An important objective of the British Columbia Oral Cancer Prevention Program (BC OCPP) is to promote dialogue among community dental professionals about their experiences with oral cancer screening. To begin this effort in British Columbia, we conducted 2 focus groups in February 2007 involving 12 dental professionals (dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants) from well-established de...

OBJECTIVES To explore the opportunities for interprofessional collaboration (IPC) to improve paediatric oral health in federally qualified health centres (FQHCs), to identify challenges to IPC-led integration of oral health prevention into the well-child visit and to suggest strategies to overcome barriers. SAMPLE Nurse managers (NMs), nurse practitioners (NPs), paediatric clinical staff and ...

BACKGROUND Most studies have investigated the association between parental socioeconomic factors and dental caries in children based on educational and income levels; studies focusing on parental occupation, however, have been relatively limited. This cross-sectional study examined the associations between parental occupations and levels of education and household income and the prevalence of d...

BACKGROUND This paper describes the current nature and distribution of staff making an active contribution to the public health function in Health Authorities in England, so as to assess the extent to which the public health function is truly multidisciplinary and to begin to consider the National Health Service public health capability. METHODS A pre-piloted questionnaire was administered by...

conclusions according to this study, pumice powder and slurry used in dental laboratories of hamadan are contaminated. therefore, the laboratory staff should be aware of the hazards posed by the presence of pathogens in dental laboratories. materials and methods forty specimens, including 20 pumice powders and 20 pumice slurries were collected from 10 randomly selected dental laboratories and i...

Before 1979, there were only 5 undergraduate dental schools in Iran with a total admission of 200 students per year, and only 2,000 dentists and about 50 specialists practicing in the country. Currently, there are 18 dental schools with a total admission of 750 undergraduate students, 5 postgraduate programs in 10 disciplines with a total of 100 students, more than 11,000 dentists (1 dentist pe...

During the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, dental education and training requiring face-to-face interaction must prioritize infection prevention safety of students, staff, patients. In July 2020, Association for Dental Education, Asia Pacific (ADEAP) published guidelines safe during COVID-19 pandemic. These summarize ADEAP recommendations classroom-based courses, reopening...