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1531421

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
A survey was carried out to establish information on the facilities and management of the elderly and the handicapped and to evaluate the treatment of the difficult edentulous patient in general dental practice. A postal questionnaire was sent to a total of 1090 dentists in three regions of England and Wales. There was a 50.4% response. Ninety-nine per cent of practitioners were able to treat the ambulant elderly, whereas only 72% offered treatment if the patient was wheelchair dependent. Ninety-six per cent of all respondents undertook domiciliary visits. All practitioners provided prosthetic treatment (complete and partial dentures) for the elderly, whereas fewer felt able to treat the physically and the mentally handicapped. There was less conservative and periodontal treatment provided than prosthetic treatment. A similar pattern was obtained in all three regions. Forty-seven per cent preferred to treat difficult complete denture patients privately, 44% under the NHS and 6% not at all. There were regional variations in the referral patterns of these difficult denture cases. The majority of respondents considered that there should be more opportunities for postgraduate education in prosthetic dentistry.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0007-0610
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
172
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
51-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
A survey of complete denture prosthetics for the elderly, the handicapped and difficult patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, University of Bristol Dental School.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't