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Weihermann GA, Bernhardt F, Brix TJ, Baumeister SE, Lenz P. Role and relevance of dentists in a multiprofessional palliative care team: results of a cross-sectional survey study. Support Care Cancer 2024; 32:159. [PMID: 38361035 PMCID: PMC10869371 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-08356-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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PURPOSE Despite the multiprofessional concept surrounding palliative care patients (PCPs) and their high prevalence of oral issues, licensed dentists (LDs) are often not included in their treatment team. This study aimed to examine the current state of cooperation and to determine whether and how LDs should be included in the care for PCPs. METHODS This single-centre cross-sectional study was conducted at the University Hospital Muenster, Germany. We surveyed three participant groups: PCPs, LDs, and healthcare professionals (HCPs). Questionnaires were tailored for each group, with some questions common for comparison. RESULTS The study encompassed the results of 48 questionnaires from LDs, 50 from PCPs along with 50 from HCPs. Consensus was reached among all parties (LDs: 73% (n = 35/48); HCPs: 94%, n = 47/50; PCPs: 60%, n = 30/50) that involving LDs in the treatment concept is favourable. On the other hand, a significant discrepancy emerged in the perception of the dental treatment effort required by PCPs. While LDs (81%; n = 39/48) and HCPs (64%; n = 32/50) were convinced of increased effort, PCPs (34%; n = 17/50) largely did not share this perspective. To enhance patient care and formulate appropriate treatment plans, LDs consider both training (58%; n = 28/48) and guidebooks (71%; n = 34/48) to be valuable and would attend or use such resources. CONCLUSION This study sheds light on the current gaps in including LDs in palliative care teams and emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration to address oral health needs effectively. Development of continuing education options and collaborative models between LDs and HCPs needs to be further expanded in future.
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- Department of Palliative Care, University Hospital Muenster, 48149, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Muenster, 48149, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Palliative Care, University Hospital Muenster, 48149, Muenster, Germany.
- Department of Palliative Care, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W 30, D-48149, Muenster, Germany.
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The contribution of palliative oral health care to dying with dignity. J Am Dent Assoc 2023; 154:3-5. [PMID: 36253165 DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2022.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Impact of the absence of dental support on cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study. Support Care Cancer 2022; 30:9403-9410. [PMID: 36180754 PMCID: PMC9525222 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-022-07375-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Purpose This study identifies the impact of the absence of dental support for patients with cancer whose clinical dental care was interrupted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods Individuals with oncologic diseases were selected from a telephone list of a Clinical Research Center (CRC) that specialized in the care of patients with cancer at the Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (FOB/USP). The convenience sample comprised 280 patients (aged > 18 years) with a history of cancer that underwent dental treatment at the FOB/USP CRC in 2019 and did not receive care in 2020 owing to the pandemic. The participants completed a questionnaire sent via email or a text messaging application. Individuals receiving treatment or who were already treated for cancer were divided into two groups for data tabulation. Statistical analyses were performed using Fisher’s and chi-square tests. Results Of the 280 patients, 104 answered the questionnaire, and 75 (72.1%) were women. Among the women, 45 (60.0%) were receiving antineoplastic treatment, and 30 (40.0%) had already been treated. Among the men, 15 (51.7%) were receiving antineoplastic treatment, and 14 (48.3%) had already been treated. Regarding oral problems that arose during the pandemic, dental pain when eating hot or cold food or drinks (57.0%), muscle pain (53.8%), and difficulties when chewing (51.0%) were the most common reported among patients. Furthermore, most individuals reported not having received any type of remote dental follow-up, before being contacted by our team, which could contribute to reducing these oral problems. Conclusion It is impossible to say whether the absence of dental support in cancer patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a negative impact on oral issue rates.
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Lobbezoo F, Aarab G, Verhoeff MC, Volgenant CMC. The value of oral care in dying and death. Lancet 2022; 399:2187-2188. [PMID: 35691315 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00740-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Frank Lobbezoo
- Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 LA, Netherlands.
