TY - JOUR
T1 - Dental care for special needs patients
T2 - A survey of Texas pediatric dentists
AU - Milano, Michael
AU - Seybold, Susan V.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of time Texas pediatric dentists spent, as both residents and in thier professional position, in the treatment of special needs patients. In addition, an attempt was made to deterine the dental services offered to these patients along with the barriers to obtaining care. A survey was mailed to the 334 members of the Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. From the returned surveys (61.9% or 207/334) the following conclusions were drawn: 1) Most respondentes had a significant portion of their training program devoted to special patient care, 2) Virtually all reported treating some special needs patients in thier professional possition, 3) Most proveided conscious sedation and general anesthesia and adjuncts to behavior management for these patients, 4) Insufficient financial reimbursement was a major reason cited for not providing dental services to more of these patients.
AB - The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of time Texas pediatric dentists spent, as both residents and in thier professional position, in the treatment of special needs patients. In addition, an attempt was made to deterine the dental services offered to these patients along with the barriers to obtaining care. A survey was mailed to the 334 members of the Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. From the returned surveys (61.9% or 207/334) the following conclusions were drawn: 1) Most respondentes had a significant portion of their training program devoted to special patient care, 2) Virtually all reported treating some special needs patients in thier professional possition, 3) Most proveided conscious sedation and general anesthesia and adjuncts to behavior management for these patients, 4) Insufficient financial reimbursement was a major reason cited for not providing dental services to more of these patients.
KW - Special needs patients
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 12515070
AN - SCOPUS:0036590956
SN - 1551-8949
VL - 69
SP - 212
EP - 215
JO - Journal of Dentistry for Children
JF - Journal of Dentistry for Children
IS - 2
ER -