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Anxiety reduction via brief intervention in dentally anxious patients : a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Aim: To compare the degree of anxiety reduction in dentally anxious patients attending a Dental Access Centre where the dentist did or did not receive the patients’ assessment of dental anxiety.
Hull, P, Humphris, Gerald Michael
core  

Implementing an Indigenous Research Methodology to Develop a Culturally Appropriate Survey and Yarning Protocol: Challenges With Retention of the Aboriginal Health, Ageing and Disability Workforce

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce
F. Talbot   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moral hazard and the demand for health services: a matching estimator approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
We estimate the impact of health insurance coverage beyond National Health Insurance on the demand for several health services. Traditionally, the literature has tried to deal with the endogeneity of the private (extra) insurance decision by finding ...
Machado, Matilde P.   +2 more
core   +6 more sources

Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and Oral Health Indices in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Undergoing Methadone Maintenance Treatment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dentistry
Conclusion: Gender, xerostomia, and DMFT are the main determinants of OHIP. Oral health and compliance with oral hygiene in people with opioid use disorder is poor and affects their quality of life.
Hodis Ehsani   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting empathy among indian dentists

open access: yesIndian Journal of Dental Research, 2020
Background: Empathy is one of the major essential elements in patient and dentist relationship. Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) has been used extensively to measure empathy among medical and other health professions.
Soni Rajput   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noise reduction of dental drill noise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Dental drills produce a characteristic noise that is uncomfortable for patients and is also known to be harmful to dentists under prolonged exposure.
Atherton, MA   +3 more
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Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

Pregnancy outcomes among female dental personnel – a registry-based retrospective cohort study

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2011
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate whether women who have worked as dental personnel in Norway, a group with possible previous exposure to mercury vapor, have had an excess risk of having children with congenital malformations or other ...
Ingrid Heggland   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of opioid prescribing by dentists in the United States and England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Importance: The United States consumes most of the opioids worldwide despite representing a small portion of the world\u27s population. Dentists are one of the most frequent US prescribers of opioids despite data suggesting that nonopioid analgesics are ...
Calip, Gregory S   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Medical Jargon: A game‐based anatomy and physiology review for high school students in a summer pathway program

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Active learning strategies, particularly game‐based learning (GBL), have been shown to enhance student engagement and knowledge acquisition across various educational contexts. This study investigates the impact of a GBL activity, “Medical Jargon,” for high school students learning anatomy and physiology while participating in the 2024 Summer ...
Andrew Bloh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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