Publications by authors named "Pamela L Yule"
Article Synopsis
- Historically, oral and dental care needs for head and neck cancer patients were often overlooked until after treatment, leading to poor rehabilitation outcomes.
- A UK-based group of restorative dentistry consultants, now part of the RD-UK Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Excellence Network, has highlighted the need for early intervention in dental care during the cancer treatment process.
- Their initiatives focus on standardizing care and improving collaboration among healthcare professionals, which aims to enhance patient experiences and facilitate more effective research and audits in the future.
TMDs are a complex collection of conditions which can have a significant impact on an individual's quality of life. The aetiology, diagnosis and management of TMDs will be described in this article with the hope of increasing a general dental practitioner's knowledge of these problems, thus helping them to institute simple, initial, conservative therapies for such patients. Diagnosis of TMDs can be simplified by following recent published clinical diagnostic criteria such as those outlined in this article.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe incidence of toothwear in the population is increasing, as is the number of referrals regarding this problem to secondary care dental hospital consultants and specialists. This paper outlines current theories in aetiology, diagnosis and management of localized and generalized toothwear, as well as describing clinical tips for assessing such patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOHIP-TMDs: a patient-reported outcome measure for temporomandibular disorders.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol
October 2015
Objectives: This research aims to assess the test-retest reliability, the face, content and known groups validity, and responsiveness to change, of OHIP-TMDs, a 22-item TMDs-specific version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP).
Methods: Test-retest reliability - A group of patients with TMDs (n = 20) was administered OHIP-TMDs twice before initial consultation with a 2-week interval. Face and content validity - Content validity index assessments were undertaken with professionals and patients.