Martin MV

更新日期：2001-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:For 42 years, the author perused and searched dental literature for the true origin of the mouthpiece. This manuscript is the culmination of that search: identifying the originator, reviewing the contributions of several pioneering dentists in mouthpiece creation, and interviewing two of many notable boxing participan...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Reed RV Jr

更新日期：1994-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The talking parrot can be given information by voice and then reproduce that information verbatim, without necessarily understanding it. I submit that the teaching, assessment and examination of dental students requires little more of them than the skills of the parrot. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Pairman JS

更新日期：1995-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this paper is to examine the factors that vocational trainers regard as important in a 'good' dentist and to assess whether they think recent graduates were achieving these factors. DESIGN:The study was based on a statistical analysis of returns from a postal questionnaire. SETTING:Postal questio...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Buck D,Malik S,Murphy N,Patel V,Singh S,Syed B,Vorah N

更新日期：2000-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of double teeth in the primary dentition, for the British schoolchild, is 1.6%. Although primary double teeth in the anterior region of the mouth are not uncommon, double teeth in the primary molar region are rare. This case report describes the intra-oral findings, and in particular a case of a primary...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bedi R,Moody GH

更新日期：1991-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to measure organ doses and calculate the effective dose for indirect and direct digital cephalometric exposures. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Indirect digital cephalometric exposures were made of a Rando phantom head using a Cranex Tome multipurpose unit with storage phosphor plates from Agfa and...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Gijbels F,Sanderink G,Wyatt J,Van Dam J,Nowak B,Jacobs R

更新日期：2004-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of standards of competence and assessment is central to professions. For the dental profession there have been suggestions that a change from overall competence to specific fields of competence would be a more suitable mechanism to assess whether an individual was competent. This paper examines the implicati...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Batchelor P,Albert D

更新日期：1998-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:As it approaches its 60th anniversary, the UCL Eastman Dental Institute continues to go from strength to strength. This article takes a brief look at the history and achievements of the Institute, from its establishment in 1948 to its present position as one of the premier international centres for dental research and...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：2007-11-10 00:00:00