Abstract:
:I'm delighted to have the opportunity to share with you my understanding of the much-needed and long-awaited reform of the General Dental Council. Change is moving apace and the new, modern GDC, for which the existing Council has been working so hard, is taking shape as part of widespread fundamental reforms in the regulation of healthcare.
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Br Dent Jjournal_title
British dental journalauthors
Wilson NHdoi
10.1038/sj.bdj.4802403subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-01-11 00:00:00pages
7-9issue
1eissn
0007-0610issn
1476-5373pii
4802403journal_volume
194pub_type
杂志文章abstract:INTRODUCTION:A prospective cohort study was undertaken to describe the incidence of dental caries, as recorded by GDPs, in the primary molar teeth of children aged approximately 3-6 years attending general dental practices in the North West of England. METHOD:Detailed dental records of children aged 3-6 years attendin...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.582
更新日期:2008-10-11 00:00:00
abstract::Claims have been made that the traditional classroom/lecture-room mode of teaching is under threat with the future being purely online-based. There is no doubt that the impact of ICT systems and services have and will continue to transform teaching practice. From PowerPoint slides introduced to enliven lectures to vir...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.299
更新日期:2008-04-26 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.50
更新日期:2015-02-16 00:00:00
abstract::This clinical article describes and discusses a technique, using a preoperative occlusal matrix, whereby the occlusal morphology of a tooth may be replicated when placing a posterior resin composite. Two clinical cases are described. The technique offers the clinician considerable time saving for required occlusal adj...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.215
更新日期:2009-03-28 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The aim was to obtain stakeholders' views on the former London Deanery's joint educational service development initiative to train dentists with a special interest (DwSIs) in endodontics in conjunction with the National Health Services (NHS) and examine the models of care provided. METHODS:A convergent para...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.652
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article represents the consensus from a meeting of the British Society of Prosthetic Dentistry's Education Group which met to discuss implant dentistry at the undergraduate dental student level. The consensus recognises the need to embed the teaching of implant supported prostheses if such a treatment modality is...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.1175
更新日期:2010-01-09 00:00:00
abstract::Aqueous sodium hypochlorite (bleach) solution is widely used in dental practice during root canal treatment. Although it is generally regarded as being very safe, potentially severe complications can occur when it comes into contact with soft tissue. This paper discusses the use of sodium hypochlorite in dental treatm...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/bdj.2007.374
更新日期:2007-05-12 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:A study of 180 dentists in the West of Scotland was conducted to determine their exposure to mercury during the course of their work and the effects on their health and cognitive function. DESIGN:Data were obtained from questionnaires distributed to dentists and by visiting their surgeries to take measurements of ...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4811831
更新日期:2004-11-27 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
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bdj.2007.1040
更新日期:2007-11-10 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.47
更新日期:2008-02-09 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the current eyecare behaviour of dentists and compare this against published standards concerning frequency of sight test intervals and eye protection. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Four hundred dentists were selected at random for inclusion in the study from the UK 2004 Dentists Register. They were invi...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bdj.2007.580
更新日期:2007-08-25 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To investigate whether digital images obtained by a digital camera are deficient compared to the original radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty pairs of bitewing radiographs of children and 40 anterior periapical radiographs were photographed using a digital camera. Images were saved as JPEG files and loaded o...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.182
更新日期:2009-03-14 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and severity of fluorosis in permanent incisor teeth in young children in a fluoridated and a fluoride-deficient community and to establish what relationship, if any, there was between the occurrence of dental fluorosis and the reported use of fluoride toothpaste in childhood. DE...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4800726
更新日期:2000-08-26 00:00:00
abstract::Since the outbreak of war in the former Yugoslavia, the British Government has accepted a number of people with special humanitarian needs from Bosnia. In October 1992, seven families, comprising of ten adults aged between 24 and 42 years old and 13 children aged between 18 months and 15 years old, arrived in Surrey h...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808265
更新日期:1993-09-11 00:00:00
abstract::Alcohol abuse is an important problem in Britain and is imposing increasing burdens both in general practice and in the hospital service. In the absence of previous investigations of the prevalence of intoxication and dependence in dental patients, 225 consecutive patients who attended the University of Bristol Dental...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4807364
