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      Preparedness and willingness of dental care providers to treat patients with special needs

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          This study aimed to review the available literature about special needs dentistry, factors affecting treatment of patients with special needs, dental education, and the preparedness and willingness of dental care providers to treat patients with special needs. The study also aimed to assess the validity and reliability of available scales that measure the preparedness of dental care providers to treat patients with special needs. Forty studies from esteemed refereed journals were reviewed in this article. The topics in the study were relevant to special needs dentistry, Saudi Arabia, and dental care providers’ perceptions of treating patients with special needs. Reviewed studies were extracted from several electronic databases, such as PubMed and Medline. Studies in Saudi Arabia about special needs dentistry and the preparedness of dental care providers to treat patients with special needs are scarce. Further research in this area needs to be conducted in Saudi Arabia.

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          General dentists and special needs patients: does dental education matter?

          Marita Inglehart, Samuel Zwetchkenbaum, Thuy L. Dao (2005)
          Special needs patients are one of the underserved dental patient groups in the United States. This study investigates whether undergraduate dental education about special needs patients affects general dentists' a) professional behavior, b) practice characteristics, and c) attitudes concerning special needs patients. Data were collected from 208 general dentists (178 male/30 female; average age: 49.85 years) who were members of the Michigan Dental Association. The more the respondents agreed that dental education had prepared them well, the more likely they were to treat various types of special needs patients and to set up their practices so they could treat them and the more they liked treating these patients. In conclusion, most general dentists did not think their undergraduate dental education had prepared them well to treat special needs patients. However, the better they reported to have been educated, the more likely they were to treat special needs patients. Given the access to care problems for many special needs patients, it seems crucial to revise dental curricula and provide more didactic and clinical education concerning the treatment of special needs patients.
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            Special Care Dentistry: a professional challenge.

            E. Gallagher, J Fiske (2007)
            As a profession we have a responsibility to ensure that the oral health needs of individuals and groups who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability are met. In the UK, over 200,000 adults have profound learning disabilities and/or complex medical conditions. Adults with a disability often have poorer oral health, poorer health outcomes and poorer access to services than the rest of the population. This paper examines the need for Special Care Dentistry based on a review of published literature, surveys and health policy, and suggests how services might be delivered in the future. Existing models of good practice reveal that established clinicians working in this field have a patient base of between 850 and 1,500 patients per year and work across primary care and hospital settings, liaising with colleagues in health, social services and the voluntary sector to ensure integrated health care planning. On this basis, a conservative estimate of 133 specialists is suggested for the future, working in networks with Dentists with Special Interests (DwSIs) and primary dental care practitioners. A skilled workforce that can address the wider needs of people requiring Special Care Dentistry should be formally recognised and developed within the UK to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable sections of the community are addressed in future.
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              General Dentists' Perceptions of Educational and Treatment Issues Affecting Access to Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs

              Paul S Casamassimo, N Seale, Kelley Ruehs (2004)
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Clin Cosmet Investig Dent
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Clin Cosmet Investig Dent
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry
                Title: Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry
                Publisher: Dove Medical Press
                ISSN (Electronic): 1179-1357
                Publication date Collection: 2018
                Publication date (Electronic): 26 October 2018
                Volume: 10
                Pages: 231-236
                Affiliations
                Health Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, aalumran@ 123456iau.edu.sa
                Author notes
                Correspondence: Arwa Alumran, Health Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, PO Box 40140, Alkhobar 31952, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966 5 0684 5783, Email aalumran@ 123456iau.edu.sa
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                Publisher ID: ccide-10-231
                DOI: 10.2147/CCIDE.S178114
                PMC ID: 6208865
                SO-VID: cd7db4dd-2770-4807-8282-81d028391907
                Copyright © © 2018 Alumran et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited
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                Keywords: oral health,dental education,quality of healthcare,social determinants of health
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                Keywords: oral health, dental education, quality of healthcare, social determinants of health

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