7 results match your criteria: "Liverpool University School of Dentistry[Affiliation]"
Br Dent J
December 2011
Department of Health Services Research, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, Room 113, Block B, Waterhouse Building, Liverpool University School of Dentistry, Liverpool, L69 3GL, UK.
Care pathways have been used in a variety of ways: firstly to support quality improvement through standardising clinical processes, but also for secondary purposes, by purchasers of healthcare, to monitor activity and health outcomes and to commission services. This paper focuses on reporting a secondary use of care pathways: to commission and monitor performance of primary dental care services. Findings of a project involving three dental practices implementing a system based on rating patients according to their risk of disease and need for care are outlined.
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April 2008
Liverpool University School of Dentistry, Liverpool, UK.
Objective: To describe primary care referral networks relating to children's dental care and the main influences on referral decisions taken by dentists working in a primary care setting.
Design: A postal questionnaire to all 130 general dental practitioners (GDPs) in contract with Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), and 24 Community Dental Service (CDS) dentists in Liverpool.
Outcome Measures: Characteristics of patient groups and factors influencing the choice of referral pathway of children referred from primary dental care.
Objective: To describe the users of a Dental Access Centre (DAC) situated in an area of England with a mixed socioeconomic profile, their pattern of use, and their perception of the role of the service.
Method: A sample of users was drawn from a DAC in Cheshire's clinical database. A postal questionnaire was sent to these users via a three-stage mailing, using a prize draw incentive to promote response.
Br Dent J
January 2006
Dental Public Health and Primary Dental Care, Liverpool University School of Dentistry, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5PS, UK.
Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of dental sepsis in 5-year-old children in Scotland and the relationship between sepsis, treated and untreated decayed teeth, oral cleanliness (visible plaque on anterior teeth) and socio-economic deprivation.
Subjects And Methods: Six thousand, nine hundred and ninety-four children of mean age 5.3 years were examined as part of a survey conducted under the Scottish Health Board's Dental Epidemiological Programme.
Br Dent J
October 2004
Primary Dental Care, Liverpool University School of Dentistry, Pembroke Place 5th Floor, Liverpool L3 5PS, UK.
Objectives: To describe the type of patients seen and work undertaken by dental therapists employed in four personal dental service practices and to report on their cost-effectiveness within the context of the dental practice.
Method: All members of the dental team used a standard day sheet to record all patient contacts and procedures undertaken in that session. Dental therapists recorded data for 30 consecutive sessions and dentists recorded information for 20 sessions.
Objective: To describe the knowledge and practice of general denta practitioners (GDPs) working in Liverpool (where there is no milk fluoridation programme) and St Helens and Knowsley, and the Wirral (where children have fluoridated milk in schools and pre-schools) relating to the advice given for child patients regarding the use of fluoridated toothpaste.
Design: Data were collected via a postal questionnaire sent to all 329 GDPs working within the three areas. GDPs working in more than one of the areas and those working in specialist orthodontic or oral surgery practices were excluded.
Br Dent J
September 2001
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool University School of Dentistry.
Background: Denplan is a private capitation-based system of providing primary dental care in the UK. An additional programme called Denplan Excel has been developed which requires General Dental Practitioners to instigate various quality processes within their practices in order to become accredited. Clinical record keeping is one area where standards are monitored.
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