ABSTRACT Objectives Routine dental attendance is associated with better health outcomes, yet those from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to seek problem‐driven, episodic care. The RETURN intervention, a brief behavioural intervention delivered by dental nurses in urgent care, was designed to support urgent care users to take up planned dental ...
Tayamika Zabula +3 more
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Dental Anxiety Prevalence, Correlates, and Patient-Preferred Management Strategies in Romanian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Survey. [PDF]
Drăguș L +8 more
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ABSTRACT Objectives To explore how individuals who have lost or have missing teeth and subsequently received dentures make sense of the factors influencing their oral health and well‐being. Methods Thematic and structural narrative analysis was used to evaluate 19 semi‐structured interview transcripts from a secondary dataset of United Kingdom adults ...
Heba Ramadan Salama +3 more
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Translation of the Fear of Dental Pain Questionnaire in a Swedish Setting: Associations with Dental Anxiety. [PDF]
Abrahamsson P +3 more
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ABSTRACT Although acute health crises can disrupt routines and open a window for behaviour change, these teachable moments are rarely harnessed by intervention designs. The RETURN intervention (comprising a dental nurse‐led conversation, short peer videos and booklets supporting knowledge, skills and action‐planning) aimed to change planned dental ...
R. V. Harris +5 more
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A multi-layered barrier to oral health: a mixed methods exploration of dental anxiety. [PDF]
Sürücü HA, Durgu N, Ozan E.
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Exploring Culturally Safe Oral Health Services for a Regional Aboriginal Community in Victoria
ABSTRACT Objectives National policies have been introduced to promote the delivery of Culturally Safe dental care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. However, the understanding of what constitutes Culturally Safe dental care and how it can be effectively implemented into clinical practice, remains limited.
Eliza Collins +2 more
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Thai Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (Thai-MDAS): cross-cultural adaptation, psychometric validation, and preliminary diagnostic accuracy. [PDF]
Rattanawonsakul K +5 more
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ABSTRACT Objectives Oral disorders are an important disability driver in adults aged 70 and older, who often experience greater tooth loss and higher levels of untreated oral disease than younger persons. Despite the importance of regular dental visits, older adults attend dental services less frequently, facing several barriers.
Aster De Vleeschauwer +4 more
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Effectiveness of Audio and Audio-Visual Distraction on Dental Anxiety of Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
Tiwari S +3 more
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