Vocational training for general dental practice.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Locator retained implant overdentures are associated with a high incidence of prosthodontic complications. This study investigated whether general dental practitioners (GDPs) were willing to maintain these prostheses in primary dental care. METHOD:A questionnaire was distributed to all GDPs referring pati...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Patzelt SB

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly clinical teaching for all health professionals is moving out of teaching hospitals and into community settings. A recent workshop reviewed the place of outreach teaching in undergraduate dental education. This paper defines outreach teaching in terms of its main components; identifies its benefits for dif...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Elkind A

更新日期：2002-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Endodontic procedures are challenging and technically demanding. In the UK standards of treatment have been shown to have fallen short of acceptable guidelines, laying many dentists open to litigation on questions of clinical negligence by patients who understand and know what should be considered as current best prac...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Webber J

更新日期：2010-08-28 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：:Continuing professional development should embrace all aspects of our professional life. Changes in the pattern of oral disease, developing concepts of specialisation and delivery of dental care require a flexible approach to the interface between the end of the undergraduate dental course and the early years of gener...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Murray JJ

更新日期：1996-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Although this study heralded that over half the implants gained bone, this was between 1 and 5 years after placement, the amounts were trivial, and this has to be balanced with loss of bone during the first year. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that a blue light emitting diode (LED) light curing unit (LCU) can produce an equal dental composite depth of cure to a halogen LCU adjusted to give an irradiance of 300 mWcm-2 and to characterise the LCU's light outputs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Depth of cure for three popular composite...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Mills RW,Jandt KD,Ashworth SH

更新日期：1999-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acupuncture is frequently advocated as an effective treatment of dental pain. The question whether or not it is effective for this indication remains controversial. The aim of this systematic review therefore was to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture in dental pain. DATA SOURCES:Four electronic database...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Ernst E,Pittler MH

更新日期：1998-05-09 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

authors： Olley RC,Hosey MT,Renton T,Gallagher J

更新日期：2011-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Alastair Sloan, speaker at the 2012 BDA Christmas Lecture, describes a regenerative future for dentistry, the standing of UK dental research and his scientific heroes. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Sloan A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the experience of being an outreach teacher of undergraduate restorative dentistry; to describe the desirable characteristics of such teachers; and to consider the management of outreach teaching. DESIGN:A three year pilot of an outreach course in fourth year restorative dentistry began in 2001. Student...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Elkind A,Watts C,Qualtrough A,Blinkhorn AS,Potter C,Duxbury J,Blinkhorn F,Taylor I,Turner R

更新日期：2007-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the Royal Colleges have rightly responded over the years to pressures within, and outside dentistry for higher levels of training in oral and maxillofacial surgery. There has been adoption of a series of qualification as, at first desirable, then mandatory...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Pedlar J

更新日期：1991-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In the eighteenth century, a pedestrian strolling around Georgian London may have witnessed the bizarre sight of an ageing gentleman parading the streets on a painted horse and brandishing the jawbone of an ass. Not only was this man an eccentric, he was also a dentist. David Watkins here relates the remarkable story ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Watkins D

更新日期：1989-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Participation in sport carries an increased risk of sustaining dental trauma which can be reduced by the use of a mouthguard. Mouthguards work by dissipating the force of impact, thus reducing the force which is transferred to the dentition. There are different types of mouthguard available which vary in design, costs...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Parker K,Marlow B,Patel N,Gill DS

更新日期：2017-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim To compare trends in the volume, socio-demography and academic experience of UK applicants and entrants to medicine and dentistry in the UK with university in general, before and after the major increase in university fees in England in 2012.Methods Descriptive trend analyses of University and College Admissions S...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Gallagher JE,Calvert A,Niven V,Cabot L

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper expands upon a previous quantitative study which measured dentists' knowledge, attitudes and practices towards patients carrying blood-borne viruses in order to identify potential barriers to the provision of adequate dental treatment. Although some useful findings were obtained in that study, it was sugges...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Crossley ML

更新日期：2004-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An oromucosal spray has been developed from the major components of marijuana (cannabis), including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), in alcohol with a peppermint flavouring, designed to be administered as a spray under the tongue or on the buccal mucosa to relieve pain in multiple sclerosis....

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Scully C

更新日期：2007-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contemporary evidence for the effectiveness of water fluoridation schemes in the U.K. is sparse. The utility of routinely collected data in providing evidence warrants further research. OBJECTIVES:To examine inpatient hospital episodes statistics for dental extractions as an alternative population marker fo...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Elmer TB,Langford JW,Morris AJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the level of knowledge and understanding of informed consent amongst consultant orthodontists. DESIGN:A questionnaire which covered a range of legal issues on informed consent as it pertains to clinical practice in three of the four nations of the United Kingdom. SETTING:Hospital orthodontic de...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Chate RA

更新日期：2008-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Destructive membranous periodontal disease is a rare, destructive and poorly defined entity, which is the part of a systemic disease due to plasminogen deficiency and fibrin deposition. The disease is characterised by gingival enlargement and periodontal tissue destruction that leads to rapid tooth loss despite treatm...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Baykul T,Bozkurt Y

更新日期：2004-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review episodes of infective endocarditis involving dental procedures that have resulted in litigation and to determine if any clinical recommendations can be obtained. DESIGN:13-year retrospective study. INTERVENTION:Patient records were analysed to identify the probable cause of infective endocarditis....

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Martin MV,Butterworth ML,Longman LP

更新日期：1997-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paediatric dentistry requires knowledge of preventive measures, restorative skills and an understanding of child development. AIM:This exploratory, descriptive and qualitative study has analysed children's drawings regarding their perception of dental treatment and oral health. METHOD:Children aged from si...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Torriani DD,Goettems ML,Cademartori MG,Fernandez RR,Bussoletti DM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the level of unmet dental access need which had been reported locally and to provide information about the perceived need for dental treatment with particular reference to those not registered for continuing NHS care. DESIGN:A postal survey of adults resident in Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire wa...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Falcon HC,Hurst CP

更新日期：1998-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypersensitivity reactions to the commonly used denture base resins are infrequently reported. When they have been reported, most acrylic hypersensitivity reactions have been described as local contact reactions with few reports identifying any significant systemic symptoms. This paper reports a case where the patient...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Barclay SC,Forsyth A,Felix DH,Watson IB

更新日期：1999-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper argues that 'science' does not tell us 'the truth' but is simply one explanatory framework (of potentially many explanations) for understanding the world. Scientific fact is not a given, located somewhere 'out there' waiting to be discovered. Rather as a set of ideas, which offer to explain the world, scien...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Thorogood N

更新日期：1997-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Of note, the symptom load was still high five years after removal of the amalgam restorations. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：2017-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury amalgam has been used for dental fillings since the 1830s. Over that time, questions have occasionally been raised with regard to its safety, but a recent TV programme in America has re-focussed attention in this area. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Pogrel MA

更新日期：1991-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The gagging reflex is a physiological reaction which safeguards the airway from foreign bodies. In some people this response is exaggerated to the extent that the acceptance/provision of dental treatment is not possible. The aim of this paper is to review the role of acupuncture in controlling gagging as a s...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Fiske J,Dickinson C

更新日期：2001-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Conscious dental sedation is commissioned by NHS England for patients who are unable to accept dental treatment under local anaesthetic and behavioural techniques alone. Dental sedation provided by NHS England is carried out on a referral basis but this can be carried out in a primary or secondary care sett...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Maguire WS,Lewney J,Landes DP

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Len D'Cruz talks to the BDJ about change management, NHS England pilots and direct access for DCPs. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： D'Cruz L

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00