Kids Get Care is a public health-based program in the Seattle area designed to ensure that low-income children, regardless of insurance status, receive early integrated preventive medical, dental, and developmental health services through attachment to medical and dental homes (the usual sources of medical or dental care). The oral health component of the program focuses on cross-training medic...

QUESTION How can library staff develop and promote a document delivery service and then expand the service to a wide audience? SETTING The setting is the library at the Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD), Indianapolis. METHOD A faculty survey and a citation analysis were conducted to determine potential use of the service. Volume of interlibrary loan transactions and staff and eq...

The NIHR HTA funded IQuaD (Improving the Quality of Dentistry)Trial is a 5 year multi-centre, cluster randomised, open trial with blinded outcome evaluation based in dental primary care in Scotland and the North East of England. It compares scale and polish intervals and oral hygiene advice delivery for the maintenance of oral health. We aim to recruit 1860 adults across 60 dental practices. Tr...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess the level of primary Knowledge among school staffs in Iran with regards to the immediate management of dental trauma. Methods: The data, from 160 participants, were collected using questionnaire, which surveyed staff’s background, attitude and knowledge of dental trauma management. Results: The total number of school staff who responded to a...

Despite advances in oral health care, patients and dental professionals remain uncertain about individually trained oral hygiene, in particular regarding the management of interdental cleaning. Prof. Denis Bourgeois, Dean of the University of Lyon’s dental faculty in France has presented scientific evidence that interdental brushes, in particular CURAPROX CPS interdental brushes, are efficient ...

For more than a century and half, silver/mercury amalgam fillings have been used in dental practice as the preferred tooth filling material. Currently, occupational exposure of dental staff to mercury vapor released from the amalgam, has been an issue of concern because of its possible adverse outcomes. Aim: The aim of this work was to determine the mercury body burden in dental staff exposed t...

AIM This paper reviews the demographic, academic and professional profile of Irish dental school faculty members. Faculty duties are explored. METHODS AND MATERIALS Custom-designed questionnaires were distributed to faculty members for self-completion, adopting a 'mixed-method' approach with quantitative and qualitative components. Response rate was 64.60%. RESULTS Demographic profile revea...

disclosure of partner abuse to staff at the dental school clinic. Clinic staff subsequently helped the patient access the Program Against Sexual Violence. After this incident, representatives from the two programs began discussing how to systematically prepare dental students, faculty, and practitioners to deal with patients affected by family violence. The resulting training program, funded th...