James W. Aukett

King's College London | KCL · Dental Institute

The role of general dental practice within the NHS is limited to the direct practice of dentistry. Pandemic situations have identified the capability of dentists to take a wider role in patient care, which has been recognised by the FDI World Dental Federation. With the UK government's intention to re-structure primary healthcare to recognise lifes...

Aim The aim of this pilot study was to explore the time taken to complete key contemporary dental procedures by dentists and dental hygienists/therapists (DH/DTs) working in primary dental care and their views on the factors that influence the length of time taken to complete individual dental procedures. Materials and methods An exploratory mixed...

The aim of this article is to encourage general dental practitioners (GDPs) to obtain feedback from patients on a regular basis and act on it. This article will familiarize clinicians with the current concepts of patient experience, patient satisfaction and patient reported outcome measures. It will explore the reasons why dentists should engage in...

A large portion of oral health education is carried out by dental care professionals in general dental practice. Awareness that the giving of advice or facts relating to oral disease is unlikely to change behaviour in itself should be a determining factor in the content and delivery of health messages. Recognising the mechanism whereby messages may...

Loss of autonomy should mean that dentistry may no longer be viewed as a profession. Relationships between medical professions, patients and politicians evolve as society disease patterns change. A new and more appropriately modern definition of what constitutes a profession may now be needed.

The role of the BDJ is to inform its readers of ideas, opinions, developments and key issues in dentistry - clinical, practical and scientific - stimulating interest, debate and discussion amongst dentists of all disciplines.

The role of the BDJ is to inform its readers of ideas, opinions, developments and key issues in dentistry - clinical, practical and scientific - stimulating interest, debate and discussion amongst dentists of all disciplines.

Objective: To examine the association between toothbrushing habits of 8-9 year-olds and maternal behaviours and attitudes towards oral health in a sample of Japanese population. Methods: Cross-sectional data on mothers’ behaviours and attitudes towards oral health and children’s toothbrushing habits were collected from 378 mother-child pairs by sel...

Dental teams are in an ideal position to help smokers stop smoking. In spite of this, smoking cessation interventions are not often incorporated as a routine part of dental care. Surveys have shown that most dentists believe that helping patients stop smoking is important, but they are reluctant to provide smoking cessation services for their patie...

If clinical audit revolves around concepts of quality, then there is need to examine the basis of quality and thereby clinical audit as traditionally defined by health-care organizations. Basing quality on patients' stated needs is often insufficient. Gives an expanded view. Health-care consumers should not be confused with the term customers, and...