A survey of the use of micro-computers in general dental practice in Scotland.

abstract：:Oral cancer has a good prognosis when detected at an early stage yet half of patients diagnosed with oral cancer in the UK have advanced stage disease, for which prognosis is poor. Although most oral tumours are preceded by pre-malignant lesions, the asymptomatic nature of oral cancer, diagnostic delay, and the possib...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： McGurk M,Scott SE

更新日期：2010-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental health education is an important part of our professional activities given we provide day-to-day treatment of caries and periodontal disease which can mostly be controlled by our patients, provided they implement relatively simple changes in their daily oral health habits. However, efforts in the field of both ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Blinkhorn AS

更新日期：1998-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The dental attendance of a sample of dentate adults (n = 702) within the National Health Service in Scotland was monitored longitudinally between 1978 and 1988. The attendance pattern of the sample appeared to be no different between 1983-88 than in the preceding 5 years, which suggests that the attendance behaviour o...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Nuttall NM,Davies JA

更新日期：1991-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The full coverage, all-ceramic restoration of an anterior tooth is a challenging clinical situation for which a variety of all-ceramic systems and cements are available. The decision making process involves the consideration of a number of factors such as underlying substrate colour, tooth preparation geometry, margin...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Mizrahi B

更新日期：2008-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Resin-based composite (RBC) materials are increasingly being used for the restoration of posterior teeth. The increasing demand for aesthetic, tooth-coloured restorations coupled with the patient's concerns regarding the use of mercury containing restorations, has driven a surge in the use of RBC materials. With the M...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Chesterman J,Jowett A,Gallacher A,Nixon P

更新日期：2017-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction The practice of dentistry has become increasingly commercialised and commodified. Conflicts between the commercial and professional obligations that dental practitioners face have been discussed in the academic literature. This review collates the available information and discusses how the area of commer...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Holden ACL,Adam L,Thomson WM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many care home residents require simple dental treatment which is complicated by the need for extra time to deliver dental care. The proportion of their care which could be delivered wholly by hygienists or therapists is unknown. METHOD:2010 Welsh dental care home survey data on clinical opinion of treatmen...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Monaghan NP,Morgan MZ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques of linear regression and correlation analysis are discussed and illustrated by means of dentally-related examples. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bulman JS,Osborn JF

更新日期：1989-04-22 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：:This section of the series introduces the topic of WWW search engines and directory sites; showing you how to find information using a search engine and a directory. It also covers other ways of searching for information on the internet. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Downes PK

更新日期：1998-10-24 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：Introduction:This paper defines key points from a ten million restoration dataset in order to compare and contrast the data from the previous nine papers, identifying common themes and/or differences in the factors affecting the survival of restored teeth to next intervention or extraction. Aim:It is the aim of this p...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Burke FJT,Lucarotti PSK

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Before April 2006, English dentists were either working as an NHS general dental service (GDS) practitioner (fee-per-item, no local contractual obligations); an NHS personal dental service (PDS) practitioner (block contract with the primary care trust (PCT)); a private practitioner (either fee-per-item or ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Harris RV,Ashcroft A,Burnside G,Dancer JM,Smith D,Grieveson B

更新日期：2008-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim To explore how working at dental education centres (DECs), away from the university campus, has influenced the attitudes of dental students towards providing dental care in a primary setting, and whether students feel that this model of dental education meets their perceived training needs.Design Exploratory, qual...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Kuroski JA,Rouse KA,Cook N,Magee AP,Welbury R

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol is a very widely used drug which can cause dental disease and influence dental treatment. It is therefore important that dental professionals take an alcohol history from all patients and are aware of how to give alcohol reduction advice. This article discusses the impact of alcohol on oral health, including o...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Grocock R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic prescribing practices are frequently inappropriate in endodontic therapy. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：2017-11-10 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

authors： Spencer HR,Ike V,Brennan PA

更新日期：2007-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Various techniques have been suggested to enable the operator to produce an even reduction of 0.5 mm of labial tooth enamel during preparation for a porcelain veneer. For example, in addition to the traditional free hand method, longitudinal or horizontal depth orientation grooves and the use of small round ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cherukara GP,Seymour KG,Samarawickrama DY,Zou L

更新日期：2002-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief review of the literature of digit sucking is followed by the report of a study of 68 treated Class II division 1 malocclusions, designed to attempt to clarify the significance of digit sucking in their aetiology. Case histories of two of the patients from the study are briefly discussed to illustrate the range...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Brenchley ML

更新日期：1991-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the extensive and regular use of dental elevators on a daily basis in both general dental and specialist oral and maxillofacial surgical practice, little is known about the history and origins of such instruments and this remains an intriguing question. This question has been the basis for the following articl...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bussell MA,Graham RM

更新日期：2008-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To survey the attitudes, knowledge and practice of general dental practitioners (GDPs) with regard to hypertension in dental patients and to assess opinion with regard to the concept of screening. SETTING:General dental practice. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:GDPs via a postal survey. To achieve an acceptable level ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Greenwood M,Lowry RJ

更新日期：2002-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The United Kingdom and its national healthcare system represent a unique comparison for many other developed countries (such as Australia and France), as the practice of prophylactic removal of third molars in the United Kingdom has been discouraged for nearly two decades, with clear guidelines issued by the...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Anjrini AA,Kruger E,Tennant M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives To describe the approach taken by dental hygienists and therapists (DH/Ts) in Wales regarding dental implant maintenance. To gather their opinions about the current level of implant education.Materials and methods Online questionnaires were distributed to 257 DH/Ts within Wales.Results The response rate was...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Chin JS,Rees J,Locke M,Addy LD

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:Email is a computer based method of sending messages from one computer to another. From its humble beginnings 40 years, it has matured to become a crucial tool in utilising the power of the Internet. More people have access to email than to any other Internet application, and despite the problems with spam email and v...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Downes PK

更新日期：2007-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Endodontic considerations is the fourth in the series on crowns and other extra-coronal restorations. This article focuses strongly on contemporary biological principles, and is not intended to provide a comprehensive review of commercially available materials and techniques. Principles are illustrated in a variety of...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Whitworth JM,Walls AW,Wassell RW

更新日期：2002-03-23 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

authors： Pritchett RM,Hine CE,Franks MA,Fisher-Brown L

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:In August 1995, the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital in Sheffield is to launch a new training programme for junior hospital dentists. It comprises a combined SHO post and Masters degree course over 2 years. This article outlines and explains how the Sheffield scheme has been designed to embrace recent developments in ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Franklin CD

更新日期：1995-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Last year the Health Departments commissioned an independent 'scrutiny' of the organisation and management of the general dental service vocational training scheme. This was to prepare the ground for the introduction of a mandatory scheme. A report has been delivered and the interested parties are now considering the ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：1992-02-22 00:00:00