Michael I. MacEntee’s research while affiliated with University of British Columbia and other places

... 45,46 There is no report of the use of DTI to measure clinical reasoning skills in different levels of dental students or expertise. 47 A single report on the use of DTI in dental students compared the results of clinical reasoning skills measurement between DTI and Key Feature tests (KFt), a class assessment method. 27 Keshmiri et al. 27 reported that DTI has a similar ability to KFt in measuring the clinical reasoning skills of senior dental students. ...

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CRITICAL THINKING, CLINICAL REASONING SKILLS AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF DENTAL STUDENTS

... Having fewer teeth could lead to embarrassment, avoiding talking and eating with others [33]. On the long run, this could lead to social isolation which impacts health in general and physical performance in old age [34,35]. It is worth noting that in the current analysis, a compound variable reflecting impact on speaking and eating was associated with poorer physical performance, although the association was fully attenuated after accounting for other oral health indicators. ...

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Association between oral health and physical performance in Brazilian older adults: SABE cohort study

... Eighty-nine primary theories potentially relevant to loss of anatomical parts were found in our systematic literature review (PROSPERO registration: CRD42019118764) of how people respond to loss, and an interpretive analysis of the findings synthesised a metatheory of responses from five dominant theories addressing communications, developmental regulation, emotions, resources and social cognition. 25,26,27 Communication theory addresses the importance of patient-provider cooperation, patient preparation and involvement in treatment decisions. 28 Developmental regulation theory explains the influence of experiences and life-long adaptive capacities on personal goals. ...

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A Metatheory Explaining How Patients Manage Tooth Loss

... Rule and Veatch contend a significant limitation of this hierarchical framework is the absence of consensus regarding the suggested prioritization [21]. Research synthesizing various sources has been conducted by Witter et al., whose literature review of wish-fulfilling medicine compiled examples of ethically challenging situations involving patient autonomy in dentistry [22]. Despite this advantage, in the discussion of the dental cases, they only referred to legal considerations. ...

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The conflict between oral health and patient autonomy in dentistry: a scoping review

... The evaluation of the nurse-patient rapport was conducted using a general inquiry: "How do you perceive the existing nurse-patient relationship in terms of harmony?" This approach aligns with previous research in the field [47][48]. Respondents were asked to express their perceptions on a five-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 (indicating a "very disharmonious" relationship) to 5 (representing a "very harmonious" one), with intermediate options of 2 ("disharmonious"), 3 ("fair"), and 4 ("harmonious"). ...

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Impact of effort-reward imbalance, emotional labour, and nurse-patient relationship on physical and mental health of registered nurses in China: a structural equation modeling

... 27,28 This approach aids in understanding of the advantages and limitations of exploratory investigation. 29 The review was conducted as described by Arskey and O'Malley. 30 The PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct databases were searched for relevant articles to obtain secondary data obtained by other researchers. ...

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Roles of calcium in ameloblasts during tooth development: A scoping review

... However, most of them did not receive the treatment because of not being able to pay for the treatment, feeling ashamed or anxious, having dental fear and also because of logistic and communication problems. These findings are in line with the results of the studies from other countries such as the United Kingdom [10,15,16,26], Canada [27], Italy [17] and Australia [11,28], which pointed out that the main barriers limiting the access of people experiencing homelessness to dental care originated from the health care system itself, as it was not adapted to the complex needs of the homeless population. Based on the evidence from these studies and our experience, a successful dental service needs to be informal, flexible, adapted to the complex needs of homeless persons and provided for free in the community where people live. ...

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Evaluation of Mobile and Community Dental Service Use among People Experiencing Homelessness

... The promise of teeth as biomarkers has recently generated attention in the popular press, [9][10][11][12] largely because teeth may provide more objective information about a child's environment than parental self-reports, and insights gained from teeth have the potential to guide prevention and early intervention efforts. 8 Teeth, and particularly children's exfoliated teeth, hold a special significance in human cultures, 13 comprised hundreds of keywords such as tooth, teeth, natal, deciduous tooth, dental health, neuropsychiatric disorders, biobanking, childhood adversity and more), only 11 articles described how teeth were collected, even in the most general terms. To the best of the authors' knowledge, few empirical studies mention how or whether cultural knowledge, attitudes and beliefs were considered or incorporated into their study protocol as part of the process of collecting teeth. ...

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Cultural diversity of traditions for the disposal of exfoliated teeth: Implications for researchers

... Undoubtedly, the perception of oral health services as a luxury rather than a necessity [6] complicates access to this care in the private market. A study conducted in Hong Kong found that the role of traditional Chinese medicine, individuals' beliefs and family influence all have an effect on oral health and on access to dental services [47], whilst a study in the United States reported that patients with lower levels of income and resources, lower levels of education, poorer general health and those in older age groups use dental health services with significantly less frequency and would continue to do so even if dental health coverage were increased within public health programmes [21]. ...

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Catastrophic household expenditure associated with out-of-pocket payments for dental healthcare in Spain

... It is expected that this trend will continue since the aging population, now retaining natural teeth longer or replacing teeth by dental implants, poses challenges for dental practitioners. Transforming fixed implant-supported restorations to removable implant-supported restorations is a step facilitating cleaning, oral hygiene, and prosthesis use for these patients (18). Additionally, supporting geriatric patients in the selection and maintenance of their removable prostheses is essential to ensure their oral and general well-being Based on the survey results, it appears that the dental technician profession is by and large self-regulated, and the number of dental technicians currently seems sufficient to meet the demand for dental prostheses. ...

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Prevalence and type of removable prostheses manufactured in dental laboratories in Switzerland over the last 10 years