OBJECTIVES There is a strong body of evidence to support the relationship between periodontal diseases and diabetes mellitus. Unless dental practitioners are aware of this link, they cannot apply the information to their daily practice. The aim of the study was, therefore, to evaluate the knowledge of dental practitioners concerning the effect of diabetes on periodontal health. SUBJECTS AND M...

A survey of the opinions of general medical practitioners who refer patients to Bristol Dental Hospital We recently carried out a survey of general medical practitioners regarding their opinions of the service they receive for patients whom they refer to Bristol Dental School and Hospital (BDH). METHOD Anonymous questionnaires were circulated in Spring 1987 by the Family Practitioner Committee ...

introduction: general dental practitioners provide the majority of treatment in iran. the aim of this study was to gather information on the methods, materials and attitudes employed in root canal treatment by dentists participated in 7 th congress of iranian academy of restorative dentistry in shiraz /2007 in order to evaluate the quality of current practice. materials and methods: a questionn...

OBJECTIVE To study the severity of symptoms and estimate the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in a non-referral adult Swedish population, as registered by general dental practitioners. This study also aims to evaluate the possibility of dental practitioners collecting large quantities of reliable and accurate clinical data on oral mucosal lesions. STUDY DESIGN Data from 6,448 adult Swedish ...

OBJECTIVE The oral cavity is location for different conditions of local and systemic origin; many of them with controverted and or multifactorial etiology, where the psychogenic factors constitute an important variable to be considered. Keeping this in mind, this paper aims to assess the awareness of dental professionals of the role of psychological factors in certain dental conditions. Further...

PURPOSE The study reported here aimed to identify current sedation practice among general dental practitioners (GDPs) and specialist dental practitioners (SDPs) in Jordan in 2010. METHODS Questionnaires were sent by email to 1683 GDPs and SDPs who were working in Jordan at the time of the study. The contact details of these dental practitioners were obtained from a Jordan Dental Association l...