Questioning science: how knowledge is socially constructed.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate by questionnaire, the use and selection of materials and techniques for the placement of direct restorations and the provision of endodontics and bleaching by dental practitioners in the North West of England and Scotland. METHODS:A questionnaire was sent to 1,000 general dental practitioners...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wilson NH,Christensen GJ,Cheung SW,Burke FJ,Brunton PA

更新日期：2004-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of the blood can affect the management of dental patients. Particular oral signs may be produced. In addition healing may be affected and the choice of anaesthesia for operative procedures will be influenced. Similarly, patients who have problems with haemostasis are a concern. Surgical procedures are obviou...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Meechan JG,Greenwood M

更新日期：2003-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To ascertain the training received in management of medical emergencies recalled by general dental practitioners (GDPs), as undergraduates and since graduation, to examine how well prepared they felt to manage such events and how their readiness might be improved. DESIGN:Postal questionnaire survey of a ran...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Atherton GJ,McCaul JA,Williams SA

更新日期：1999-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationships between working conditions for new dental graduates and their mental and physical health. DESIGN:A cross-sectional postal survey. SUBJECTS:Graduates from the years 1991 and 1994 were selected to provide cohorts before and after the introduction of mandatory vocational training...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Baldwin PJ,Dodd M,Rennie JS

更新日期：1999-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess recruitment and participation within seven school/pre-school-based programmes for fluoride varnish applications. METHOD:Year-long pilots were undertaken in six primary schools (ages four to seven years) and one pre-school (ages three to four years). Three applications of fluoride varnish were carri...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Buckingham S,John JH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Southern Arabia and Eastern Africa, qat chewing is a widely practised socio-cultural habit. It consists of placing the green-leaved plant into the mucobuccal fold and chewing it for several hours, with subsequent release of psychoactive agents. Qat chewing is often accompanied by smoking tobacco. The reported preva...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： El-Wajeh YA,Thornhill MH

更新日期：2009-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Different skill-mix models have changed the face of the dental workforce. This study aimed to assess how this skill-mix translates into different practice models of care and the employer-dentists' perception of the dental team.Methods Twenty-two oral health therapists (OHTs) and 12 employer-dentists from bo...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wong G,Irving M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Having listened to, examined, tested, diagnosed and recommended a course of action to the patient, treatment will usually follow at the same or subsequent visits. In the vast majority of cases, the foregoing will have proceeded without a hitch, and the treatment completed to the satisfaction of both the practitioner a...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Caplin RL

更新日期：1989-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine any differences in oral cancer risk factor awareness and behaviour among first and second generation Gujarati muslims and to investigate the impact of a community-based health education programme on oral cancer risk factor awareness. DESIGN:Respondents completed a confidential, bilingual questi...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Siddique I,Mitchell DA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the occurrence of dental caries at the person, tooth and tooth surface level from childhood to early mid-life. BACKGROUND:No studies have reported on age and caries experience in a population-based sample through the first half of life. METHODS:Prospective cohort study of a complete birth cohort (n = ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Broadbent JM,Foster Page LA,Thomson WM,Poulton R

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the factors affecting the clinical performance and those influencing the survival of resin-retained bridgework provided at a UK dental teaching hospital between 1994 and 2001. DESIGN:A prospective analysis of restorations provided at a single centre using case notes with all patients invited for r...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： King PA,Foster LV,Yates RJ,Newcombe RG,Garrett MJ

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess changes in dental team knowledge and awareness about domestic violence following attendance at a brief training intervention. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Seventy-five dental hospital staff at the University of Manchester Dental Hospital attended a two-hour session delivered by Manchester's City Wide NHS...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Warburton AL,Hanif B,Rowsell C,Coulthard P

更新日期：2006-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this case report is to illustrate the diagnosis and classification of periodontitis, according to the 2017 classification system, as recommended in the British Society of Periodontology (BSP) implementation plan. A 37-year-old female was diagnosed with periodontitis (molar-incisor pattern), stage III,...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wadia R,Walter C,Chapple ILC,Ower P,Tank M,West NX,Needleman I,Hughes FJ,Milward MR,Hodge PJ,Dietrich T

更新日期：2019-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine current and future use of micro-computers in general dental practice. A piloted questionnaire was sent to 736 general dental practitioners in Scotland, with the intention of contacting one principal from every dental practice known to the Scottish Dental Estimates Board. A total o...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Shoolbread JW,Wohlgemuth B

