Dental care provision by auxilary dental providers
The aim of this review was to evaluate the existing evidence in relation to the safety, quality, productivity or cost-benefit, and patient satisfaction of the procedures performed by the different...
View ArticleEvidence for the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of dental auxiliaries...
Access to oral health care is difficult in many parts of the world. One way of improving this is by delegating tasks traditionally undertaken by dentists to other members of the dental team. The...
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Paucity of high-quality evaluations of the relative effectiveness,...
Access to dental care is limited in many parts of the world. The delegation of some clinical tasks to dental auxiliaries to improve access and reduce costs has been implemented in many countries...
View ArticleDental screening: a role for hygiene-therapists?
In the UK the majority of adult patients who attend for routine check ups do not require any further addition treatment. However, it is dentists, the most expensive resource who undertake check ups....
View ArticleTop Dental Elf Blogs of 2015
Derek Richards presents the top Dental Elf Blogs of 2015. Highlights include eating disorders and oral health, the long awaited Cochrane Review of water fluoridation and the update of the NICE guidance...
View ArticleCaries lesions in enamel – Still drill and fill?
This review of dental clinicians thresholds for intervention in teeth with caries included 30 studies over a 31year time span. 21% (95%CI;15%-28%) of dentists/therapists would intervene invasively for...
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