Sökning: "patient attitudes to dental health"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden patient attitudes to dental health.
1. The fearful patient in routine dental care
Sammanfattning : Background: Managing dental fear is a daily challenge in dental care. The overall aims of this thesis were to study the attitudes of dental health professionals to fearful dental patients, and their skills and strategies when treating these patients. LÄS MER
2. Attitudes and communicative factors related to oral health and periodontal treatment
Sammanfattning : The most important factor in the prevention and treatment of periodontal disease is the individual’s standard of daily self-performed oral hygiene. Consequently, a major task in periodontal treatment is to motivate the patient to efficient oral hygiene behaviour. LÄS MER
3. The Shortened Dental Arch (SDA) concept and Swedish general dental practitioners : attitudes and prosthodontic decision-making
Sammanfattning : 10ABSTRACTA Shortened Dental Arch (SDA) is defined as a dentition where most posterior teeth are missing. The SDA concept, described by Käyser and co-workers in the 1980s, was developed mainly for elderly and high risk-patients, those with poor general health and those with accumulation of dental problems. LÄS MER
4. Infant Dental Enucleation in Sweden : Perspectives on a Practice among Residents of Eastern African Origin
Sammanfattning : Infant dental enucleation (IDE) is a practice consisting of the removal of deciduous canine tooth buds in infants. Practiced mainly in Eastern Africa, the purpose is to treat or to prevent bodily symptoms and diseases. IDE can cause both general and oral complications. LÄS MER
5. Vuxnas tänkande om och förhållningssätt till munhälsa
Sammanfattning : The need, for health educational reasons, of obtaining a more adequate understanding of how people think and act in connection with questions of dental health and professional dental care has been emphasized. The present study examines the attitudes and conceptions of adult individuals regarding their own dental health, as well as measures they take to further it. LÄS MER