The objective of this study was to test the internal consistency and test-retest reliability of a questionnaire designed to assess the status of and factors associated with organizational innovation in schools of dentistry. The questionnaire included thirty-three questions that assessed the following six domains: innovation/environment, innovation/leadership, innovation/personal, feedback/envir...

INTRODUCTION Trauma to primary and permanent teeth and their supporting structures is one of the most common dental problems seen in children. The prognosis of traumatized teeth depends on timely attention with prompt and appropriate treatment, which often relies on knowledge of the teachers who may be present at the place of accidents. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate via a question...

An increasing proportion of the population is medically at risk. Dental providers can encounter a cardiac arrest (CA) while treating their patients. Several studies have assessed qualified dental surgeons on the management of medical emergencies, but to our knowledge there is no reported study about dental students. The aim of this study was to evaluate final-year dental students in their abili...

AIM To develop and test the methodology of an intervention to reduce avoidance of dental care among adolescents, and to measure the respondents' beliefs regarding the intervention (credibility and cognitions). METHODS Based on a group comparison design a sample of 18 year olds (n=50) with dental non-attendance behaviour was randomly selected to three experimental and one control group. Subjec...

This paper discusses the need for reliable and valid measures of personality and motivational factors in the prediction of success and attrition in a dental school. The admissions system currently used in most schools includes personality factors that are measured by an interview. Our study examined whether the interview could be replaced by a standardized, open-ended questionnaire, thus increa...

OBJECTIVE To determine how early musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) develop in dental professionals and to explore the potential differences among distinct dental specialties. MATERIAL AND METHODS 271 dental postgraduates majoring in five dental specialties were recruited, i.e., orthodontics, prosthodontics, endodontics, periodontics and alveolar surgery. 254 age-matched non-dental postgraduate...

Background. Dental fear is considered to be one of the most frequent problems in paediatric dentistry. According to literature, parents’ levels of dental fear play a key role in the development of child’s dental anxiety. Hypothesis or Aim. We have tried to identify the presence of emotional transmission of dental fear among family members and to analyse the different roles that mothers and fath...

BACKGROUND A growing body of literature describes the performance of dental fear questionnaires in various countries. We describe the psychometric properties of Greek versions of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and the Dental Fear Survey (DFS) in adult Greek patients. METHODS Greek versions of the MDAS and DFS were administered to two samples of adult dental patients. In the first sa...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that dental caries should be regarded as a chronic disease as many individuals repeatedly develop new caries lesions. How this is perceived by caries active patients is unclear. The aim of this study was to measure patient-reported attitudes and negative experiences related to caries and dental treatment. METHODS A questionnaire was mailed to 134 caries active...