Dental students’ experiences with and attitudes toward people with mental retardation

Wolff, Adam J.; Hb, Waldman; Milano, Michael T.; Perlman, Steven P.

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0187

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“…This finding is in agreement with studies [6,17,18] reporting that the more positive the respondents felt about their dental education, the more they had positive attitudes and showed constructive performance in providing care for these patients.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…This finding is in accordance with the study by Wolff et al [17] which surveyed students at five United States dental schools about their comfort levels treating people with mental retardation. Nearly 60% of students reported that they had little to no confidence in providing care, whereas 74.6% reported they had little to no preparation in providing care.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…This finding is in accordance with Wolff et al [17] Dao et al [6] and Smith et al [18] who reported that a small portion of participants in their studies reported that their undergraduate dental education prepared them for caring for patients with SHCNs.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…In 2004, Casamassimo et al [9] reported that general practitioners who experienced theoretical and clinical education in SHCNs in dental school significantly treated more of these patients and desired further guidance regarding the management of these patients. In addition, Wolff et al [17] found that, as the students gained more experience with patients with special needs, they had a more positive attitude toward people with disabilities, greater appreciation of the patients' dental needs, and greater awareness of their' capabilities.…”

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

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confidence: 91%

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Derwi³

et al. 2017

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“…On the contrary, other studies have shown that increasing dental care costs, lack of dental insurance or financial resources to pay for treatment, access to information, and willingness and training among dentists treating children with disabilities have negatively influenced dental care (Dasanayake, Li, Chhun, Bronstein, & Childers, 2007;Schultz, Shenkin, & Horowitz, 2001;Stiefel, 2002;Wolff, Waldman, Milano, & Perlman, 2004). Although these factors might also influence dental care across different age groups, understanding of the predictors and barriers for dental care among young adults with ID is limited.…”

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Dental care among young adults with intellectual disability

Kancherla

Braun

Yeargin‐Allsopp

2013

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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Dental care among young adults with intellectual disability (ID) is poorly documented and largely unmet. By using population-based data from the Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Follow-Up Study, we assessed factors associated with at least one or two dental visits per year among young adults with and without ID. Significantly fewer young adults with ID (45%) visited a dentist at least once per year, compared with those without ID (58%). ID severity and the presence of co-occurring developmental disabilities predicted dental care use. Sociodemographics, daily functioning, societal participation, dental services, and dental health factors were examined as predictors of dental care frequency. Our findings can help focus efforts toward improving the frequency of dental care visits among young adults with ID.

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General Dentists and Special Needs Patients: Does Dental Education Matter?

Dao

Zwetchkenbaum

Inglehart

2005

Journal of Dental Education

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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.Mr.

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Dental students’ experiences with and attitudes toward people with mental retardation

Cited by 90 publications

References 6 publications

Dentists' Perception of the Care of Patients with Special Health CareNeeds in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Dentists' Perception of the Care of Patients with Special Health CareNeeds in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Dental care among young adults with intellectual disability

General Dentists and Special Needs Patients: Does Dental Education Matter?

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