更新日期:1990-11-24 00:00:00
abstract::Hypoglycaemic attacks in patients with insulin-treated diabetes are unpleasant and inconvenient at best, but may constitute a medical emergency at their most severe. This article provides the dental practitioner with an insight into the physiological processes which occur during such attacks, with clues to the recogni...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4809836
更新日期:1998-11-14 00:00:00
abstract::Ecstasy (also known as 'love drug', 'XTC' or 'E') is the name commonly used for the illegal designer drug related to amphetamine, 3,4 methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA). MDMA was patented in 1914 as an appetite suppressant, has been investigated as a mood modifying agent, but with its predecessor 3,4 methylenedioxy...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808200
更新日期:1993-07-10 00:00:00
abstract::At one time the incidence of broken hypodermic needles was a fairly common occurrence in general dental practice. Fortunately the routine use of modern stainless steel needles has all but eliminated this emergency. Occasionally a patient may make a sudden movement during administration of local anaesthetic, particular...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4809128
更新日期:1996-06-22 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to determine on what evidence infective endocarditis (IE) could be legally linked to dental treatment. METHOD:The records of 319 legal cases involving dental treatment as the probable cause of IE were analysed. The medical history, type of dental operation, and whether anti...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bdj.2007.123
更新日期:2007-07-14 00:00:00
abstract::Since the introduction of nightguard vital bleaching (tray bleaching) in 1989, dentistry has witnessed an astronomical rise in the interest in tooth whitening.(1) As a result, the most frequently asked question is, 'what bleaching technique works best?' Virtually all of today's whitening approaches work, because bleac...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4812298
更新日期:2005-04-23 00:00:00
abstract::This report describes an unusual case of blanching of the facial and palatal soft tissues following the administration of an inferior dental block injection. Possible anatomical explanations for the clinical observations are discussed. ...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808847
更新日期:1995-08-05 00:00:00
abstract::The regulation of cell growth is fundamental to the maintenance of health: disturbed regulation can result in neoplasia. Genes in normal cells (protooncogenes) code for proteins involved in the regulation of cell growth and differentiation; abnormalities in these genes (oncogenes) or their expression are often involve...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4807936
更新日期:1992-07-25 00:00:00
abstract::Aim To investigate clinical dental technicians' (CDTs) current working practices and their perception as registered dental professionals regarding their practice of dentistry, role and relationships in the dental team and within the UK healthcare system.Methods A postal questionnaire was sent to all 304 CDTs registere...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41415-019-0081-5
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::There are certain advantages to restoring a complete arch simultaneously, however, attempting to do this requires that the dentist maintains control during all stages of treatment. Maintaining control alleviates the preassure of time, which in turn allows for precision to be obtained at all clinical and laboratory sta...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.3
更新日期:2008-01-26 00:00:00
abstract::Introduction Despite overall improvements in oral health, the number of children admitted to hospital for extraction of teeth due to caries under general anaesthesia (GA) has been reported as increasing dramatically in England. The new UK government plans to transform NHS dentistry by improving oral health.Aim To eval...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.313
更新日期:2011-04-23 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.22
更新日期:2017-01-13 00:00:00
abstract::Due to the relatively slow pace and lack of symptoms with which tooth wear develops, patients will often not be aware of the presence of a wearing dentition and often present for treatment at an advanced stage. Thus, it is often challenging for the general dental practitioner to convey the diagnoses, whilst concomitan...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.139
更新日期:2016-02-26 00:00:00
abstract::Dentists are now required to treat HIV-positive patients in their practices. Dentists working in high HIV prevalence areas treat HIV seropositive patients but what affects this treatment decision? The aim of this study is to investigate the role of conflict with regard to treatment decisions. All 371 dentists practisi...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808975
更新日期:1996-01-20 00:00:00
abstract::Dental caries continues to affect the British population, despite advances in prevention and management options. There are many treatment and preventive treatment strategies to address dental caries. Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is a colourless alkaline solution containing silver and fluoride, which forms a complex w...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/s41415-020-1641-4
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Within the BDS curriculum, dental public health and the importance of social responsibility is clearly emphasised though often in a didactic manner, without practical application. Preventative concepts are taught and relayed to individual patients being treated within a dental school. The impact of oral disease on gen...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.595
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00