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Oral health care provided by Greek dentists to persons with physical and/or intellectual impairment
Author(s) -
Gizani Sotiria,
Kandilorou Helen,
Kavvadia Katerina,
Tzoutzas John
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2012.00251.x
Subject(s) - medicine , oral health care , health care , family medicine , descriptive statistics , oral health , socioeconomic status , population , nursing , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , economics , economic growth
This study evaluated Greek dentists’ attitudes toward the provision of oral health care for persons with physical and intellectual impairment (PPII). A questionnaire was used to select information on dentists’ socioeconomic data, their office characteristics, oral health care they performed, and their views about oral healthcare delivery for PPII. The final sample consisted of 534 dentists. Descriptive statistics and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used for the statistical analysis of the data. Most respondents were general practitioners (79.3%) providing oral health care to PPII, but 70% of the dentists had not been trained to treat them. In their opinion, oral health care for PPII demanded a lot of time and was hard to accomplish. Based on an evaluation of the results, this study suggests that continuing education and training of dentists to treat PPII are essential for this population in Greece.