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Name of A. Dougall’s research
the impact of covid 19 on access to dental care for people with disabilities
aim of A. dougall’s research
to report the impact worldwide of covid-19 on the delivery of healthcare to people with disabilities before, during and after the 1st lockdown.
how was data analysed in A. dougall’s research? describe the test
McNemar’s test
- statistical test used on paired data.
- during lockdown and before to during lockdown and after
how many dentists were surveyed for dougall’s research
436
what type of dentists were surveyed for dougall’s research?
SCD - special care dentists
results of dougalls research
- reduction from before to during and from before to after lockdown in proportion of dentists treating people with all types of disability and the number of patients with disabilities seen per week
- LACK of pharmacological support rose from 22% pre to 61% during and 44% after
- Teledentistry increased
conclusion of dougall’s research
people with disabilities had very limited access to dental care
- people of determination already experienced a lot of barriers to dental care due to inequity in interactions with oral healthcare services
MY conclusion from dougall’s research
- more attention needs to be diverted to people of determination.
the lack of pharmacological support being 22% prior to covid 19 leaves a lot of people with disabilities without dental care - this issue could be escalated in dental forums or the EU parliament
- the increase in tele dentistry highlights the key role of technology in catering to patients. in order to stay abreast of this approach to patients, I would ensure to attend various courses teaching how to apply tele dentistry as a future practitioner. We need to be open minded to technological shifts in dentistry in the future.
tell me about current affair in dentistry
4th march
- researchers have discovered non-invasive method to diagnose oral cancer in its early stages
- at the site of the suspected oral lesions, on inspection one of the proteins present was expressed in high levels and the other was expressed in lower levels to the regular.
- an index was created combining the expression levels of either proteins.
- biopsies would be reduced by 95% as they would tell the clinician who really needs a biopsy
- this lab-based approach inspired development of a POC device, which can directly be used in the clinic to give the index developed.
tell me about political current affair in dentistry
13th February
- a new manifesto was launched, promoting good oral health and wellbeing for all people in the EU
- why does it matter? according to the EU, oral conditions are the most common NCDs in Europe - account for 50% of all adult population.
- oral conditions are linked to other NCDs such as paradontitis being linked to heart attack/stroke
- oral conditions impact people throughout their lives; whether speaking, eating, sleeping or just pain in general. children are also 2x to perform poorly.
- oral conditions impact the most vulnerable populations
what is systemic health + in context of dentistry
how the entire body is affected by a condition, not solely one organ.
- in context of dentistry - how oral health affects overall health.
what is central for DDUH
reserach + delivering 1,2,3 dental care
values of DDUH
- student-patient centred
- evidence based
- caring
- impact orientated
- integrity
- equity
how many citations of DDUH
17000 citations from 18-22
how many patients visit per year
over 113,000 patients visit for primary secondary and treaty care annually
what is 1,2,3 care
1ry care: measures carried out to prevent disease
2ry: treatment of early disease to prevent irreversible damage
3ry: methods to replace lost tissues and rehabilitate function
national oral health policy?
- health and oral health promotion and protection programmes
- oral healthcare service provision
- evaluation of oral health in the population
new improved oral health policy
two goals:
- enables every individual to achieve the personal best oral health via providing support
- reduce oral health inequalities across the population by enabling vulnerable groups to access oral healthcare and improve oral health.
clinical services of DDUH
- milling machines
- 3d printing machines
- scanning technologies
Tcd research themes
- inequalities in oral health
- regenerative dentisry + biomaterials
- microbiology and microbiomes
- oral cancer
one of the biggest threats to DDUH is…
cyber attacks
- should strengthen their security defences
what is name of g. Fleming research
modification of the restoration protocol for resin based composite restoratives on cusp movement
what is bunk fill resin composite
light cured resin composites that can be placed in layers of 4-5mm of depth
why use bulk-fill?
amalgam takes much less time than regular resin to place, so bulk fill reduces the time takes for the resin to be placed
what is cuspal deflection
result of interactions between polymerisation shrinkage of the composite and elastic deformation of cavity wall