e-Oral health interventions for older patients in an outreach primary dental care centre: A pilot trial nested acceptability study.

Objective: To compare the acceptability and perceived helpfulness of an e-Oral Health intervention in form of text messages versus standard dental leaflets provided after a dental visit to patients aged 65 years and over.

Background: Oral health care needs for older people are increasing. Remote interventions using e-Health can ensure oral care is provided despite physical hindrances or situations where dental appointments are limited such as has happened more widely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Service evaluation of the paediatric dental general anaesthesia service in NHS Lothian.

Objective To gain insight into the reasons for children undergoing dental treatment under general anaesthesia in NHS Lothian.Methods This service evaluation was based on a representative sample size of 294 patients, randomly selected from the 1,236 children seen for dental general anaesthesia (DGA) during 2017 in NHS Lothian. Data on patient and treatment descriptors were collected retrospectively from clinical records and analysed to identify significant correlations.

Co-design of an oral health promotion animated film with families in the South of England.

Introduction Oral health promotion interventions should be evidence-based and designed with community involvement. In England, Family Hubs are attended by families from a range of social backgrounds and provide an ideal setting for co-design of health interventions.Aim To co-design and evaluate an animated film for promoting oral health in community settings.

Home visits for dietary advice reduce caries.

Design: This was a randomised field trial using block randomisation.

Intervention: A control group received routine assistance from their paediatricians in the health service, with research assessment usually within 1 month of the child's 6- and 12-month anniversary, then dietary advice by a fieldworker after the 12-month research assessment. The intervention group received home visits to advise the mother about healthy breastfeeding and weaning within 10 days of the child's birth, then monthly up to 6 months, then at 8, 10 and 12 months.

Reported barriers to eating more fruit and vegetables before and after participation in a randomized controlled trial: a qualitative study.

This qualitative study compares the barriers to eating more fruit and vegetables reported before and after participation in a 6-month randomized controlled trial in primary care. At the initial intervention appointment of a primary care intervention to promote eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day, participants were asked to identify the barriers that they thought they might encounter. Barriers were discussed again at the final appointment 6 months later.

Do referrals from primary dental care for treatment using general anaesthesia comply with General Dental Council guidelines?

Objectives: To investigate the quality of information in referrals for patients aged under 16 years referred for dental extraction under general anaesthesia (GA), to ascertain the knowledge and expectations of the parents of these patients, and to determine whether the number of teeth extracted in secondary care coincides with that of the referring dentist.

Design: Retrospective study of referrals of all patients aged under 16 years referred to community dental clinics in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire over a 26-day period.

Results: The majority (62.

Evaluation of a pilot hands-on course in surgical dentistry for primary care dental practitioners in Oxfordshire.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a course in surgical dentistry on the confidence of 32 general dental practitioners, each of whom attended a one-day hands-on course.

Design: Questionnaire survey.

Setting: General dental practitioners attending a course on surgical dentistry, which was run over a day, for eight participants per day.