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- Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 LA, Netherlands
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- Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 LA, Netherlands
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 LA, Netherlands
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Guida A, Carotenuto A, Lanza V, Antonucci F, Salerno P, Marasca D, Esposito U, Gargiulo M. Dental Emergencies and Coronavirus Disease-2019: Scoping Review of the Literature and Single Centre Experience. Dent J (Basel) 2022; 10:dj10050091. [PMID: 35621544 PMCID: PMC9140034 DOI: 10.3390/dj10050091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental emergencies. A systematic review of the literature (PubMed/Scopus) searching for articles on COVID-19 and dental abscess and a retrospective cohort study with quantitative/qualitative data analysis of our hospital E.R. patients admitted for cervico-facial abscess of dental origin were performed. Thirteen studies could be included in the review, concerning characteristics/management of patients with dental emergencies in hospitals/private practices, generally with poor evidence. For the retrospective analysis, 232 consecutive patients were included (100 study vs. 132 control). The prevalence of dental emergencies (abscess) and relative complications (mediastinitis, exitus) increased. Dental care availability was limited, with strong heterogeneity amongst regions/nations. At-risk (aerosol-generating) procedures were generally avoided, and hospitalization length reduced. Comorbidity patients and males seem less likely to restore regular dentist attendance during the post-lockdown pandemic. Despite the poor scientific evidence, COVID-19 seems to have impacted dental emergencies through limited routine dental care availability and influence on physicians’ and patients’ behaviour.
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- Agostino Guida
- U.O.C. Odontostomatologia, A.O.R.N. “A. Cardarelli”, Via A. Cardarelli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (V.L.); (F.A.); (P.S.); (U.E.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel./Fax: +39-817472357
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- U.O.C. Chirurgia Maxillofacciale, A.O.R.N. “A. Cardarelli”, Via A. Cardarelli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (A.C.); (M.G.)
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- U.O.C. Odontostomatologia, A.O.R.N. “A. Cardarelli”, Via A. Cardarelli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (V.L.); (F.A.); (P.S.); (U.E.)
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- U.O.C. Odontostomatologia, A.O.R.N. “A. Cardarelli”, Via A. Cardarelli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (V.L.); (F.A.); (P.S.); (U.E.)
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- U.O.C. Odontostomatologia, A.O.R.N. “A. Cardarelli”, Via A. Cardarelli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (V.L.); (F.A.); (P.S.); (U.E.)
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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- U.O.C. Odontostomatologia, A.O.R.N. “A. Cardarelli”, Via A. Cardarelli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (V.L.); (F.A.); (P.S.); (U.E.)
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- U.O.C. Chirurgia Maxillofacciale, A.O.R.N. “A. Cardarelli”, Via A. Cardarelli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (A.C.); (M.G.)
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Bogaert B, Buisson V, Kozlakidis Z, Saintigny P. Organisation of cancer care in troubling times: A scoping review of expert guidelines and their implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2022; 173:103656. [PMID: 35337970 PMCID: PMC8942466 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2022.103656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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This scoping review mapped the main themes in existing expert guidelines for cancer care issued during the COVID-19 crisis from the period of March 2020-August 2021. The guidelines published during the research period principally relate to the first two waves in Europe and until the beginning of the vaccination campaign. They elaborated recommendations for cancer care reorganisation, in particular triage and quality of care issues. The article highlights the ethical, epistemological, as well as practical reasons that guidelines were not always followed to provide some lessons learned for future crises to enable better guideline development processes. We also elaborate early evidence on the impact of triage decisions and different perspectives on cancer care reorganisation from ethics and social science literature.
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- Brenda Bogaert
- Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.
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- Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France; Univ Lyon, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, INSERM 1052, CNRS 5286, Centre Léon Bérard, Cancer Research Center of Lyon, Lyon, France.
