Service rate variations have focused attention on treatment decisions. The aims of this study were to examine factors considered in choosing treatments, to classify dentists in terms of clinical decision making, and to investigate the association of decision making with services provided. From a random sample of dentists (response rate 60.3%) treatment constraints (15.0%), periodontal status (1...

Over a hundred deaths from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) have now been recorded. The incubation period for vCJD may be up to 40 years and the number of asymptomatic carriers in the population could be as many as 100,000. Confirmed iatrogenic transmission of other human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies raises the possibility of cross-infection from apparently healthy persons ...

BACKGROUND Decisions by dentists to administer antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infectious complications in patients involves professional risk assessment. While recommendations for rational use have been published, several studies have shown that dentists have low adherence to these recommendations. OBJECTIVE To examine general dental practitioners' (GDPs') assessments of the risk of compli...

and Students of Medicine. By Ashley vv. Barrett, M. B. (Lond.), M. R. C. S., L. D. S., Dental Surgeon to the London Hospital. London : H. K. Lewis, 1885. This is one of a new series of practical manuals to be issued by Mr. Lewis 011 the various branches of Medicine and Surgery. The volumes of the series, written by wellknown Hospital Physicians and Surgeons, are intended to be of a thoroughly p...

Introduction: Irrational drug prescription is a controversial issue around the world that inter-feres not only with the patient's life but also with the society and economy. Despite few studies, there is no enough data on the prescription ha‌bits of dental practitioners. So, we aimed at eva‌luating the same issue in Rasht, Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional re-trospective study r...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The primary providers of health services are general dental practitioners (GDPs), who must routinely do the diagnosis and treatment planning except in complicated cases. The present study evaluation of a referral system to endodontists among a group of GDPs in Iran. METHODS: This descriptive study was performed on 620 Iranian general dentists. A questionnaire with an accepte...

BACKGROUND Patients with dental infections frequently present to primary care practitioners such as emergency physicians or general practitioners. It is important for these healthcare professionals to understand how to assess and treat such conditions, including when to refer and to whom. OBJECTIVE This article aims to cover basic principles of managing patients with dental infections who pre...

background and aims. blood-borne infections such as hepatitis b, hepatitis c and hiv might be transmitted from one individual to another during dental procedures. therefore, sterilization and personal protection procedures are of utmost significance in dental offices. the importance of awareness of cross-infection and antiseptic principles lies in the fact that in most cases it is not possible ...

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to evaluate Yemeni dental practitioners' knowledge and practices concerning fissure sealants. MATERIALS AND METHODS A modified questionnaire consisted of 25-items was distributed to 500 dentists working in Sana'a City. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square/Fisher's exact tests were used for statistical analyses. RESULTS The response rate was 74%. Most of ...