Oral health care provided by Greek dentists to persons with physical and/or intellectual impairment.

Purpose: The study aimed to register information about the oral health care provided to persons with physical and intellectual impairment (PPII) in Greece and to report the dentists' attitudes towards the provision of oral health care.

Methods: A well-designed questionnaire was used to select information on dentists' socioeconomic data, their office characteristics, the performed oral health care and their views about oral health care delivery for PPII. The final sample consisted of 534 dentists.

Oral health care provided by Greek dentists to persons with physical and/or intellectual impairment.

This study evaluated Greek dentists' attitudes toward the provision of oral health care for persons with physical and intellectual impairment (PPII). A questionnaire was used to select information on dentists' socioeconomic data, their office characteristics, oral health care they performed, and their views about oral healthcare delivery for PPII. The final sample consisted of 534 dentists.

Self-reported and clinically-diagnosed dental needs: determining the factors that affect subjective assessment.

Purpose: The role of demographic, socioeconomic and psychological factors that influence the subjective assessment of dental needs has been the subject of contemporary dental research. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between self-reported and clinically diagnosed dental needs, with the view of understanding the factors that affect subjective assessments of dental problems.

Materials And Methods: A random sample of 130 subjects, aged 21 to 63 years, was selected from the non-academic staff members of the Athens University of Economics and Business.