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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"dentist"”.
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I, Dentist: Is artificial intelligence the future of oral healthcare?
The field of dentistry has earned a reputation for being more prone to misdiagnosis and overtreatment than other medical subspecialties. This is driven, at least in part, by a professional culture that has traditionally been less scientific and evidence-based than that of general medicine. It is …
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Communicating Risks: an Exploration of Uncertainty and Satisfaction in Dentist-Patient Interaction
… task. Health care professionals, such as dentists, are encouraged to initiate discussions about extraction risks with their patients. However, this task often causes increased anxiety and time consumption for the dentist and patient. The purpose of this study was to examine different …
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The dental vocational training experience : a transition from novice dentist to competent practitioner
… capable of independent practice. Novice dentists became competent practitioners. Progression in VT is a complex issue. As an expansion of the models of Eraut (1994) and Dreyfus and Dreyfus (1986), VT advances a relational model of progression. Trainers have developed a well-grounded …
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Dentist-patient communication: How do patients make sense of oral health information and translate it into action?
… research in patient-provider communication in dentistry, dental care providers still report that patients often do not accurately follow oral health recommendations. Thus, there is the need for additional study on how patients make sense of the oral health information they receive and how they …
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An in vitro investigation into the effects of sports gels/drinks on human hard tissue – Consumer habits and Dentist knowledge
… for laboratory testing.<br/><br/>Forty two dentists replied to questionnaire two. The P value when comparing how pre 2000 graduates felt their undergraduate studies had prepared them to manage tooth wear compared to 2001 and onwards graduates was 0.54. When comparing international versus UK …
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The potential for diagnosing high blood pressure at the dentist: an examination of periodontal disease and the oral microbiome in raised blood pressure.
Background: Hypertension is increasingly linked to periodontitis. However, the nature and specific mechanistic relationship of this remains unclear, however may involve reduced oral and systemic nitric oxide (NO) availability. There remains limited research on the oral microbiome during …
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Health care access of Hispanic immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
… the previous 12 months when needed, access to a dentist in the previous 12 months when needed, and access to prescription medication in the previous 12 months when needed. Bivariate and multivariate statistical analysis were used. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the main factor that …
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Deconstructing, contextualising and assessing management and leadership qualities in dental professionals: an ethnographic study of principles in practice
… case study, recording and observation of dentists, and use of the think aloud technique optimised the co-construction of knowledge via the zones of maximum complexity in Video Reflexive Ethnography (VRE) and proximal development in Activity Theory. This bottom-up, context sensitive …
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Variation in treatment: an analysis of dental radiographs using matched patient provider data
… particular emphasis on the contribution of both dentist and patient unobserved heterogeneity. The thesis takes its focus from two strands of the literature; the underlying theoretical aspect draws on the literature concerning the theory of incentives and physician agency, whilst the empirical …
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Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Qatari People
… eight percent visit the dental hygienist or dentist when they experience pain and the majority (61.8%) brush more than once a day. Most of the respondents arrive late for dental care because of other commitments. The majority of respondents willingly accepted oral hygiene instructions given …
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Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Investigative Analysis of their Access to Dental Care
… were statistically less likely to have a dentist for routine care, have longer intervals between treatment appointments and be less likely to receive care when needed. Pediatric dentists are treating the majority of these children. Twenty four percent of the children did not have a dentist …
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An assessment of comprehensive dental treatment provided under general anaesthesia at Tygerberg Oral Health Centre
… is a valuable option to the paediatric dentist, despite some degree of risk to the patient. General anaesthesia provides optimum conditions for restorative treatment such as maximum contamination control, immobilization of the patient, efficiency and effectiveness, and elimination of …
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Aspects of the history of organised pharmacy in South Africa, 1885-1946
The medical practitioner, nurse, midwife, dentist and pharmacist have played significant roles in the history of South Africa. Various histories have dealt with their expansion into separate, clearly identifiable, professions. Nothing of a scholarly nature has been written about pharmacy in South …
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The Effects of Managed Care on the Quality of Dental Hygiene Care
… to an economic incentive on the part of dentist-employers who control the amount of time scheduled for dental hygienists' patients. Dentist-employers may reduce the time available for managed care patients in order to allow longer appointments for more profitable fee-for-service patients. …
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Back pain amongst dentistry students at the University of Western Cape
… all occupational groups. Studies have shown that dentists experience more neck, shoulder and back pain than practitioners in other occupational groups. This has caused an increase of social and economic costs of healthcare and increased frequency of sickness absenteeism in Western countries. About …
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The Use of Behavior Modification Techniques to Accomplish Dental Treatment on a Retarded Boy : Two Case Studies
The Problem: To investigate the effectiveness of dentist-administered reinforcement in controlling the behavior of a retarded boy during dental treatment. Procedure: Case 1-A token reinforcement system was established. Tokens were contingent on the patient's compliance with dentist' requests and …
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Using Modeling and Simulation to Improve Oral Health Services Delivery in Hampton Roads, Virginia
… and preventive dental services delivered by the dentist or the dental hygienist per day at a public health district dental clinic; average number of corrective services provided by the dentist per day at a public health district dental clinic; and average total dental services. The scenarios, …
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Understanding effective communication in dental primary care: the dentally anxious patient, an example of special care dentistry
… one question) complete and handover MDAS to the dentist, or the control arm where no handover occurred. Within the observational study, all participants had their dental treatment appointment videoed. The primary outcome was dental trait anxiety as measured by MDAS, pre-treatment and at 3 month …
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Knowledge, attitudes, practices and challenges regarding oral health among pregnent women in Thulamela Municipality, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… six percent of the participants do not visit the dentist at all while 39% will visit the clinic only when there is a dental problem and a 32.1% reported that their antenatal clinic does not offer oral health services. Sixty three percent of the participants indicated that they have challenges …
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Effects of novel dental chews on oral health outcomes and halitosis in adult dogs
… each period, teeth were cleaned by a veterinary dentist blinded to treatments. Teeth were then scored for plaque, calculus, and gingivitis by the same veterinary dentist on day 28 of each period. Breath samples were measured for malodor (volatile sulfur compounds) on days 1, 7, 14, 21, and 27 of …
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