更新日期：1989-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone is a specialised connective tissue that, together with cartilage, makes up the skeleton. These tissues serve three functions: (a) mechanical support and site of muscle attachment for locomotion; (b) protection for vital organs and bone marrow and (c) a metabolic reserve of ions for the entire organism, especially...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Meghji S

更新日期：1992-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Prescribing checklists are a means of managing risk related to systemic medications in oral medicine practice.Methods Checklists for workup and monitoring for azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and dapsone were introduced to an oral medicine clinic. Compliance with the checklists was audited at six...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Shephard MK,Nova CV,Thakrar P,Hodgson T

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was undertaken involving 268 general dental practitioners and 13 orthodontic consultants to determine the content of letters passed between them. There was good agreement between the two sets of respondents as to the appropriate contents of a letter. The feature of a letter least valued by both dentists and c...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Hammond M,Evans DR,Rock WP

更新日期：1996-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effectiveness of chargeable light curing units and their ability to sustain a high radiant output following successive discharge cycles. SETTING:University based research investigation assessing the output intensity of three battery powered light activation units and the effect of successi...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Shortall AC,Harrington E

更新日期：1997-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether practising dental therapists, including dually qualified hygienist/therapists, considered themselves to be part of the clinical team and whether clinical work referred to them met with their expectations. METHODS:A postal survey enquired about work experiences of UK dental therapists, a...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Csikar JI,Bradley S,Williams SA,Godson JH,Rowbotham JS

更新日期：2009-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:'Active Learning' is a frequently encountered term much in vogue in educational circles and widely considered in many current textbooks and papers. It is, however, a most difficult term to define. This paper seeks firstly to explore and discuss the meaning of the term with special relation to undergraduate dental educ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Carrotte PV

更新日期：1993-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the dental health of 12-year-old children and the effectiveness of dental services in 1997 and compare the results with studies carried out in 1960 and 1988. BASIC RESEARCH DESIGN:Analytical survey using a one in five random sample of children in all seven secondary schools in Salford UK. Stan...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Whittle KW,Whittle JG

更新日期：1998-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The dental treatment needs of 8- and 9-year-old children registered with a GDP for at least 6 months were compared with the dental treatment needs of children from a similar social background who were neither registered nor regularly attending the Community Dental Service. The children were examined by one of the auth...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Daley FM,Milsom KM,Lennon MA

更新日期：1994-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine if increasing cost to the patient of an NHS dental examination was associated with a change in the uptake of dental examinations by Scottish adults aged 18 years and over. The null hypothesis was that there was no significant difference (a = 0.05) in the number of NHS de...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Lacey S

更新日期：2006-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To use nationally available data sets to undertake an equity audit to support the targeting of resources to meet the needs of patients from deprived communities, in areas where levels of poor oral health remain higher than the rest of the population as a whole. METHODS:Postcodes of 224,107 patients in County Durha...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Rooney E

更新日期：2010-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A look at the history of Birmingham Dental Hospital which, since it was first founded in 1858 as Birmingham Dental Dispensary, has moved six times, the sixth move being to its new Pebble Mill site on 1 April 2016. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Chapple IL

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported where the callus in a mandibular osteotomy site underwent distraction by means of an intra-oral device. The procedure was undertaken in a 9-year-old patient diagnosed with hemifacial microsomia type I. Using rapid prototyping from a radiographic scan of the facial skeleton an acrylic model was made ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： McGurk M,Slabberti HD,Amis A,McDonald F

更新日期：1997-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Decontamination of dental instruments has recently been the subject of considerable debate. However, little information is available on the potential bacterial colonisation of dental appliances returning from dental laboratories and their need for decontamination. This study investigated the extent and nature of micro...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Williams DW,Chamary N,Lewis MA,Milward PJ,McAndrew R

更新日期：2011-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination is made of data on dental caries amongst 12-year-old children and sugar consumption of the total population for 90 countries. For the whole data set, DMFT score tends to rise with sugar consumption. The linear relationship between the logarithm of DMFT and sugar is estimated to have a slope of 0.021 per...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Woodward M,Walker AR

更新日期：1994-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemomechanical caries removal involves the chemical softening of carious dentine followed by its removal by gentle excavation. The reagent involved is generated by mixing amino acids with sodium hypochlorite; N-monochloroamino acids are formed which selectively degrade demineralised collagen in carious dentine. The p...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Beeley JA,Yip HK,Stevenson AG

更新日期：2000-04-22 00:00:00