Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
October 2000
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Electronic ISSN:
1754-2758
Vol:
1
Issue:
1

Specialisation in Special Care Dentistry – where from, where now, where to?

Oral care for the 6 million people living in the UK registered as disabled is in the main provided by dentists in primar y care. For those individuals who have profound disabilities, with varying levels of dependency and social support, service provision in the past has been piecemeal, and has been undertaken largely, but not exclusively, through the extraordinary efforts of the Community Dental Service (CDS). Some dentists and other members of the team across all the dental services, have acquired additional knowledge and skills in this field of ‘Special Care Dentistry’, accepting referrals from colleagues and to all intents and purposes working in a specialist capacity. Nevertheless, in a social and political environment of ‘disability rights’ and healthcare expectations, and with an increasing number of people with complex needs there is a requirement for formalised and structured postgraduate education and training in this area. Special Care Dentistry (SCD) is therefore concerned with the provision of specialist oral care for people with single or multiple disabilities, which may be the result of a range of physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical or social impair ments.

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Page Start
34
Page End
38
Authors
Marcus Woof

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  1. Sialorrhea: a multidisciplinary approach to the management of drooling in children
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  1. Treatment of a drooling habit in Congenital Muscular Dystrophy with a palatal training plate. A case report
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  1. Oral hygiene and periodontal conditions in special needs children and young adults in Kuwait
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  1. The expressed dental needs of patients attending a Haemophilia Reference Centre
  2. 20
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  1. Development of an attitudinal scale for dental personnel in the provision of care for people with learning disabilities
  2. 26
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  1. Wheelchair for single transfer of disabled patients
  2. 31
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  1. Specialisation in Special Care Dentistry – where from, where now, where to?
  2. 34
  3. 38

  1. National Strategies for People with a Learning Disability
  2. 39
  3. 39

  1. An Appreciation
  2. 40
  3. 40

  1. JDOH Oct 2000 BSDH news pp41-48.pdf
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  3. 48

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