title: Oral health care provided by Greek dentists to persons with physical and/or intellectual impairment.
abstract: 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. Descriptive statistics and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used for the statistical analysis of the data. Most respondents were general practitioners (79.3%) providing oral health care to PPII, but 70% of the dentists had not been trained to treat them. In their opinion, oral health care for PPII demanded a lot of time and was hard to accomplish. Based on an evaluation of the results, this study suggests that continuing education and training of dentists to treat PPII are essential for this population in Greece.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, University of Athens, Greece. stgizani@dent.uoa.gr
authors.forename: Sotiria
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gizani
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kandilorou
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kavvadia
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tzoutzas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D004497:Education, Dental; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires