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V Badner

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PubMed1988

AIDS and dental practice.

Dental health care workers (DHCWs) can provide important diagnostic, treatment, and referral services for patients with AIDS and at risk for AIDS. They also have a responsibility to protect all patients in their practices, and themselves, from infectious disease transmission through the use of infection control. To determine the extent to which DHCWs are prepared to assume these responsibilities, a randomized survey of California DHCWs was conducted. Responses were obtained from 297 dentists, 128 hygienists, and 177 dental assistants. DHCWs who expressed a greater willingness to treat people with AIDS or HIV infection also practiced more thorough infection control. Respondents in all groups who perceived a greater percent of their patients to be at risk for AIDS were more likely to use infection control procedures (P less than .0001). They also were more willing to treat such patients (P less than .004) and were more likely to assess patients for AIDS by taking a thorough medical history (P less than .02) and sexual history (P less than .04). Since attitudes toward AIDS and perception of the percent of patients at risk in one's practice affect patient assessment and infection control procedures used by dental health care workers, educational programs designed to enhance DHCWs' response to the HIV epidemic should alert them to the extent of the problem and help them cope with their concerns.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1988

Changing dentists' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors relating to AIDS: a controlled educational intervention.

The efficacy of an educational intervention designed to improve dentists' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was tested. The intervention had three components: computerized feedback comparing participants' own knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors with those of fellow participants and with an ideal; periodic bulletins; and telephone conference calls with experts. The group receiving the educational package had better scores than a control group on outcomes of willingness to treat persons with AIDS; identification of human immunodeficiency virus lesions; knowledge of AIDS; and completeness of both intraoral and extraoral examinations. It was concluded that intervention is one approach to increasing dentists' positive response to the AIDS epidemic.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1988

Relationships among dental functional status, clinical dental measures, and generic health measures.

Current measures of dental health status are primarily clinical in nature and rely on clinical and radiographic assessment of the patient's dental health. Information about a patient's ability to perform usual activities related to good dental health--for example, chewing, speaking, and smiling--is not routinely collected. This study investigated what measures contribute to dental functional status, how they are related to traditional clinical measures, whether dental factors contribute to other generic measures of health, and the extent to which dental factors contribute to overall quality of life. Regression analyses of interview and clinical data from 159 dental patients show that while periodontal status and the number of dental symptoms do explain some of dental functional status, the clinical measures of decayed, missing, and filled teeth do not. Severity of medical condition is correlated with decayed/missing teeth and periodontal health. Quality of life is explained by medical functional status, perceived medical health, and perceived dental health. The dental functional status index may be useful in clarifying the relationship between dental health and overall health and quality of life measures.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

Recent graduates' evaluation of their dental school education.

To assess recent dental graduates' perceptions about the adequacy of their education, a random sample of individuals who graduated between 1980 and 1982 was surveyed. The 362 respondents (56 percent response rate) indicated their perceived level of preparedness and the importance to practice of 75 topics in the dental school curriculum. The means for level of preparedness and importance to practice were plotted for each of the 75 topics. Those topics that new dentists believed to be underemphasized or overemphasized in the curriculum were identified. These findings have implications for planning curricular changes for dental education.

Adult↗
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Patient satisfaction with dental care in a municipal hospital.

Quality assurance activities are an important part of a hospital dental department. This study reports the results of a patient satisfaction questionnaire distributed as part of the quality assurance activities at a municipal hospital. The results show patient satisfaction questionnaires are applicable to the hospital setting, patients report relative satisfaction with the care received, and they can identify specific areas of satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The number of visits, easy access and convenience to the clinic, and out-of-pocket payment for dental care are predictive of satisfaction with the dental care received at this clinic.

Adolescent↗