Boston's Dental Clinic Directory, a Student Health Project

Dental anxiety in patients attending a student dental clinic

BACKGROUND This study investigated the expectations and experiences of a sample of new patients visiting an Australian regional university Student Dental Clinic with regard to anxiety provoking and alleviating stimuli in the clinical environment. Differences in anxiety levels were examined by age, gender and the type of procedure undergone. METHODS The number of dental patients who participat...

The UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic Project: transdisciplinary health professional education.

In the face of the serious problem of lack of access to health care in the United States, with over 45 million uninsured,1 there exist many models of collaborative local programs serving the uninsured. One such approach is the student-run free clinic, small projects managed by health professional students, supervised by licensed health professionals, offering free health services to those witho...

The Capricornia Project: Developing and implementing an interprofessional student-assisted allied health clinic

Self-perceived oral health and its determinants among adult dental patients in a University Dental ‎Clinic in Tehran, Iran‎

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Self-perceived oral health is a simple, non-invasive, and inexpensive method of data collection, which considers the psychosocial aspects of oral health and is related to the likelihood of seeking oral health care. Our study aimed to assess the association between self-perceived and clinically determined findings of oral health in a context of socio-economic status (SES) and...

Evaluation of Health Promotion Dentistry Standards: A Case Study in Military Dental Clinic

Background and Aim: According to the clinical approach of standards of oral health system, designing specific standards is necessary to guarantee health promotion activities in the dental clinic. The aim of this study was to develop the standards of the health promotion dental center and to evaluate the performance status of a military dental clinic based on the standards. Methods: An applied d...