Summary Results of the Kentucky Dental Practice Demonstration: A Cooperative Project with Practicing General Dentists

Patients’ Management Patterns for Restorative Treatment Procedures: A 4-Year Overview at the Restorative Clinic of a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria

“…Operative procedures were the most demanded restorative services in this study accounting for 75% of the total procedures. This pattern of demand confirmed the findings of the studies of Mullins et al [18], ADA [14], Nash et al [15], Konrad et al [16], and Eklund et al [19] in which operative procedures were shown to be the most demanded dental services. Therefore, more efforts were being expended on operative services than endodontic and fixed prosthodontic services combined.…”

“…Nevertheless, this decline cannot be compared, on the same basis, with the decline observed in demand for restorative procedures according to the findings of ADA [14], Nash et al [15], Konrad et al [16], Akpata [17], Mullins et al [18] and Eklund et al [19] in which the observed decline was attributed to improved oral health status of the surveyed populations as evidenced by the reduction in caries rates. The surveyed population in this study could not be said to have enjoyed improved oral health status and dental services according to a survey carried out by Loto et al [20] in which oral and dental diseases were found to constitute major public health problems.…”

The acceptability of care provided by dental auxiliaries

“…54 Five North American programmes were evaluated using a time series design, however the acceptability element in each was cross-sectional. [55][56][57][58][59] Mullins and co-workers 55 used a selfcomplete questionnaire with a purposive sample of patients from 14 different dental teams working in different practices using varying degrees of delegation. Few details of the method were provided.…”

Estimates of the Effects of a Statewide Sealant Initiative on Dentists' Knowledge and Attitudes

“…This combination represents the traditional armamentarium of those who use a public health approach to change professional knowledge, and, indirectly, Professional behavior. In smaller scale initiatives, these methods have been shown to be only partially effective in creating widespread, long-term improvements in knowledge and attitudes (16,17); evaluations on a larger scale have not been reported. Yet it is important to gain an understanding of both the direct effectiveness Vol.…”