So you think they know what we do? The public and professional perception of oral and maxillofacial surgery

Ameerally, Phillip; Fordyce, Andrew; Martin, I.C.

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“…This study demonstrated that only 68.6% of the laypersons had heard of the specialty of OMFS, and not surprisingly, all of the healthcare professionals had heard of this specialty. Ifeacho 6 compared their results with those of Ameerally 5 and noticed that recognition of OMFS among the laypersons and healthcare professionals had increased (21-34%) but that specialty had improved only marginally 6 . The treatment of cleft lip and palate deformities demonstrated a difference between dental students and professionals, Our finding proves that there was a clear division in awareness between the conditions relating to the mouth in the head and neck region, despite the latter being well within the scope of OMFS as demonstrated by a study done in Birmingham, United Kingdom 6 .…”

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“…Healthcare workers among the laypersons have been excluded. Questionnaires prepared were obtain from previous studies of Ameerally 5 , Subashraj 7 .…”

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“…This understanding is critical for patients to receive the best treatment available by appropriately trained surgeons 5 . An informed healthcare professional will be able to refer patients to the correct specialist.…”

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Perception by Laypersons and Healthcare Professionals Towards Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

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Alam

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Bangladesh J Med Sci

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Background: Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) is a surgical branch of dentistry that deals with the wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the maxillofacial region. There are plenty of people who have lack of awareness towards the wide surgical scope provided by OMFS as reported by previous study done in Boston in 1996. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of awareness among the general public and healthcare professionals towards Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery specialty in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM). Materials and Methods: A total of 186 standardized questionnaire was distributed to 6 groups of respondents which include laypersons attending HUSM, 4 th year dental and medical students, dental officers, medical officers and paramedical workers from various departments such as Emergency department, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department, medical family clinic and dental clinic of HUSM. Results: The data showed that 100% of students and practitioners had heard of OMFS, whereas only 68.9% of the laypersons have heard of the specialty. Furthermore, only 11.6% of the lay responders had been treated by an OMFS. The full results also suggested that about 50% of laypersons, 35% of medical professionals and 30% of dental professionals had lack of understanding about the range of care provided by OMFS specialty. Conclusion: A thorough education need to be implemented among dental and medical undergraduate students as well as professionals so that they can make a proper referral later on and automatically provide correct information to the laypersons.

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“…Healthcare workers among the laypersons have been excluded. Questionnaires prepared were obtain from previous studies of Ameerally 5 , Subashraj 7 .…”

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“…It acts as a bridge to a lot of different fields across the dental and medical borders. However, it has been reported that there was a low awareness of this field to both the general public and professionals in other countries [1][2][3][4]. Hong Kong Chinese are thought to be unexceptional.…”

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Do You Think They Know About Us? Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Hong Kong

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the specialty to the public, to help fully unitizing the services available, and to encourage more people to take the opportunity to be trained, in turn more people can become part of our team. MethodologyQuestionnaires were sent out randomly through personal network by helpers recruited. The helpers gave out the questionnaire randomly to the people they met on a specific day. These questionnaires were only distributed to Hong Kong citizens who aged 18 years or above. The subjects, who were neither dental nor medical related personnel, were interviewed individually by helpers.The questionnaires were made up of three parts, including 12 simple questions. Personal demographic data were recorded in the first part. Second part included general questions about OMFS including the scope of service and training particulars. The final part was designed to test the knowledge of the interviewees, whether they could correlate some specific diseases or conditions that could be treated by oral and maxillofacial (OMF) surgeons. ResultsThere were 150 questionnaires distributed to 20 helpers in June 2011, where 104 were completed through personal interview to non-dentally and non-medically related Hong Kong citizens. There were 59 (57%) females and 45 males (43%). The mean age was 32 year-old, ranging from 18 to 65 year-old.Among the 104 interviewees, there were 78 who (75%) claimed they had never heard of the specialty of OMFS, while the other 26 (25%) reported that they had heard of it. Within the Abbreviations

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“…Previous studies conducted in the USA and the UK have reported that the medical and dental fraternity and the general public are largely unaware of the scope of maxillofacial surgery and the type of work being done by maxillofacial units. [1,2] If the awareness even in developed countries is lacking, the situation in a developing country like India is bound to be worse. We therefore did a study to check the awareness of maxillofacial surgery in India.…”

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Are People Aware of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in India?

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Adalarasan

Mohan

et al. 2011

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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Introduction Maxillofacial surgery is one of the most rapidly expanding specialities in India. There is however a very poor understanding of the scope of the speciality. This paper attempts to find out the awareness of the speciality in India. Materials and methods A questionnaire was given to 50 medical, dental undergraduate students, 50 medical and dental practitioners, and 50 lay persons giving us a total of 250 responses. 10 common anomalies were chosen and they were asked to choose the most appropriate speciality which they would ask to treat the problem. Results While trauma and facial deformity correction were recognised to be mainly treated by maxillofacial surgeons, the other maxillofacial problems were poorly recognised to be treated by our speciality. Conclusion This study highlights the need to promote our speciality among the dentists, doctors and general public. and if need be even change the name of our speciality from oral and maxillofacial surgery to a more simple but more easily understood facial surgery.

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So you think they know what we do? The public and professional perception of oral and maxillofacial surgery

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Perception by Laypersons and Healthcare Professionals Towards Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Perception by Laypersons and Healthcare Professionals Towards Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Do You Think They Know About Us? Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Hong Kong

Are People Aware of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in India?

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