Assessment of a group of nigerian dental students' education on medical emergencies.

Background: The training of dental students in the management of medical emergencies is of utmost importance as they may encounter some of these emergencies at some point in their career.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the medical emergency education in a Nigerian Dental School.

Subjects And Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 124 final year dental students of the University of Benin, Benin City.

Oral assessment and nursing interventions among Nigerian nurses-knowledge, practices and educational needs.

Background: Assessment of oral condition, oral care, and informing the attending doctor of unusual oral findings for possible consultation or referral to a dentist are the advocated roles of hospital nurses. The objective of the study was thus to assess the roles of Nigerian nurses in the assessment of oral conditions of hospitalized patients.

Methods: This questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey of all nurses caring for hospitalized patients in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital was conducted in the first half of 2010.

Nigerian clinical level medical students' knowledge of dental specialty.

Background: The roles of physicians in oral healthcare delivery are very important due to the unequal distribution of the low oral health manpower as well as the lack of awareness of patients concerning the treatment of oral health problems by dentists in Nigeria.

Aim: To assess the Nigerian clinical level medical students' knowledge of dental problems and conditions in relation to the dental specialty that treat them.

Subjects And Methods: This questionnaire-based cross-sectional study of clinical level medical students of University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, was conducted between May and June, 2010.

Effects of land clearing techniques and tillage systems on runoff and soil erosion in a tropical rain forest in Nigeria.

This work reports runoff and soil loss from each of 14 sub-watersheds in a secondary rain forest in south-western Nigeria. The impact of methods of land clearing and post-clearing management on runoff and soil erosion under the secondary forest is evaluated. These data were acquired eighteen years after the deforestation of primary vegetation during the ' West bank' project of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA).

Nigerian dental students' compliance with the 4As approach to tobacco cessation.

Objective: To assess the Nigerian dental students' present effort at tobacco cessation assistance using the simple stepwise 4As model.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey of all the final level dental students in the Nigerian premier dental schools was carried out using a pretested self administered questionnaire.

Results: The response rate was 98.

Occupational risks and hepatitis B vaccination status of dental auxiliaries in Nigeria.

Objective: To assess the occupational exposure to needlestick and sharps injuries and hepatitis B vaccination status among dental auxiliaries.

Subjects And Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey of 83 dental auxiliaries was conducted that included 12 technologists, 11 therapists, 53 nurses/surgical assistants, and 7 record officers. The survey included demography, history of needlestick and sharps injury, hepatitis B vaccination, knowledge and attitude towards HIV-infected patients, and the dental auxiliaries' information needs on HIV-related issues.

Nigerian dental students' willingness to treat HIV-positive patients.

Dental care of HIV-positive individuals plays a vital role in improving their nutritional intake, medication tolerance and effectiveness, treatment success rate, and quality of life. It is therefore important to ensure optimal dental care of this group of people, especially since more of them, with or without knowledge of their serologic status, are now utilizing dental services. The objective of this study was to assess Nigerian dental students' willingness to treat HIV-positive individuals.