Caregivers' Perceptions of Dental Therapists.

IF 0.4 Q4 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY FOR CHILDREN Pub Date : 2024-05-15
Vy Vy Vu, Robert McDonough, Neeta Chandwani, Keri Discepolo
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Abstract

Purpose: To investigate caretakers' understanding of midlevel providers and determine if there is theoretical acceptance of midlevel dental therapist (DT) integration into the dental workforce. Methods: Validated DT integration surveys were disseminated to caregivers of pediatric medical patients in an urban teaching hospital. Subjects completed a questionnaire regarding previous care received by a midlevel medical provider and were questioned on the acceptance of a midlevel dental provider (i.e., DTs) into the dental workforce. Results: Two hundred two questionnaires were evaluated for recalled previous medical midlevel care (ML; 71.2 percent) and those who were unaware of ML care being provided to their child (UML; 28.7 percent). MLs were significantly in agreement with DTs performing primary tooth restorations (P<0.001), permanent tooth restorations (P=0.001), primary tooth extractions (P=0.022), and emergency treatment (P<0.001). UMLs and MLs significantly agreed that procedures be completed with the supervision of a dentist (P<0.001). Conclusions: Caregivers of pediatric medical patients are receptive to the concept of DTs and largely agree with them performing dental procedures. However, the dissemination of information on DTs to the public is necessary to increase awareness of their education, scope of practice and integration into the dental field.

护理人员对牙科治疗师的看法。
目的: 调查护理人员对中级提供者的理解,并确定理论上是否接受将中级牙科治疗师(DT)纳入牙科医生队伍。方法向一家城市教学医院的儿科内科病人的看护者分发了经过验证的中级牙科治疗师融入调查问卷。受试者填写了一份关于中级医疗服务提供者之前提供的医疗服务的问卷,并被问及是否接受中级牙科医疗服务提供者(即 DT)加入牙科医疗队伍。结果:对 2002 份调查问卷进行了评估,其中有 71.2% 的受访者回忆起以前接受过中级医疗服务(ML;71.2%),也有 28.7% 的受访者不知道自己的孩子接受过中级医疗服务(UML;28.7%)。中层医疗人员与进行基牙修复的牙科医生(PConclusions:儿科内科病人的护理人员乐于接受牙科医生的概念,并在很大程度上同意牙科医生进行牙科治疗。然而,有必要向公众传播有关 DTs 的信息,以提高人们对其教育、执业范围和融入牙科领域的认识。
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JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY FOR CHILDREN
JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY FOR CHILDREN DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE-
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期刊介绍: Acquired after the merger between the American Society of Dentistry for Children and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry in 2002, the Journal of Dentistry for Children (JDC) is an internationally renowned journal whose publishing dates back to 1934. Published three times a year, JDC promotes the practice, education and research specifically related to the specialty of pediatric dentistry. It covers a wide range of topics related to the clinical care of children, from clinical techniques of daily importance to the practitioner, to studies on child behavior and growth and development. JDC also provides information on the physical, psychological and emotional conditions of children as they relate to and affect their dental health.
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