{"title":"Dental hygiene shortages and their impact on the Canadian Dental Care Plan.","authors":"Sarah E Hornby","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This narrative review explores current research to broaden the understanding of dental hygienists' experiences and satisfaction in the workplace while suggesting strategies for the retention of dental hygienists and examining how current staffing shortages may impact the forthcoming Canadian Dental Care Plan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An electronic literature search was conducted in the following online databases: PubMed, Google Scholar, CINAHL, and Education Source. Only full-text, peer-reviewed articles written in English were selected for review.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The search yielded 18 articles with a wide range of study designs and methodologies.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Five key themes emerged from the literature: health impacts, psychosocial environment, strategies for retention, contradictory findings, and implications for the Canadian Dental Care Plan.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Dental hygienists experience many health, environmental, and psychosocial challenges in their day-to-day working life that affect their job satisfaction and overall willingness to remain in the profession. Strategies for retention are essential for maintaining the current dental hygiene workforce and can have a positive impact on the Canadian Dental Care Plan and its success.</p>","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"57 3","pages":"191-196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10645429/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134650464","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}
{"title":"A review of the effects of oral health media hype on clients' perception of treatment.","authors":"Madai Ruiz, Faizan Kabani, Jane Cotter","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Research shows that approximately 75% of people worldwide access the internet for health information. Lower calibre websites often use inaccurate claims to attract internet browsers. The objective of this review is to alert oral health care professionals (OHCPs) to the impact of oral health media hype on client perceptions of oral care. It also aims to provide OHCPs with tools to educate clients on how to identify credible oral health information online so that they can make informed oral health treatment decisions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A literature search was conducted using PubMed and Google Scholar. The returns were screened using inclusion and exclusion criteria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirteen studies met the inclusion criteria, of which 12 (92%) identified that clients browse the internet to research oral health conditions and treatments. Eleven studies (85%) concluded that media outlets influence client perceptions of oral health care and treatment. All 13 studies (100%) found that OHCPs and organizations should better guide clients with tools to discern between evidence-based (EB) and non-evidence-based (NEB) online health information.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>According to the literature, viewing NEB oral health information on the internet affects clients' perceptions of oral health care, which may lead to potentially harmful treatment decisions. Chairside education is effective in reducing the impact of oral health misinformation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>OHCPs have the responsibility to address the impact of media hype on clients' perception of oral health care and to direct them to credible health information.</p>","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"56 1","pages":"31-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8937571/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142047455","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}
{"title":"Essentials of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth","authors":"M. Cooper","doi":"10.1111/j.1747-4477.2001.tb00458.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4477.2001.tb00458.x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53470,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89712069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}