Undergraduate Education in Special Needs Dentistry in Malaysian and Australian Dental Schools

Ahmad, Mas Suryalis; Razak, Ishak Abdul; Borromeo, Gelsomina L

doi:10.1002/j.0022-0337.2014.78.8.tb05786.x

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“…A possible explanation for this discrepancy as well as for the increasing endorsement of specialised services may be sought in students' growing awareness that they were insufficiently prepared for treating this clientele. This perception appears not unjustified as with five seminars and one practical course our programme is rather modest compared to curricula that have already been developed in other countries, particularly in UK, Australia, Canada and the USA. In view of the growing need for providing dental treatment for patients with special needs, it is planned to extend the programme.…”

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“…With the help of two ad hoc formulated items, we explored respondents' readiness, after completion of their study in dentistry, to reserve a slot of the working time particularly for the treatment of persons with special needs or whether such patients should better be treated in separate facilities specialised in their care. Throughout the whole questionnaire, answers were given using a four‐point Likert scale with the response categories “do completely agree”, “do rather agree”, “do rather not agree” and “do not agree at all” . In addition, a “don't know” option was offered.…”

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“…There are numerous studies showing that patients with special needs for dental care are underserved and, in consequence, show poorer oral health . This may be due to various reasons located in either the person in need of care or in the provider of dental health care.…”

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Attitudes of dental students towards patients with special healthcare needs: Can they be improved?

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Introduction:Lack of knowledge and skills as well as negative attitudes towards patients with special healthcare needs may adversely affect the services available to this group. In 2010, a line on the treatment of patients with special healthcare needs has been implemented in the dental curriculum at the Medical University of Vienna, including five seminars and a practical course. In this study, we examine to what extent the programme helps improve attitudes towards persons with special healthcare needs and positively impacts the readiness to engage in treating this clientele. Materials and Methods:In 2017 and 2018, all students who were in their fourth study year participated in the study. Students' attitudes were assessed before the first seminar, after the last seminar and after the practical course. At all three time points, the same fully structured questionnaire was used, including established instruments for the assessment of emotional reactions and the desire for social distance plus ad hoc questions for assessing students' future intention to treat patients with special healthcare needs. The data were analysed by means of linear fixed models. Results:At the end of the line devoted to patients with special healthcare needs, students tended less to express negative emotions and showed more positive emotional reactions than before the start of the programme. However, students' social acceptance of such patients and their readiness to engage in treating them did not change significantly.Discussion: While our programme was able to improve students' emotional reactions to people with special healthcare needs, it proved unable to reduce the desire for social distance and to lower the barrier when it comes to treatment. It is planned to further develop our programme which, hopefully, will then succeed in increasing students' readiness to treat this clientele. Conclusion:Improving dental students' emotional reactions to patients with special healthcare needs does not necessarily translate into greater readiness to treat this clientele. K E Y W O R D Sattitudes, dental students, educational programme, evaluation, patients with special health care needs

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“…Since there is a lack of SCD specialists available to cater for the high treatment needs, it is important for the general dentists to be able to manage these patients, which also then help to reduce less inappropriate referrals to the specialist [19,37]. The incorporation of SCD in dental courses in some countries, for example in Malaysia and Australia, seems to be the remedy for this lack of education in this specialty, however, the number of the experts to drive SCD education is still not adequate [38].…”

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Autism Spectrum Disorder: Patients’ Oral Health Behaviors and Barriers in Oral Care from Parents’ Perspectives

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To assess the oral health behaviors of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and explore attitudes and barriers in providing oral care by their parents. A cross-sectional, mixed method study design, which comprised of quantitative and qualitative sections was conducted. The quantitative part assessed the oral health behavior through a parent-proxy report questionnaire whilst the qualitative part assessed parents' overall perspective on maintenance of oral health in children with ASD through an in-depth interview using semi-structured questions. All children below the age of 16 who have been clinically diagnosed with ASD and registered at the Pediatric Dental Clinic were included. The sample consisted of twenty children with ASD. Most of the sample were male and between 5-8 years old. Majority had good oral health behaviors but some exhibited self-injurious behaviors that may affect oral health. Severe characteristics of ASD, co-morbid conditions and incompetent health professionals were reported as barriers in oral care by parents of these children. Despite having good oral health behaviors, several barriers and challenges were expressed by these parents with ASD when providing home oral care or bringing them for dental appointment. Continuous support for parents with ASD child by dental professionals is essential to help overcome the real challenges and barriers in providing oral care among these parents.

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“…Novos conhecimentos científicos tem sido gerado, para estimular e habilitar cirurgiões-dentistas à esta especialidade desde a graduação (5,6). No Brasil, consta cadastrados nos registros do Conselho de Odontologia 667 especialistas em PNE para o total de 536.937 Cirurgiões-Dentistas.…”

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Em odontologia, pacientes com necessidades especiais são aqueles com doença ou situação clínica, que implique em um atendimento diferenciado. O Centro de Especialidades Odontológicas é a referência municipal da Estância Hidromineral de Poá-SP, para atendimento odontológico especializado a todos os grupos desta população, nos âmbitos ambulatorial e domiciliar. O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar as necessidades de tratamento periodontal, de restaurações dentárias, exodontias e do uso de próteses removíveis destes indivíduos, atendidos no período de janeiro de 2011 a dezembro de 2016, em relação aos diferentes grupos de diagnóstico e com a população em geral. A amostra total foi composta pelos Pacientes com Necessidades Especiais, também denominados PNE, do CEO-Poá (n=497). Foram avaliados gênero, idade, diagnóstico principal, história médica, âmbito de atendimento, tabagismo, etilismo, acometimentos sistêmicos, e necessidades odontológicas. Os dados foram compilados para o formulário eletrônico epi info 7.0, tabulados, e analisados estatisticamente. No perfil deste PNE, idade média de 37,9 anos, sendo 50,75% do gênero masculino, principalmente com doenças sistêmicas (32,59%) seguida de deficiências físicas (16,70%). As principais necessidades dos PNE foram os tratamentos periodontais (60,70%), seguido das exodontias (59,55%), e restaurações dentárias (57,95%), sendo todos estes percentuais maiores que da população em geral. A reabilitação protética foi possível em 17,11% dos indivíduos, principalmente no grupo denominado condições sistêmicas. O uso de próteses removíveis destes PNE foi menor que da população em geral, e associada ao tipo de diagnóstico e faixa etária. Esses achados reforçam a importância da prevenção odontológica para PNE em CEOs. Palavras-chave: Odontologia para pacientes com necessidades especiais. CEO (Centro de Especialidades Odontológicas). Necessidades odontológicas.

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Undergraduate Education in Special Needs Dentistry in Malaysian and Australian Dental Schools

Cited by 28 publications

References 40 publications

Attitudes of dental students towards patients with special healthcare needs: Can they be improved?

Attitudes of dental students towards patients with special healthcare needs: Can they be improved?

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Patients’ Oral Health Behaviors and Barriers in Oral Care from Parents’ Perspectives

Perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes com necessidades especiais no centro de especialidades odontológicas da estância hidromineral de Poá

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