PTSR Studies

Question 1

Re C 1994

Answer 1

Consent
Patient in psych ward refused treatment and this was upheld because he was deemed to be competent.

Question 2

Montgomery vs Lanarkshire 2015

Answer 2

Appropriate information must be given.
Patient wasn’t informed about the risks of t1d resulted to giving birth to a cerebral palsy baby

Question 3

X vs Y 1988

Answer 3

HIV status of GP disclosed - when confidentiality is broken

Question 4

Adult dental health survey 2009

Answer 4

frequency of tooth cleaning decreases over time
Women take better care of their health
Women had higher levels of dental anxiety than men
Women were more likely to attend the dentist regularly
Women are more concerned about their facial appearance and tend to bring their children along.
Women are more anxious about their health in general, and they report more worry, pain and symptoms relating to their oral health

Question 5

Department of Health 1996

Answer 5

Lower social class higher numbers of death

Question 6

Gibbons and west 1996

Answer 6

lower social class – lower number of caries free 3 year olds

Question 7

Black 1990

Answer 7

different classes = different health related behaviours, lower wages therefore less affordability, higher stresses of living

Question 8

Bedi & uppal 1995

Answer 8

Ethnicity
Asian dental health lower than white

Question 9

Watt and sheiham 1999

Answer 9

If white and social class is the same there is no significant difference

Question 10

Steel 1996

Answer 10

Over 65’s are edentulous

Question 11

Arber and Ginn 1993

Answer 11

Elderly
Poor pensioners are more likely to become sick or disabled than richer pensioners and, if they become ill, poor pensioners are more likely to die younger

Question 12

National diet and nutrition survey 2006

Answer 12

Dental age related effects – dry mouth, caries, pocketing, denture candidiasis etc