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Affiliations :
Jessica A. Holloway MChD/BChD, MPH, PhD, FHEA Specialty Registrar in Dental Public Health, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Ivor G. Chestnutt BDS, MPH, PhD, FDS(DPH)RCSEd, FDS RCSEng, FDS RCPSGlas, FFPH, DDPH RCS ENG, FHEA Professor and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Restorative, Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, zmk bern, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Department of Biohybrid and Medical Textiles, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Private practice, Norden, Germany.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Restorative, Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, zmk bern, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Specialist Registrar in Restorative Dentistry, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital, 47-49 Huntley Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 6DG, UK. shivanirana@nhs.net.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital, 47-49 Huntley Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 6DG, UK.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
South East London Health Education England, London, UK.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Dentistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, United Kingdom; Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Jessica A. Holloway MChD/BChD, MPH, PhD, FHEA Specialty Registrar in Dental Public Health, Public Health Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Ivor G. Chestnutt BDS, MPH, PhD, FDS(DPH)RCSEd, FDS RCSEng, FDS RCPSGlas, FFPH, DDPH RCS ENG, FHEA Professor and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, UK.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, UK.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
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Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, UK.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, UK.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, UK.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, UK.
Publications dans "Odontologie générale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
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King's College London Dental Institute, King's College London, UK.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, UK.
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Before implants are placed, the patient, as part of the consent process, should understand the risks of the treatment but also the importance of a lifelong maintenance programme. This is particularly ...
The long-term maintenance or restoration of peri-implant tissues' health depends on the strategic implementation of preventive measures and interventions. These measures should be initiated before imp...
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) requires general dental practitioners (GDPs) to agree to regulatory advertising guidelines on initial registration and annual renewal. The ...
A representative sample of GDPs websites from each state and territory in Australia was based on the total AHPRA registrant distribution. Assessment of compliance was used across five domains consisti...
One hundred and ninety-two GDPs websites were reviewed with 85% non-compliant with at least one of the legal and regulatory requirements relating to advertising. Of these websites, 52% displayed false...
More than 85% of GDP websites in Australia did not comply with legal and regulatory requirements related to advertising. A multi-stakeholder approach involving AHPRA, professional dental bodies and de...
This study aimed to explore trends and predictors for antibiotic prescriptions and referrals for patients seeking dental care at General Medical Practitioners (GMPs) over a 44-year period in Wales, UK...
This retrospective observational study analysed data from the nationwide Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Databank of visits to GMPs. Read codes associated with dental diagnoses were extracted fr...
Over the 44-year period, there were a total of 160,952 antibiotic prescriptions and 2,947 referrals associated with a dental attendance. Antibiotic prescriptions were associated with living in the mos...
These changes coincide with dental attendance rates at GMPs over the same period and indicate that appointment outcome and repeat patient attendance are linked. Rurality and deprivation may also influ...
General medical practices are not the most appropriate place for patients seeking dental care to attend, and efforts should be made to change current practice and policy to support patients to seek ca...
To investigate what happens to cross-sectionally identified root-filled teeth over a 6-year period, regardless of the time that elapsed since primary root canal treatment, in a cohort of adult patient...
Adult patients with ≥1 previously root-filled tooth and regularly attending the Public Dental Service in Örebro County were enrolled for study participation in 2015. General dental practitioners exami...
A total of 445 patients with 1007 root-filled teeth were followed the entire observation time. Twenty (2.0%) of the root-filled teeth had endodontic retreatment and 150 (14.9%) were extracted over six...
This study corroborates the notion that in general dentistry, root-filled teeth with radiological signs of apical disease often remain untreated over time. Furthermore, it also reveals that root-fille...
The relationship between referring dentist and implantologist can be crucial in making the treatment journey as efficient and effective as possible for patients. There are a number of considerations t...
General dental practitioners (GDPs) are well-placed to identify incidental skin lesions when they see patients for routine dental care. Indeed, some patients with an undiagnosed skin malignancy may on...
A review of the management of implants in general practice in relation to the responsibility and liability for managing them when the dentist has not placed the implant themselves....
Referrals are defined as 'a process in which a health worker at one level of the health system, having insufficient resources (drugs, equipment, skills) to manage a clinical condition, seeks the help ...
As patients access most of their dental care within the primary care setting, it is relevant to consider how the experience and opinions of general dental practitioners (GDPs) influence the diagnosis,...