ABSTRACT
The aim of this replication study was to determine if prior findings at one U.S. dental school about dental students' comfort discussing and perceptions of the relevance of 15 risk behaviors to adolescent patient oral health care would be observed at other institutions. All first- and fourth-year dental students (n=414) at three U.S. dental schools in fall 2017 were invited to participate, and 218 completed the survey (52.7% response rate). These students reported feeling comfortable to uncomfortable discussing risk behaviors with adolescent patients, yet perceived those risk behaviors as relevant to their oral health. There were significant differences in student comfort discussing risk behaviors with adolescents and their perceptions of relevance by gender, age, class status, and school location. Males were more comfortable than females discussing oral health risk behaviors. There were no significant differences by race/ethnicity. Fourth-year students had higher levels of comfort discussing risk behaviors than first-year students. Compared to students in the South and Midwest schools, students at the West school were more comfortable discussing selected topics and had higher perceptions of their relevance to adolescent oral health care. These results suggest there is room for improvement in this area of dental education. Dental schools should aim to strengthen students' knowledge of and comfort in discussing oral health risk behaviors with adolescent patients with the use of educational activities and clinical experiences.
Subject(s)
Clinical Competence , Psychology, Adolescent/education , Risk-Taking , Students, Dental , Adolescent , Adult , Clinical Competence/statistics & numerical data , Communication , Dentist-Patient Relations , Female , Humans , Male , Surveys and Questionnaires , Young AdultABSTRACT
Adolescents' engagement in risk-taking behaviors is well documented. However, the role of the dental practitioner in helping teenage patients understand and avert those behaviors is relatively unknown. The aim of this pilot study was to assess dental students' familiarity with adolescent risk behaviors, comfort level in discussing adolescent risk behaviors with teenage patients, and ratings of the relevance of these topics in dental education. Of the 373 University of Florida dental students across all four years who were invited to participate in 2017, 151 (40.5%) completed the survey. Among these respondents, 66% were female, 53% were from an underrepresented minority (URM) group, 40% were above the age of 25, 53% were in their preclinical years of education, and 47% were in their clinical years. In the results, the males had higher levels of comfort discussing adolescent risk behavior topics than the females, and the non-URM students had higher levels of comfort than the URM students. The clinical students showed statistically significant higher levels of comfort and ratings of the relevance of adolescent risk behaviors than the preclinical students. This pilot study assessed these students' comfort in discussing adolescent risk behaviors with patients and their level of agreement about the relevance of those topics in dental education across groups (age, gender, minority status, and educational level). Future studies are needed to examine pre- and posttest changes following interventions aimed at enhancing students' knowledge and comfort in discussing adolescent risk behaviors.
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Adolescent Behavior , Attitude of Health Personnel , Professional Role/psychology , Risk-Taking , Students, Dental/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Florida , Humans , Male , Pilot Projects , Racial Groups , Recognition, Psychology , Sex Factors , Young AdultABSTRACT
O presente trabalho relata o caso clínico de um paciente portador de deficiência mental e auditiva atendido na Disciplina de Paciente Especiais da Faculdade de Odontologia da UNIBAN, apresentando higiene bucal precária, em que a utilização de figuras como meio para movimentacao imposta pelas patologias melhorando a condição imposta pelas patologias bucal do paciente
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Humans , Male , Adult , Deafness , Health Education, Dental , Persons with Mental Disabilities , Motivation , Persons With Hearing ImpairmentsABSTRACT
Os autores descrevem uma metodologia desenvolvida para a fase de diagnóstico do tratamento das maloclusöes e disfunçöes reflexo-vegetativas de pacientes portadores de desvios dos padröes de normalidade, de ordem física, mental, intelectual, sindrômicos ou näo, atendidos pelos alunos do 4§ ano de graduaçäo de 1997 do Núcleo Integrado de Atendimento Preventivo ao Paciente Especial (NIAPE) - Disciplina de Clínica Integrada do Curso de Odontologia do Instituto de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade paulis (UNIP)
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Orthodontics, Corrective , Dental Care for Disabled , Malocclusion/diagnosisABSTRACT
Foi pesquisado o quanto a Homeopatia é utilizada pelos pacientes atendidos no Núcleo Integrado de Atendimento Preventivo Especial (NIAPE) do Departamento de Odontologia do Instituto de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Paulista (UNIP). Dos 110 pacientes pesquisados, o percentual de utilização da Homeopatia foi de 5,44 por cento. Apesar deste percentual ser considerado pequeno, os resultados obtidos com o tratamento homeopático foram avaliados pelos pacientes de forma satisfatória, justificando assim o uso da Homeopatia como um método terapêutico complementar que pode ser utilizado como uma terapia auxiliar no tratamento odontológico de pacientes especiais
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Humans , Dental Care for Disabled , Homeopathy , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Os autores apresentam uma breve revisão sobre as displasias ectodérmicas, um conjunto de alterações que invariavelmente comprometem diversas estruturas bucais. Descrevem, ainda, dois casos de displasia ectodérmica hipoidrótica atendidos no Núcleo Integrado de Atendimento Preventivo ao Paciente Especial (NIAPE) da Universidade Paulista (UNIP), onde é ressaltada a conduta odontológica seguida durante o tratamento
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Child , Anodontia/diagnosis , Ectodermal Dysplasia/complications , Incisor/abnormalities , Alopecia , Hypohidrosis/complicationsABSTRACT
Relato de um caso de síndrome de Kniest, ressaltando os aspectos de ordem geral, bucal, psicológicos, como ainda a conduta ao tratamento odontológico
