abstract：:Antimicrobial prescribing by dentists in Wales, UK: findings of the first cycle of a clinical audit. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Doherty R

更新日期：2016-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The late Professor Aubrey Sheiham shaped dental public health as a discipline. He leaves behind cohorts of confident public health professionals in dentistry worldwide, including many former students, each with their own kaleidoscope of memories of him as teacher, mentor, colleague and friend. A paper that he publishe...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Sinclair-Cohen J

更新日期：2016-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:First aid encompasses a wide range of scenarios ranging from simple reassurance following a minor mishap to dealing with a life-threatening emergency. Dentists may need to provide first aid in their dental practice to a patient, relative or member of staff. This article provides an overview to first aid in the dental ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Jevon P

更新日期：2016-06-24 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：: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：:Despite less surgery, quality-of-life measurements were not superior in patients who received PET-CT-guided surveillance, compared with that group who received routine neck dissection. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors：

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Infant oral mutilation (IOM) is a primitive traditional practice involving the 'gouging out' of an infant's healthy primary tooth germs. This can lead to transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV/ AIDS, septicaemia and death. Other complications include eradication and/ or malformation of the child's permanent ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Girgis S,Gollings J,Longhurst R,Cheng L

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports a brief overview of the risks associated with lower third molar extractions, and the claims that coronectomy may be useful as a treatment modality in managing some aspects of those risks. It discusses the position in terms of consent, and reports that some cases suggest that clinicians who do not ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Williams M,Tollervey D

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental disease in the form of caries and abscesses has been known since antiquity. Before the advent of anaesthesia, operations upon the mouth were painful. The introduction of general anaesthesia in the form of ether and chloroform seemed to provide a solution, but there was an unacceptable level of mortality. James ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Silver K,Silver J

更新日期：2016-03-11 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

authors： Banerji S,Mehta S

更新日期：2016-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper aims to compare the effectiveness of articaine buccal infiltrations (BIs) and lidocaine inferior alveolar nerve blocks (IANBs) for inducing pulpal anaesthesia in mandibular molars. METHOD:Studies which compared articaine BIs with lidocaine IANBs were identified by completing a full literature search usi...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bartlett G,Mansoor J

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dental practices have a unique position as dental staff use a high number of dental materials and instruments on a daily basis. It is unclear how dentists' and dental care professionals' choices and behaviours around selecting and using materials impact on the amount of unnecessary waste production. Although...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Richardson J,Grose J,Manzi S,Mills I,Moles DR,Mukonoweshuro R,Nasser M,Nichols A

更新日期：2016-01-22 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：AIM:To describe the characteristics of patients attending a psychologist-led cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service for individuals with dental phobia and the outcomes of treatment. METHOD:Analysis of routinely collected assessment and outcome data from 130 patients attending a single secondary service providing ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Kani E,Asimakopoulou K,Daly B,Hare J,Lewis J,Scambler S,Scott S,Newton JT

更新日期：2015-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To consider the extent to which the validity and reliability of the Denplan Excel Patient Survey (DEPS) has been confirmed during its development and by its use in general dental practice and to explore methods by which any survey instrument used in general dental practice might be validated and tested for reliabil...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Busby M,Matthews R,Burke FJ,Mullins A,Schumaker K

更新日期：2015-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes a pilot project in which peer assisted learning (PAL) is used to teach dental clinical skills. A cluster randomised controlled trial compared opinions of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) students from peer-led groups versus staff-led groups in a clinical (impression taking) and a pre-clinical (han...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cameron DA,Binnie VI,Sherriff A,Bissell V

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Law and ethics is an integral part of medical and dental professional practice. The subject is touched upon in the undergraduate curriculum. Historically, dentists interested in postgraduate study in this subject have accessed courses on medical law and ethics. While there are areas of shared interest (for example, co...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wassif HS

更新日期：2015-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A considerable number of children under 16 years of age, with an oral healthcare need, are not brought to their Barts Health Special Care Community Dental Service (BHSCCDS) appointments. The BHSCCDS needed to understand more about why parents/carers (parents) were failing to bring their children, in order to identify ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Simons D,Pearson N,Dittu A

更新日期：2015-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a national level cost model of both the direct and indirect costs of hospitalisations for impacted teeth in Australia. This model will then be used to compare a watchful monitoring strategy for impacted third molars versus prophylactic removal under GA, and calculate possible cost savings in the sc...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Anjrini AA,Kruger E,Tennant M

更新日期：2015-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated if the patient can have a role in reporting early peri-implant complications. DESIGN:An exploratory, single-centred study comparing patient's perceptions of implant success to the clinical success at an examination. SETTING, MATERIALS AND METHODS :Seventy-five patients were randomly ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wright S,Archer C

更新日期：2015-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:An audit of the use of intravenous ketamine for the provision of conscious sedation in paediatric dentistry was carried out over a three-year period. AUDIT DESIGN: In the audit, 3,751 children were treated and an evaluation was carried out for safety and effectiveness of the drug and procedure, the quality of sedat...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wood MN,Manley MC,Bezzina N,Hassan R

