Perception of Special Needs Dentistry education and practice amongst Australian dental auxiliary students

Borromeo, Gelsomina L; Ahmad, Mas Suryalis; Buckley, Sharon; Bozanic, M.; Cao, Andrew W.; Aldabbagh, Muhammad; Athale, Abha

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“…Usefulness of the practical part of the research was found satisfactory by 83.7% of the students. This goes in agreement with several previous studies [ 9 , 37 , 38 ] that reported the importance of undergraduate students training and the high level of satisfaction the students report when they receive such educational experiences during their early academic years. Furthermore, early contact with the patients might aid dental students developing their practical and team working skills.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The high prevalence of oral diseases reported amongst people with special health needs highlights the need for an increased intervention in providing preventative, emergency, definitive and long-term oral health care. Therefore, it is imperative for dental students and dental professionals to be adequately trained and acquire a strong basis in delivery of care to those patients to alleviate the increased oral disease burden and unmet treatment needs for such patients [ 9 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessment of oral hygiene trends among dental patients in relation to chronic medical conditions by dental students. A cross-sectional study

Farghaly¹,

Badran

Keraa

2019

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of oral hygiene trends among dental patients in relation to chronic medical conditions by dental students. A cross-sectional study

Farghaly¹,

Badran

Keraa

2019

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

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“…Moreover, special needs dentistry should become part of the final state examinations all dental students in this country have to pass in order to get the licence for practicing dentistry. Apart from dentists, also curricula for dental auxiliary students should be developed as active participation of dental hygiene, dental therapy and oral health therapy practitioners in the care of patients with special needs can also help improve patients' oral health statuses and their access to oral healthcare services …”

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confidence: 99%

Attitudes of dental students towards patients with special healthcare needs: Can they be improved?

Holzinger

Lettner

Franz

2020

Eur J Dental Education

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Introduction:Lack of knowledge and skills as well as negative attitudes towards patients with special healthcare needs may adversely affect the services available to this group. In 2010, a line on the treatment of patients with special healthcare needs has been implemented in the dental curriculum at the Medical University of Vienna, including five seminars and a practical course. In this study, we examine to what extent the programme helps improve attitudes towards persons with special healthcare needs and positively impacts the readiness to engage in treating this clientele. Materials and Methods:In 2017 and 2018, all students who were in their fourth study year participated in the study. Students' attitudes were assessed before the first seminar, after the last seminar and after the practical course. At all three time points, the same fully structured questionnaire was used, including established instruments for the assessment of emotional reactions and the desire for social distance plus ad hoc questions for assessing students' future intention to treat patients with special healthcare needs. The data were analysed by means of linear fixed models. Results:At the end of the line devoted to patients with special healthcare needs, students tended less to express negative emotions and showed more positive emotional reactions than before the start of the programme. However, students' social acceptance of such patients and their readiness to engage in treating them did not change significantly.Discussion: While our programme was able to improve students' emotional reactions to people with special healthcare needs, it proved unable to reduce the desire for social distance and to lower the barrier when it comes to treatment. It is planned to further develop our programme which, hopefully, will then succeed in increasing students' readiness to treat this clientele. Conclusion:Improving dental students' emotional reactions to patients with special healthcare needs does not necessarily translate into greater readiness to treat this clientele. K E Y W O R D Sattitudes, dental students, educational programme, evaluation, patients with special health care needs

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“…There is growing advocacy in Australia and internationally to improve the training of oral health professionals to ensure the dental workforce appreciates the needs of these individuals and has the skills to confidently address them 2,11–18 . However, little is known of what clinicians find challenging about managing this group of individuals and whether additional support would improve their willingness to treat those with special needs 8 .…”

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confidence: 99%

Perspectives of the public dental workforce on the dental management of people with special needs

Lim

Liberali

Calache

et al. 2021

Australian Dental Journal

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Background People with special health care needs continue to have difficulties accessing regular dental care partly due to oral health professionals feeling they lack the knowledge and experience to provide treatment to these individuals. Methods Qualitative interviews and focus groups provided an insight into the types and nature of supports that oral health professionals working in the Australian public dental system desired and felt may improve their willingness and/or ability to treat patients with special needs. Results Although participants did not identify one group of patients with special needs that were more difficult to treat, they did report a feeling of being unsupported. Clinicians felt that improved training and access to ongoing education in Special Needs Dentistry, opportunities for greater support from specialists or other health professionals, either through networking or other media such as telehealth, and fostering a more supportive clinical environment, particularly in relation to appointment lengths and productivity pressures, may improve their willingness and ability to treat patients with special needs. Conclusions Additional support, in the form of greater interaction with specialists and reduced time and productivity pressures, may improve the willingness of oral health professionals in the public dental system to treat patients with special needs.

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Perception of Special Needs Dentistry education and practice amongst Australian dental auxiliary students

Cited by 10 publications

References 20 publications

Assessment of oral hygiene trends among dental patients in relation to chronic medical conditions by dental students. A cross-sectional study

Assessment of oral hygiene trends among dental patients in relation to chronic medical conditions by dental students. A cross-sectional study

Attitudes of dental students towards patients with special healthcare needs: Can they be improved?

Perspectives of the public dental workforce on the dental management of people with special needs

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