Are NHS dental practices socioeconomically distributed in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

abstract：:The intended outcome of dental education is to produce dental clinicians who have the knowledge, technical skills, personal attributes, values and professional outlook to deliver the highest level of patient care. Due to the development and improvement of dental materials and clinical techniques, combined with a stead...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Movahedi S,Eliyas S,Fisher N

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A baseline study of referrals by letter to a department of conservative dentistry staffed purely by honorary consultants was conducted for one year. Distinct differences were found between the majority of patients referred from general practice and those referred from other sources. Principal reasons for referral were...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Callis PD,Charlton G,Clyde JS

更新日期：1993-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper, the second in a series of two (see 2013; 215: 177-181), investigates the opinions of a cohort of dental foundation year 1 (DF1) practitioners regarding their skills and competence in relation to their educational background in complete dentures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:With the permission of the Dean of ...

journal_title：British dental journal

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

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Despite an increasing incidence, the 'mortality from oral cancer appears to remain static...' (five-year relative survival = ca. 60%). ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：2016-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the activity of consultants in restorative dentistry in the United Kingdom in the provision of osseointegrated dental implants within the National Health Service Hospital service and to evaluate their attitudes concerning the relevant medical and oral factors considered in patient selection for impl...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Butterworth CJ,Baxter AM,Shaw MJ,Bradnock G

更新日期：2001-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, the dental profession has endorsed the view that one member should not make public--to patients or colleagues--criticisms of the work of another. Recently, the General Medical Council has disagreed, stating that there may well be circumstances when doctors should not protect colleagues from the conseque...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Doyal L,Cannell H

更新日期：1993-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The primary objective was to assess the standard of new-patient referral communications to the Periodontology Department of a teaching hospital and evaluate any differences in referral quality between referrals that used a standardised proforma and conventional letters. Secondary objectives were to evaluate the pot...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Snoad RJ,Eaton KA,Furniss JS,Newman HN

更新日期：1999-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The popularity of caricature at the end of the eighteenth century allows a researcher to observe the social as well as the technical side of dentistry as it was then available throughout the kingdom. The value of these caricatures is further enhanced by the unconscious inclusion of everyday objects which a narrative a...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bishop MG,Gelbier S,Gibbons D

更新日期：2001-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and fifty years ago, a dentist practising in Tavistock signed off a letter to the editor of The British Journal of Dental Science, 'Suaviter et Fortiter'. This paper discusses the commissioning from the eminent portrait painter Fiona Graham-Mackay of a painting of a dentist's hands. In the course of the si...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bishop M

更新日期：2016-08-26 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：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of tobacco smoking, alcohol and drug use among UK vocational dental practitioners (VDPs) in 2005, and compare these with prevalence in 2000. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey using an anonymous self-report questionnaire. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:All 767 VDPs who started practice in the su...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Underwood B,Hackshaw A,Fox K

更新日期：2007-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The day to day decisions made by general dental practitioners have a significant influence on the oral health of the population, and yet are often poorly understood. This paper describes a qualitative study which sought to identify issues, other than the extent of pathology, which impinge upon dentists' restorative tr...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Kay EJ,Blinkhorn AS

更新日期：1996-03-09 00:00:00

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：: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：:A 19-year-old female was referred by her dental practitioner for the restoration of missing maxillary lateral incisors and canines. Ridge augmentation was required. This was undertaken using mandibular tori as the sites for harvesting bone. The grafting was successful and the spaces were subsequently restored using re...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Barker D,Walls AW,Meechan JG

更新日期：2001-05-12 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：:Examinations for overseas-trained dentists are enforced to qualify for registration to perform dental practices in some countries. Feedback on the examinations in Australia and the UK is presented as formative and summative evaluations from a participant and practitioner's perspective. The formats of both examinations...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Song Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin enzyme converting (ACE) inhibitors are a widely prescribed group of drugs used in the management of hypertension and heart failure. Several unwanted effects are associated with ACE inhibitors and this paper highlights those significant to the dental surgeon. Of particular concern is the problem of angioede...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Seymour RA,Thomason JM,Nolan A

更新日期：1997-09-27 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：:Dental standards play a vital and important role in society by contributing to the quality and safety levels of products used in dental treatments by dental professionals as well as the hygiene products used by the general public. Few members of the public or indeed many dentists fully appreciate the contribution made...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Jones DW

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:The purpose of this paper is to describe the variety of chemical agents and medicines which can produce oral manifestations following poisoning. Rapid diagnosis is essential in covert cases to ensure early treatment. Furthermore, oral care is an important part of the general management of many poisoned patients. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Rogers SN,Vale JA

更新日期：1993-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the true nature of an acute reaction in 25 patients initially diagnosed as allergic to local anaesthetic drugs. SETTING:University General and Dental Hospitals. INTERVENTIONS:Detailed review of each patient's previous exposure to local anaesthetic drugs and of the history of the acute event was ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wildsmith JA,Mason A,McKinnon RP,Rae SM

更新日期：1998-05-23 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：:In another article in this series the authors' preference for screw retained implant supported restorations was presented together with a literature review and rationale.(1) There remain situations when screw retention is not possible due to implant position, implant trajectory, aesthetics or function. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Chee W,Jivraj S

更新日期：2006-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Community Dental Service has been encouraged to refer regular attending patients to General Dental Practice whilst maintaining a monitoring system to ensure that referred patients do not 'fall through the net'. The referral and monitoring system run by Halton Health Authority for one year is described. During this...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Zoitopoulos L,Jenner AM

更新日期：1991-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Three accidental cases of accidental ingestion of radiolucent upper partial dentures are presented. As impaction in the upper gastrointestinal tract has a serious morbidity and even mortality, we recommend that dental surgeons consider this possibility when designing a prosthesis to replace anterior teeth. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cooke LD,Baxter PW

更新日期：1992-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Dentists are now advised to use film holders as an aid to intra-oral radiography. The aim of this investigation was to compare a range of commercially available film holders for periapical radiography with the traditional bisecting angle technique using the patient's finger as support for the film, in terms of the eas...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Rushton VE,Horner K

更新日期：1994-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise of the dental profession coinciding with the invention and rapid spread of photography means that there are very few paintings of dentists in action. The present article describes Sir John Lavery's unusual depiction of The Dentist (Conrad Ackner and his Patient) in which the conventions of contemporary societ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： McConkey K

更新日期：2011-01-22 00:00:00