更新日期：2015-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:While local anaesthetic agents are usually safe and are used ubiquitously, inadvertent overdoses may have potentially fatal consequences. Errors in the dosing of local anaesthetics frequently occur due to inherent difficulties in remembering the toxic dosage limits, difficulties in performing the appropriate calculati...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Walker JD,Summers A,Williams DJ

更新日期：2015-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This article highlights several areas of confusion that have arisen in relation to professional standards in the UK. In doing so, it provides a possible explanation for the fact that litigation levels against UK dentists, and also the level of regulatory challenge and criticism that they face, are both at levels far b...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Lewis K

更新日期：2015-04-10 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：:The international migration of dentists is an issue of pressing significance that poses several complex policy challenges. Policy-making is mainly constrained by the lack of workforce surveillance, research evidence and political advocacy - all three are required to work together, yet with different purposes. We first...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Balasubramanian M,Brennan DS,Spencer AJ,Watkins K,Short SD

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate final year dental students' knowledge acquisition and experiences during their intravenous sedation (IVS) clinical attachment within the sedation department at Newcastle School of Dental Sciences (NSDS). METHODS:Students attending IVS clinical attachments in the period September 2012 - April 2013 compl...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Scally KJ,Wilson KE,Girdler NM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article presents an overview of craniofacial malformations and the role of the orthodontist in their management. The first part of this article focuses on cleft lip and palate, followed by more complex deformities including craniosynostosis and craniofacial microsomia. The main features of these anomalies ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Akram A,McKnight MM,Bellardie H,Beale V,Evans RD

更新日期：2015-02-16 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

authors： O'Brien K,Spencer J

更新日期：2015-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthodontic mini-implants (OMIs) represent a new form of anchorage provision and appear to provide a variety of benefits for both anchorage-demanding and complex orthodontic cases. This paper reports the latest perspectives on OMIs in terms of the emerging clinical evidence base coupled with their varied clinical appl...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cousley RR,Sandler PJ

更新日期：2015-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of head and neck cancer is on the rise. Most head and neck cancers are treated with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or a combination of these modalities. Patients undergoing radiotherapy can experience several unwanted oral side effects, which have both short and long term implications. Dental genera...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Jawad H,Hodson NA,Nixon PJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of repair vs replacement of failed restorations on patient related outcome measures, and to explore the clinical factors that influence this decision. DESIGN:Multicentre, prospective practice-based study.Setting Dental practices within Salford, Trafford and East Lancashire in the No...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Blum IR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of repair vs replacement of failed restorations on patient related outcome measures, and to explore the clinical factors that influence this decision. DESIGN:Multicentre, prospective practice-based study. SETTING:Dental practices within Salford, Trafford and East Lancashire in the ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Javidi H,Tickle M,Aggarwal VR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The optimum management of dual anti-platelet therapy (DAPT) in patients undergoing dentoalveolar surgery is controversial. The lack of guidelines has meant clinicians have been left to manage these cases from specialist advice or past experience. In view of this the British Association of Oral Surgeons (BAOS)...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Patel N,Patel V,Sarkar D,Nokes T,Blacklock P

更新日期：2014-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In part 2 of this series, we look at the clinician's role in replacing multiple missing teeth and the associated soft tissues and bone, following severe forms of trauma. These patients usually wish to have fixed prostheses to help restore their appearance and function. In order to fulfil the patient's request, the mul...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Seymour DW,Patel M,Carter L,Chan M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of salivary diagnostics to allow risk determination for periodontal diseases is advancing. New technologies in proteomics, genomics and nanotechnologies have continued the discovery of discriminatory periodontal disease biomarkers. This review briefly overviews biomarker studies that have been completed in s...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Fuentes L,Yakob M,Wong DT

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When Britain went to war in 1914, the British Expeditionary Force was deployed without a single dentist. Initially considered combatants, the only dental professionals who could serve at the Front were medically qualified dental surgeons in the Royal Army Medical Corps. In treating the traumatic facial and jaw injurie...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Hussey KD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify reasons behind a lower than expected participant recruitment rate within the FiCTION trial, a multi-centre paediatric primary dental care randomised controlled trial (RCT). SUBJECTS (MATERIALS) AND METHODS:An online survey, based on a previously published tool, consisting of both quantitative and...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Keightley A,Clarkson J,Maguire A,Speed C,Innes N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contemporary healthcare settings, ensuring patient safety must be an underlying principal through which systems, teams, individuals and environments work in tandem to strive for. The adoption of a culture in the NHS where patient safety is given greater priority is key to improvement. Recent events at Mid-Staffords...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bailey E,Tickle M,Campbell S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The improvement of patient safety has been a long-term aim of healthcare organisations and following recent negative events within the UK, the focus on safety has rightly increased. For over twenty years, clinical audit has been the tool most frequently used to measure safety-related aspects of healthcare and when don...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Ashley MP,Pemberton MN,Saksena A,Shaw A,Dickson S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontitis and diabetes are common, complex, chronic diseases with an established bidirectional relationship. That is, diabetes (particularly if glycaemic control is poor) is associated with an increased prevalence and severity of periodontitis, and, severe periodontitis is associated with compromised glycaemic con...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Casanova L,Hughes FJ,Preshaw PM

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00