BDJ TeamPub Date : 2026-04-17DOI: 10.1038/s41407-026-3282-1
Ines Avery, Charlotte Daniels, Casper Jonker
{"title":"Masking behind the mask: reflections from oral healthcare practitioners with a late ADHD and AuDHD diagnosis","authors":"Ines Avery, Charlotte Daniels, Casper Jonker","doi":"10.1038/s41407-026-3282-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41407-026-3282-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501192,"journal":{"name":"BDJ Team","volume":"13 4","pages":"149-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41407-026-3282-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BDJ TeamPub Date : 2026-04-17DOI: 10.1038/s41407-026-3279-9
Simone Ruzario
{"title":"Prevention begins with team wellbeing","authors":"Simone Ruzario","doi":"10.1038/s41407-026-3279-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41407-026-3279-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501192,"journal":{"name":"BDJ Team","volume":"13 4","pages":"164-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41407-026-3279-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BDJ TeamPub Date : 2026-04-17DOI: 10.1038/s41407-026-3300-3
{"title":"Practice through professional development, leadership, and systemic collaboration","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41407-026-3300-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41407-026-3300-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501192,"journal":{"name":"BDJ Team","volume":"13 4","pages":"126-127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41407-026-3300-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BDJ TeamPub Date : 2026-04-17DOI: 10.1038/s41407-026-3302-1
{"title":"Winners of World Dental Hygienist Awards","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41407-026-3302-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41407-026-3302-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501192,"journal":{"name":"BDJ Team","volume":"13 4","pages":"127-127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41407-026-3302-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BDJ TeamPub Date : 2026-04-17DOI: 10.1038/s41407-026-3281-2
Liam McKenna, Marina Harris, David R. Radford
{"title":"Clinical dental technicians: current status and challenges","authors":"Liam McKenna, Marina Harris, David R. Radford","doi":"10.1038/s41407-026-3281-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41407-026-3281-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501192,"journal":{"name":"BDJ Team","volume":"13 4","pages":"140-142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41407-026-3281-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BDJ TeamPub Date : 2026-04-17DOI: 10.1038/s41407-026-3288-8
{"title":"All on the same page – record keeping and the dental team","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41407-026-3288-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41407-026-3288-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501192,"journal":{"name":"BDJ Team","volume":"13 4","pages":"162-163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41407-026-3288-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BDJ TeamPub Date : 2026-04-17DOI: 10.1038/s41407-026-3284-z
Shawnee Henry
{"title":"The impact of oral manifestations on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in adults with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome","authors":"Shawnee Henry","doi":"10.1038/s41407-026-3284-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41407-026-3284-z","url":null,"abstract":"Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are heritable connective tissue disorders (HCTDs) characterised by multisystemic involvement including clinically significant oral and craniofacial manifestations. The literature indicates that these oral features may affect oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). This review presents an analysis of the relationship between oral manifestations and OHRQoL in adults with EDS, synthesising quantitative Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) evidence with qualitative lived experiences. Chronic orofacial pain, temporomandibular disorders (TMD), mucosal fragility, periodontal susceptibility and resistance to local anaesthetic (LA) were consistently associated with functional limitation, psychological distress and social withdrawal. OHIP-14 mean scores typically reflected a two to four-fold reduction in wellbeing compared to population norms, with the greatest burden in Hypermobile EDS (hEDS) and periodontal EDS (pEDS). Qualitative findings further identified stigma, diagnostic delay and anxiety as additional determinants of impaired OHRQoL. Despite limitations including small sample sizes, cross-sectional design and self-reported diagnoses, thematic convergence suggests a genuine negative association. This review highlights the need for earlier recognition, multidisciplinary management and future research with more robust study designs.","PeriodicalId":501192,"journal":{"name":"BDJ Team","volume":"13 4","pages":"143-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41407-026-3284-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}