Dentists' perspectives on barriers to providing oral health care in French psychiatric hospitals with on-site dental clinics.

Objectives: Psychiatric inpatients suffer from poorer oral health than the general population, and difficulties in accessing necessary dental treatment remain even when a dedicated dental service is available within the psychiatric hospital. The aim of this study was to identify barriers to access dental care from the point of view of dentists working within French psychiatric hospitals.

Methods: The relatively small number of dentists working in psychiatric hospitals necessitated a qualitative approach.