TY - JOUR
T1 - Advanced General Dentistry program directors' attitudes on physician involvement in pediatric oral health care
AU - Raybould, Ted P.
AU - Wrightson, A. Stevens
AU - Massey, Christi Sporl
AU - Smith, Tim A.
AU - Skelton, Judith
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - Childhood oral disease is a significant health problem, particularly for vulnerable populations. Since a major focus of General Dentistry Program directors is the management of vulnerable populations, we wanted to assess their attitudes regarding the inclusion of physicians in the prevention, assessment, and treatment of childhood oral disease. A survey was mailed to all General Practice Residency and Advanced Education in General Dentistry program directors (accessed through the ADA website) to gather data. Spearman's rho was used to determine correlation among variables due to nonnormal distributions. Overall, Advanced General Dentistry directors were supportive of physicians' involvement in basic aspects of oral health care for children, with the exception of applying fluoride varnish. The large majority of directors agreed with physicians' assessing children's oral health and counseling patients on the prevention of dental problems. Directors who treated larger numbers of children from vulnerable populations tended to strongly support physician assistance with early assessment and preventive counseling.
AB - Childhood oral disease is a significant health problem, particularly for vulnerable populations. Since a major focus of General Dentistry Program directors is the management of vulnerable populations, we wanted to assess their attitudes regarding the inclusion of physicians in the prevention, assessment, and treatment of childhood oral disease. A survey was mailed to all General Practice Residency and Advanced Education in General Dentistry program directors (accessed through the ADA website) to gather data. Spearman's rho was used to determine correlation among variables due to nonnormal distributions. Overall, Advanced General Dentistry directors were supportive of physicians' involvement in basic aspects of oral health care for children, with the exception of applying fluoride varnish. The large majority of directors agreed with physicians' assessing children's oral health and counseling patients on the prevention of dental problems. Directors who treated larger numbers of children from vulnerable populations tended to strongly support physician assistance with early assessment and preventive counseling.
KW - AEGD
KW - AGD
KW - Attitudes
KW - GPR
KW - Pediatric
KW - Physicians
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2009.00103.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2009.00103.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 19886934
AN - SCOPUS:77249170884
SN - 0275-1879
VL - 29
SP - 232
EP - 236
JO - Special Care in Dentistry
JF - Special Care in Dentistry
IS - 6
ER -