1031 Across the United States, the role of the dental hygienist is evolving. As a result, the dental hygiene curriculum must expand from a traditional private practice focus to include other career pathways, such as providing direct access oral health care in alternative settings, practicing in interprofessional health care environments, being an educator, engaging in research, participating in...

BACKGROUNDS Infection control is one of the primary responsibilities of dental health care personnel. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the infection control practices of Iranian dentists and dental nurses working in governmental dental health care centers were influenced by their educational level and years of practice. METHODS This cross-sectional analytical study was comple...

BACKGROUND The correlation between knowledge of dental care knowledge and its practice varies among the different health professionals. AIM The aim of the following study is to assess the knowledge and practice of health workers in a private medical health facility on dental care. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on the health workers in Faith Medical...

Australian consumers have articulated their perceptions of the role of the nurse in general practice. Practice Nurses (PNs) and General Practitioners (GPs) have also highlighted the issues they believe currently and potentially impact on this role in Australia. This paper identifies and discusses the nexus between the consumers' perceptions and expectations and health professionals' issues. Dat...

Tseveenjav Battsetseg. Preventive dentistry in Mongolia. Department of Oral Public Health, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2004. 83 pp. ISBN 952-91-7349-0 The current study investigated preventive dentistry in Mongolia by assessing future and practicing dentists’ professional preventive practice and knowledge and the oral health outcomes dental professionals achieved fo...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of airborne and droplet isolation precautions among Dental Health Professionals (DHPs) (dental students, interns, practitioners and auxiliaries) during the outbreak of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), corona virus infection in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted...

To fulfill the Healthy People 2010 Objective 1.7, "Increase the proportion of . . . health professional training schools whose basic curriculum for health care providers includes the core competencies in health promotion and disease prevention," the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force has developed a curriculum framework for clinical prevention and population health for all the health professi...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: It is clear that education of parents and physicians regarding the importance of caries prevention will improve children’s dental health. Most of the times pediatric and general dentists are dependent on the knowledge base and attitude of pediatricians and family practice physicians for referral of infants and young children in need of preventive and restorative care. This s...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Poor oral health is known as a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes such as low birth weight (LBW) and preterm birth. Few studies have evaluated the knowledge and behaviors of healthcare professionals about oral health during pregnancy and the possible role of periodontal diseases in adverse pregnancy outcomes. The present study aimed ...

Oral health is an essential component of health throughout life. There has been a decline in dental caries and periodontal disease in developed countries which can be attributed to the implementation of preventive programmes but in developing countries dental diseases are still on the rise. Therefore this cross sectional study was carried out to assess the prevalence of dental caries and oral h...