Dental Health Promotion and Preventive Dentistry Practices of U.S. Army Dentists
| Autor: | Michael C. Chisick, Pamila Richter, Mark J. Piotrowski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty business.product_category business.industry Dental health media_common.quotation_subject Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Preventive Dentistry medicine.disease Oral hygiene Health promotion Promotion (rank) Family medicine Oral and maxillofacial pathology medicine Mouthguard business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Military Medicine. 165:604-606 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X 0026-4075 |
| Popis: | In May 1997, all Army dentists assigned full-time to clinical duties (1,100) were sent a mail survey that queried how often they deliver dental health promotion and preventive dentistry services and the type and source of their patient educational materials. By August, 606 dentists had responded. Simple frequencies were generated using SPSS. Results show that tobacco, oral hygiene, and periodontal counseling and oral cancer and blood pressure screening are delivered frequently, whereas nursing caries, mouthguard, sealant, and nutrition services are delivered infrequently. Army dentists relied almost exclusively on oral presentations to deliver health promotion messages. Few used more than one source for health promotion materials. These results suggest that the delivery of dental health promotion and preventive dentistry services in the Army is suboptimal. A campaign to heighten provider awareness of the importance of delivering these services should be launched. The campaign should also teach providers how to make their health promotion efforts maximally effective through the application of proven health marketing techniques. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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