Can't do it, won't do it! Developing a theoretically framed intervention to encourage better decontamination practice in Scottish dental practices [PDF]
Background: Guidance on the cleaning of dental instruments in primary care has recently been published. The aims of this study are to determine if the publication of the guidance document was enough to influence decontamination best practice and to ...
Ramsay, Craig R +5 more
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The impact of General Dental Council registration and continuing professional development on UK dental care professionals:(2) dental technicians. [PDF]
Objective To investigate the impact of General Dental Council (GDC) registration and mandatory CPD on dental technicians’ views, job satisfaction and intention to leave the profession.
Ibbetson, R. J. +5 more
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Evaluating an audit and feedback intervention for reducing antibiotic prescribing behaviour in general dental practice (the RAPiD trial):a partial factorial cluster randomised trial protocol [PDF]
Background: Antibiotic prescribing in dentistry accounts for 9% of total antibiotic prescriptions in Scottish primary care. The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) published guidance in April 2008 (2nd edition, August 2011) for Drug ...
Ramsay, Craig R +55 more
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Dental implantation is the most popular method of restoring lost teeth. There are risk factors for dental implantation. These risk factors include the localization of residual filling material in the lumen of the mandibular canal in the selected jaw ...
Yury Georgievich Sedov +7 more
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The modified dental anxiety scale: UK general public population norms in 2008 with further psychometrics and effects of age [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) is a brief, self-complete questionnaire consisting of five questions and summed together to produce a total score ranging from 5 to 25.
Robinson, Peter G +11 more
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Post-COVID Reflections from a General Dental Practice Perspective
OVID-19 took the world by a storm, private dental practitioners inclusive. This perspective paper briefly highlights the challenges faced by private dental practitioners in Nigeria while the pandemic lasted.
Afolabi Ogunderu , O. Ogunderu
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The Importance of Teamwork and Understanding: a Study of Shared Learning between Undergraduate Dental Students and Trainee Dental Technicians. [PDF]
This researcher investigated the professional experiences and development of trainee dental technicians and undergraduate dental students during a shared learning exercise in a combined UK university dental school and hospital.
Reeson, Michael G
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What non-clinical factors influence the general dentist–specialist relationship in Canada?
Background The general dentist–specialist relationship is important for effective patient care and the professional environment. This study explores the non-clinical factors that may influence the general dentist–specialist relationship in Canada ...
Harpinder Kaur +4 more
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Root Canal Treatment Survival Analysis in National Dental PBRN Practices
Few studies have examined the longevity of endodontically treated teeth in nonacademic clinical settings where most of the population receives its care.
Eckert, G. +9 more
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Safeguarding children in dentistry: 1. Child protection training, experience and practice of dental professionals with an interest in paediatric dentistry [PDF]
* Few dental professionals with child protection training have experience of making referrals. * There is a wide gap in practice between recognising signs of child abuse and neglect and responding effectively.
Sidebotham, Peter +11 more
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