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Maintaining dental implants – do general dental practitioners have the necessary knowledge?

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Jayachandran, S., Bhandal, B. S., Hill, K. B., Walmsley, A. D.·2015·British Dental Journal
DOI 10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.528
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Objective The aim of this study was to understand the opinion of general dental practitioners about the current level of implant education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.Materials and methods A questionnaire was sent to the general dental practitioners working in a group of practices in the West Midlands, UK. The completed responses were analysed.Results Ninety-one out of 101 dentists responded to the questionnaires (95.6%). Sixty-seven (77%) dentists stated that they learnt only theoretical aspects of dental implants during their undergraduate training. The majority of them stated that the training they received was not adequate. In addition, few barriers in dental implant provision by general dentists were also identified in the survey. The main barriers were risk of failures (56.3%), to avoid complications (65.5%) and the cost of learning (51.7%). The results were correlated to the implant competences set by the regulatory organisations such as General Dental Council and Association of Dental Education Europe.Conclusion The present study confirmed that the current implant education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the UK does not instil confidence to the GDPs to provide and maintain dental implants.

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Authors
Jayachandran, S., Bhandal, B. S., Hill, K. B., & Walmsley, A. D.
Affiliations
University of Birmingham (GB)
Corresponding author
Jayachandran, S.
ORCID
Venue
British Dental Journal
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-07
Volume
219
Issue
1
Pages
25-28
ISSN
  • 0007-0610 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5373
DOI
10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.528
OpenAlex
W2159790814
Cited by
25
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
FWCI
3.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • BDJ (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Dental Education, Practice, Research
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › Oral Surgery › Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
Keywords
dental implants, general dentists, dental implant maintenance, dental education, postgraduate dental education, implant failure risk, General Dental Council
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Delivery of Health Care, Dental Implantation, Education, Dental, United Kingdom, Humans, Middle Aged, Primary Health Care, Professional Competence, Surveys and Questionnaires, Dental Prosthesis Retention

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