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Hassan MG, Amer H. Dental Education in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Recommendations. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:648899. [PMID: 34136499 PMCID: PMC8200815 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.648899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Moving within the second wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, dental education delivery has been profoundly affected by this crisis, so has the structure, evaluation, and future of dental education. Both pre-clinical and clinical dental education have experienced challenges ranging from fully online educational content to limited dental training for senior dental students. This crisis appears to be a tipping point that produced confusion in dental teaching especially clinical sciences. Although medical institutions immediately started to adapt to the unexpected COVID-19 crisis, dental and oral health educational services are profoundly impaired due to the dental team's propinquity to the patient and the aerosols generated during routine dental therapeutic procedures. Dental students unlike other medical students are considered to be at the highest risk due to the nature of their clinical training that includes working in the oral cavity of patients using aerosol-generating equipment. Some dental schools have taken the leadership and documented their modifications during this pandemic; however, there is a serious need for further investigation and wide range screening of the situation in the dental schools during the COVID-19 crisis. The aim of this mini-review is to present these challenges and how academic dental institutions have implemented strategies to overcome them.
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- Mohamed G Hassan
- Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.,Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, October 6 University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Bastani P, Mohammadpour M, Ghanbarzadegan A, Kapellas K, Do LG. Global concerns of dental and oral health workers during COVID-19 outbreak: a scope study on the concerns and the coping strategies. Syst Rev 2021; 10:45. [PMID: 33526078 PMCID: PMC7850712 DOI: 10.1186/s13643-020-01574-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dental and oral health workers have direct contact with respiratory aerosols of patients during procedures. This study aimed to determine the main concerns of dental and oral health workers globally during COVID-19 outbreaks and the coping strategies that help the resilience of dental and oral healthcare system. METHODS This scoping study was conducted in August 2020. After adjusting the search strategy, a systematic search of five databases (PubMed, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest and EMBASE) was conducted. Data was extracted using Microsoft Excel and the contents of retrieved articles were analysed through a qualitative thematic analysis applying MAX QDA10. RESULTS Most articles were either editorial/letters to the editor/commentary formats (34%), or literature reviews (26%). About half of the articles belonged to three countries of Italy, China and the USA (each 16% and totally 48%). Thematic analysis of included papers led to the identification of four main global concerns and 19 sub-concerns. Economic, ethical, social and professional concerns are among dental and oral health concerns. Other results indicate on three main themes and 13 sub-themes as the coping strategies including patient management, infection control and virtual strategies. CONCLUSION Dental and oral health care workers have many concerns relating to COVID-19 including economic, ethical, social and professional factors. Resolution of concerns may involve enhancing coping strategies relating to patient management and infection control strategies as well as using new technologies for virtual contact with the patient without any risk of infection.
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- Peivand Bastani
- Health Human Recourses Research Centre, School of Health Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
- School of Health Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH), Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH), Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH), Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Alauddin MS, Baharuddin AS, Mohd Ghazali MI. The Modern and Digital Transformation of Oral Health Care: A Mini Review. Healthcare (Basel) 2021; 9:healthcare9020118. [PMID: 33503807 PMCID: PMC7912705 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9020118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Dentistry is a part of the field of medicine which is advocated in this digital revolution. The increasing trend in dentistry digitalization has led to the advancement in computer-derived data processing and manufacturing. This progress has been exponentially supported by the Internet of medical things (IoMT), big data and analytical algorithm, internet and communication technologies (ICT) including digital social media, augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR), and artificial intelligence (AI). The interplay between these sophisticated digital aspects has dramatically changed the healthcare and biomedical sectors, especially for dentistry. This myriad of applications of technologies will not only be able to streamline oral health care, facilitate workflow, increase oral health at a fraction of the current conventional cost, relieve dentist and dental auxiliary staff from routine and laborious tasks, but also ignite participatory in personalized oral health care. This narrative article review highlights recent dentistry digitalization encompassing technological advancement, limitations, challenges, and conceptual theoretical modern approaches in oral health prevention and care, particularly in ensuring the quality, efficiency, and strategic dental care in the modern era of dentistry.
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- Muhammad Syafiq Alauddin
- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56100, Malaysia
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