Bahrain
Salah Hassan, Kidd Michael in Family Practice In The Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2018
Preventive services include maternal and child health services, such as antenatal services, periodic child screening, immunization, postnatal and post-abortion services, family planning, periodic women checkups, premarital services, and ultrasound examination for pregnant women. In addition, oral health services by a dental hygienist are provided and services include various preventive programmes like fissure sealant, fluoride application, educational activities, maternal and child dental services, and oral health services for people with diabetes, the elderly and other clients with special needs. Other supportive services also are available in certain health centres including physiotherapy and social services. Health promotion services are provided via community participation and health education by health promotion specialists.17
The General Dental Council
Paul Lambden in Dental Law and Ethics, 2018
Curricula are also published by the GDC for the courses in dental therapy and dental hygiene.4 Training for the diplomas in this subject has traditionally taken place within university dental schools. However, recently training courses have been established outside these recognised venues and qualifying examinations have been established through the surgical Royal Colleges and their faculties. A dental hygienist works in all branches of dentistry but a dental therapist is only permitted to work in dental departments of NHS hospitals or in community dental clinics. Some schools for dental auxiliaries run a combined course so that a student qualifies after two and a half years as a therapist as well as a hygienist. All courses and examinations for auxiliaries are approved in the same way as the undergraduate courses for dentists, by appointing visitors from the GDC to assess the course and examination. Auxiliaries are now known as Professionals Complementary to Dentistry (PCD) and have a similar ethical obligation to keep up to date and maintain competence throughout their practising lifetime.
Factors Affecting Fertility
Steven R. Bayer, Michael M. Alper, Alan S. Penzias in The Boston IVF Handbook of Infertility, 2017
Chemical exposures can either result from an environmental exposure or more likely exposure in the workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates the workplace to ensure safety for all employees. Their primary focus is on potential exposures as they relate to general health but they have identified a number of agents that affect reproductive health as well. Of the countless chemical exposures in the workplace, only 1000 chemicals have been evaluated for their reproductive toxicities. It is well established that exposure to nitrous oxide (N2O) is associated with reduced fertility and spontaneous abortion [22]. Since dental offices are less likely to have scavenging equipment in their offices, dental hygienists may be at particular risk [23]. Exposure to other work-related chemicals (i.e., cadmium, mercury, and dry cleaning chemicals) has also been reported to decrease fertility in women.
Potential airborne asbestos exposures in dentistry: a comprehensive review and risk assessment
Published in Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 2021
A. Michael Ierardi, Claire Mathis, Ania Urban, Neva Jacobs, Brent Finley, Shannon Gaffney
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), as of 2018, there were approximately 802,300 dental personnel, including dentists (155,000), dental laboratory technicians (81,500), dental hygienists (219,800), and dental assistants (346,000), in the U.S. (Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] 2019a, 2019b, 2019c, 2019d). Dentists diagnose and treat medical issues in patients’ teeth, gums, and other parts of the mouth, typically in an office setting (Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] 2019d). These professionals may also undergo training during dental school to learn how to create dental fixtures like crowns and bridges, and may perform such tasks while practicing as a licensed dentist. Dental laboratory technicians are mainly responsible for constructing, fitting, and/or repairing dental fixtures in laboratories (Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] 2019a). Dental hygienists largely work in dentists’ offices, where they examine patients for indications of oral disease and provide oral hygiene preventive care (Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] 2019c). Dental assistants generally provide patient care, take X-rays, maintain records, and perform other administrative tasks in dentists’ offices, such as scheduling appointments (Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] 2019b).
General dentists staffing requirement based on workload in the public dental health centers in Turkey
Published in International Journal of Healthcare Management, 2022
‘Change of roles’ between healthcare professionals performing different jobs is an issue considered to fill the operational gaps in the available workforce or reduce workforce costs. ‘Change of roles’ may be defined as expanding the job description of a professional group by replacing the same group with another or dividing the group into professional segments [46]. For example, certain preventive dental health services may be provided by well-trained dental hygienists rather than dentists. The dentist-to-dental hygienist ratio was 18:1 in Turkey, whereas this ratio was 11:1 among the member countries of the European Economic Area [9,47], which indicates that the number of dental hygienists is insufficient in Turkey and needs to be re-planned. Furthermore, dental hygienists could be trained to provide most of the preventive services. For this, however, the curricula of the related departments in universities should be redesigned, relevant changes should be made to the current legislation, and strategic approaches should be deployed in planning the human resource of dental services.
Dental and oral health students’ perceptions of loupes
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2021
Melanie J. Hayes, Adam A. Rogers, Janet Chuanon, Thomas Tan, Ivan Lai, Elisha Yong
When looking at all of the benefits that wearing loupes could provide, it is not surprising that over half of the respondents (63%) felt that they deliver better quality of care to the patient with the help of loupes. An overwhelming majority of participants (94%) perceived that their quality of work had improved compared to the past, with no reported impediments to quality of work. These results are corroborated by a study on Australian dental hygienists which also reported no impediment in work quality and a majority (75%) perceiving that their quality of work had improved [13]. It is also interesting to note that despite identifying a number of perceived limitations when wearing loupes, the vast majority (96%) of students who use loupes would recommend them to other students in their course, indicating that the disadvantages are largely outweighed by the advantages of wearing loupes.
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