Designing Oral Health Curriculum That Facilitates Greater Integration of Oral Health Into Overall Health

Challenges impeding integration of oral health into primary health care.

The primary healthcare (PHC) services in the Islamic Republic of Iran have succeeded in addressing high levels of communicable diseases; however, they seem less able to deal with maternal and paediatric oral diseases. The aim of this study was to examine problems in integrating oral health services into PHC. This was a qualitative research study comprising focus group discussions and interviews...

Integrating Oral Health into Overall Health: Training in Infant/Toddler Oral Health Care for Non-Dental Health Professionals

IMPORTANCE OF ORAL HEALTH

Dental disease is the number one clinical problem in small animal practices,[1] And thus oral pathology is exceedingly common in small animal patients. In addition, there is a very wide variety of pathologies that are encountered within the oral cavity. These conditions often cause significant pain and/or localised, regional and systemic infection.[2]</sup...

Oral Health of Fasting Muslims

Introduction: It is important that oral hygiene be carried out on a regular basis to enable prevention of dental disease. There are lot of changes in lifestyle and food consumption patterns during the muslim fasting of 30 days during month of Ramadan. This study focuses to find the oral hygiene practices and perceptions of fasting individuals. Methods: A questi...

Interprofessional faculty development: integration of oral health into the geriatric diabetes curriculum, from theory to practice

BACKGROUND Health care workforce shortages and an increase demand for health care services by an older demographic challenged by oral-systemic conditions are being recognized across health care systems. Demands are placed on health care professionals to render coordinated delivery of services. Management of oral-systemic conditions requires a trained health care workforce to render interprofess...