Dentistry. Information system on the location of dental equipment in the working area of the oral health care provider

2009 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information System ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Care Provider ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Dental Equipment

scholarly journals Self-reported oral health in the Dutch 100-plus Study of cognitively healthy centenarians: an observational cohort study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Beker ◽  
Claar D. van der Maarel-Wierink ◽  
Cees de Baat ◽  
Henne Holstege
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Health Care Provider ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Oral Pain ◽  
Chewing Ability ◽  
Professional Oral Health Care

Abstract Background Due to improved healthcare, more people reach extreme ages. Oral health in the oldest-old has thus far been poorly described. Here, we investigated self-reported oral health factors, use of professional oral health care, and associations with clinical measures in centenarians considered cognitively healthy. Methods In this observational cohort study, we included 162 (74% female) centenarians from the Dutch 100-plus Study cohort who self-reported to be cognitively healthy, as confirmed by a proxy. Centenarians were questioned about their physical well-being including medication use and their cognitive functioning was evaluated using the Mini-Mental State Examination. Questions regarding oral health included preservation of teeth, oral pain or discomfort, chewing ability, xerostomia, and time since last visit to an oral health care provider. Associations between oral health and clinical measures were investigated with ordinal logistic or linear regression analyses, adjusted for gender, age, and education. Results The majority of the centenarians indicated to have good oral health: 76% felt no oral pain/discomfort, 65% indicated to chew well; while only 18% had symptoms of xerostomia. Of all centenarians, 83% were edentulous and were wearing removable complete maxillary and mandibular dental prostheses, 1% was edentulous with no dental prosthesis, while 16% was dentate with or without removable partial dental prostheses (10 and 6% respectively). Dentate and edentulous centenarians experienced similar levels of oral pain and/or discomfort, chewing ability, xerostomia, and their cognitive functioning was similar. No relationship between cognitive functioning and chewing ability was found. Xerostomia was associated with medication use (p = .001), which mostly regarded medications for cardiovascular diseases, diuretics, anti-coagulants, and antacids. Only 18% of the centenarians visited an oral health care provider during the year prior to the interview, of whom 48% were dentate centenarians. Notably, 49% of the centenarians had not visited an oral health care provider for ≥10 years. Conclusions Most centenarians were edentulous and did not report oral complaints. Less than one-fifth of the centenarians continued to seek regular professional oral health care. Since the proportion of dentates in the oldest-old will increase in the near future, a proactive attitude toward this group is necessary.

Sarcoidosis: An update for the oral health care provider

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
PavanManohar Patil ◽  
Anusuya Sharma ◽  
Harsha Jain ◽  
Vijay Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Care Provider ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Oral Health Care

HIV Transmission in the Dental Setting and the HIV-Infected Oral Health Care Professional

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.R. Flint ◽  
D. Croser ◽  
D. Reznik ◽  
M. Glick ◽  
S. Naidoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Care Professional ◽  
Health Care Provider ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Consensus Statement ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Dental Practice

This workshop addressed two important issues: first, the global evidence of HIV transmission from health care provider to patient and from patient to health care provider in the general health care environment and the dental practice setting; second, in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy, whether oral health care professionals living with HIV pose a risk of transmission to their patients and whether standard infection control is adequate to protect both the patient and the oral health care professional in dental practice. The workshop culminated in a general discussion and the formulation of a consensus statement from the participating delegates, representing more than 30 countries, on the criteria under which an HIV-infected oral health care professional might practice dentistry without putting patients at risk. This consensus statement, the Beijing Declaration, was agreed nem con.

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