&lt;p&gt;Are dental care providers in Saudi Arabia prepared to treat patients with special needs?&lt;/p&gt;

Alumran, Arwa; Almulhim, Luloah; Almolhim, Bainah; Bakodah, Shouq; Aldossary, Hessa; Al-Rayes, Saja

doi:10.2147/jmdh.s201155

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“…The dental health services in the Kingdom have undergone a huge transformation in the last two decades. Dental services provided by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) are provided at no cost to the patient (Alumran et al, 2019). On the other hand, there is no system in place for routine dental checkups, and dentists are not obliged to keep a record of their patients for monitoring purposes (Baghdadi et al, 2011).…”

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Oral health and oral hygiene related literacy and behaviors among Saudi school children in Al-Qassim region

Prabhu¹,

Alayed²,

Bhattacharjee³

et al. 2022

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Background: Individual characteristics such as awareness, perspective, and routines significantly influence one's oral health. This survey explored the Saudi school children's knowledge, attitude and behaviors related to oral hygiene in the Al Qassim province. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study using a pretested online questionnaire was conducted among school children in the Al Qassim region. The first section of the questionnaire recorded students' age and dental history, and experiences were recorded.The second part covered dental hygiene and dental visits. In the third part, students' oral hygiene knowledge was tested. Results: Oral hygiene knowledge was found to be good in 39% of the students, whereas it was found to be significantly higher in those students who brushed frequently or twice a day (p<0.001). About 56.8% of the students reported having some dental problems, and 20.7% mentioned they had never been to the dentist in their lives.Students over the age of 12 years had a significantly higher frequency of dental visits last year (p=0.010). Conclusion: Schools in Saudi Arabia need to begin implementing a comprehensive oral health education program that targets not only the students but also their parents.

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Oral health and oral hygiene related literacy and behaviors among Saudi school children in Al-Qassim region

Prabhu¹,

Alayed²,

Bhattacharjee³

et al. 2022

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“…There is growing advocacy in Australia and internationally to improve the training of oral health professionals to ensure the dental workforce appreciates the needs of these individuals and has the skills to confidently address them 2,11–18 . However, little is known of what clinicians find challenging about managing this group of individuals and whether additional support would improve their willingness to treat those with special needs 8 .…”

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Perspectives of the public dental workforce on the dental management of people with special needs

Lim

Liberali

Calache

et al. 2021

Australian Dental Journal

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Background People with special health care needs continue to have difficulties accessing regular dental care partly due to oral health professionals feeling they lack the knowledge and experience to provide treatment to these individuals. Methods Qualitative interviews and focus groups provided an insight into the types and nature of supports that oral health professionals working in the Australian public dental system desired and felt may improve their willingness and/or ability to treat patients with special needs. Results Although participants did not identify one group of patients with special needs that were more difficult to treat, they did report a feeling of being unsupported. Clinicians felt that improved training and access to ongoing education in Special Needs Dentistry, opportunities for greater support from specialists or other health professionals, either through networking or other media such as telehealth, and fostering a more supportive clinical environment, particularly in relation to appointment lengths and productivity pressures, may improve their willingness and ability to treat patients with special needs. Conclusions Additional support, in the form of greater interaction with specialists and reduced time and productivity pressures, may improve the willingness of oral health professionals in the public dental system to treat patients with special needs.

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“…Based on the literature review, patients with special needs are more likely to have poor oral hygiene and oral diseases for numerous reasons, including limited dental-care access [37]. Aljabri et al [38] reported that 15.5% of individuals with special needs have an issue with accessibility to dental services [39].…”

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Access to Dental-Care Services in Jazan, Saudi Arabia: A Scoping Review

Shubayr

Kruger

Tennant

2021

Saudi J Health Syst Res

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Introduction: The construct of dental access adopted in this study uses the following 4 main dimensions: opportunity for access, realized access or utilization, equity, and outcome. Aims: The principal aims of this study were to identify various indicators used in the literature to measure each dimension of access in Saudi Arabia, to summarize and map the range of existing research with policy implications, to identify gaps in research, and to consider implications for future research. Methods: This scoping review was conducted using the PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases, as well as manually. Additional relevant publications were identified by manually searching the reference list of the included studies. Data were extracted based on the 4 dimensions of the access framework. Results: The search strategy yielded 230 studies, of which 16 were included after full-text revision. Of the 4 domains, the most explored and in all included studies were realized access, but no differentiation was made by the authors between initial utilization and continued engagement. Conclusions: An overview of different policy suggestions has been provided. In particular, we recommend making better use of teledentistry, improving referral services between dentists and physicians, and offering more education on dental prevention in schools’ health-service sites.

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<p>Are dental care providers in Saudi Arabia prepared to treat patients with special needs?</p>

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Oral health and oral hygiene related literacy and behaviors among Saudi school children in Al-Qassim region

Oral health and oral hygiene related literacy and behaviors among Saudi school children in Al-Qassim region

Perspectives of the public dental workforce on the dental management of people with special needs

Access to Dental-Care Services in Jazan, Saudi Arabia: A Scoping Review

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