The Dental Team: An Additional Resource for Delivering Vaccinations

Serban, Stefan; Mustufvi, Zhain; Kang, Jing; Simon, Sally Eapen; Grant, Siobhán; Douglas, Gail

doi:10.3389/fmed.2020.606242

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“…Dentists are highly-trained professionals and are considered ideally placed to support vaccination programmes. 12,13,14 Therefore, as part of the pandemic response, in Yorkshire and the Humber (Y&H) a working group was formed to explore the use of foundation dentists (FDs) to help deliver vaccinations. After obtaining information about appropriate governance for the FDs' involvement, oneday training was delivered to all new Y&H FDs online by Leeds Beckett University and was funded by Y&H Integrated Care Systems (ICSs).…”

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Foundation dentists supporting vaccination programmes in England

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Background In 2020/21, as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response and for the first time in England, newly qualified foundation dentists (FDs) were trained to participate in flu and COVID-19 vaccination programmes to offer additional workforce capacity. The largest of these efforts was in Yorkshire and the Humber where 106 FDs were trained and ready to mobilise. The aim of this service evaluation was to appraise the use of FDs in delivering vaccinations. Methods Mixed methods using an online questionnaire to FDs and in-depth remote interviews conducted with host organisations, Public Health England, Health Education England and others. Results The questionnaire response rate was 89% (n = 94), with 54 FDs having participated in vaccinations at a rate of 50-100 vaccines per day. All were confident with flu vaccine administration and most (n = 44/54) with COVID-19 vaccination. Eleven stakeholder interviews were conducted. Main barriers included the siloed delivery of dental care from other health services, resulting in collaborative barriers and a lack of understanding about the profession's skillsets. Facilitators included host organisations' capacity to hold multiple honorary contracts and provide competency sign-off. Conclusion Utilising the dental workforce to deliver vaccinations was feasible at a time of crisis and when trainees' access to dental patients was limited.

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“…About half of respondents in our study were also comfortable with a dentist administering the COVID‐19 or HPV vaccines, also consistent with previous research (Dean et al, 2020 ). Including dental professionals in the delivery of vaccines could strengthen collaborations with medical providers and have a significant impact on access to vaccines (Serban et al, 2020 ). A 2022 survey found that a majority of dentists were willing to administer COVID‐19 and influenza vaccines.…”

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Oral healthcare providers play a vital role in vaccination efforts: Patient perspectives

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Clinical & Exp Dental Res

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ObjectivesHuman papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with 70% of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is the infectious cause of a global pandemic that killed millions worldwide. Effective vaccinations exist against both diseases, but patient acceptance remains a challenge. The objective of this study was to assess patients' attitudes toward oral healthcare providers' (OHCPs) roles in HPV and COVID‐19 vaccinations.MethodsA cross‐sectional survey of young adult patients was distributed in Philadelphia, PA, between April and June 2021. The survey assessed knowledge and attitudes around OHCPs serving various roles in COVID‐19 and HPV vaccination.ResultsNearly 70% of 163 respondents would accept the recommendation for a COVID‐19 vaccine from an OHCP, while 56% would for HPV. Those previously vaccinated against COVID‐19 were more comfortable discussing COVID‐19 vaccines (92%, p < .001) or HPV vaccines (76%, p < .001) with OHCPs compared to those who were unvaccinated against COVID‐19. African American/Black patients were less comfortable discussing vaccines, irrespective of vaccination status.ConclusionsOHCP can play a vital role in increasing the overall COVID‐19 and HPV vaccination status of the public, as demonstrated by the high acceptance of dental involvement in both vaccine campaigns. Racial disparity in vaccination attitude is a public health challenge that needs to be addressed.

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Covid-19 Vaccination and Dentistry: Are We Facing New Challenges or Working Within Our Possibilities? Analytical Review

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STETSYK

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Cumhuriyet Dental Journal

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Objective. To systematize available data regarding COVID-19 vaccination aspects among dental specialists and highlight relevant occupationally-related features of vaccination challenges. Materials and Methods. Search of pertinent literature sources associated with above-formulated objective was provided via PubMed Central database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) and Google Scholar search engine (https://scholar.google.com/). Criteria of publication date included 2020-2021 years period. Publications in English or at least with English abstract/summary were collected within primary sample for further preliminary content-analysis. All articles collected for in-depth content-analysis were evaluated due to the text-mining, text-identification and text-extraction principles with further clusterization and systematization of outcomes at the Microsoft Excel 2019 software (Microsoft Office, 2019). Results. After full reading of articles’ texts 24 of them were interpreted as those containing new and/or unique information, interpretations or facts, out of which 9 were cross-sectional online surveys, 4 were editorials, 6 were literature/clinical reviews, 1 was brief report, 1 was opinion article, 1 was ethical moment, 1 was advice article, and 1 was web-source. New challenges related with COVID-19 vaccination within dental filed are represented by personal hesitancy of dental professionals and students, which in turn associated with provided information support, previous COVID-19 experience, fear of getting infected or transmit disease to the patients or family members, fear of potential development for post-vaccination side-effects, changes of occupational status, and interaction within dental team. Conclusions. Further improvement of dental care field possible only after vaccination of dental professionals. Vaccination of dentists widening window of their possibilities regarding potential role of dental specialist as members of COVID-19 vaccine’s delivery team, improvement of quality of life among dental patients (after its decreasing changes during pandemic), and providing dentists with important role in so-called “behaviorally informed strategies” and public motivational programs aimed at amplification of positive willingness for COVID-19 vaccination among general public.

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The Dental Team: An Additional Resource for Delivering Vaccinations

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Foundation dentists supporting vaccination programmes in England

Foundation dentists supporting vaccination programmes in England

Oral healthcare providers play a vital role in vaccination efforts: Patient perspectives

Covid-19 Vaccination and Dentistry: Are We Facing New Challenges or Working Within Our Possibilities? Analytical Review

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