Rutter, L., Duara, R., Vinall-Collier, K.A. et al. (6 more authors) (2023) Experiences of newly qualified dentists in delivering oral health advice to parents/caregivers of young children—challenges and solutions. Frontiers in Oral Health, 4. ISSN 2673-4842
Abstract
Introduction: A key skill for dental professionals to master is their ability to have effective preventive oral health conversations. On qualifying, UK dentists undertake a one-year foundation training programme in general practice. This study explored with Foundation Dentists, the barriers and facilitators to undertaking oral health conversations with parents/caregivers and their children, aged 0–11 years old.
Materials and methods: Approximately 100 Foundation Dentists from the Yorkshire and Humber region attended a series of focus groups. They discussed how they and their wider dental team undertake oral health conversations with parents/caregivers of young children, aged 0–11 years old. The data was analysed using thematic analysis.
Results: Five themes were identified as barriers and facilitators to providing oral health advice: (1) Lack of knowledge around parenting skills and child development; (2) Parental receptivity; (3) Motivation for changing behaviours; (4) Information content and inconsistency; and (5) Current National Health Service (NHS) structures of general dental practice.
Discussion: A multi-faceted approach is needed to develop the training of Foundation Dentists to undertake preventive oral health conversations with parents/caregivers and children. Such an approach has the potential to improve the patient-practitioner relationship and increase effective behaviour change conversations taking place in general dental care, thus improving children's oral health.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Rutter, Duara, Vinall-Collier, Owen, Haley, Gray-Burrows, Hearnshaw, Marshman and Day. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | foundation dentist; paediatric dentistry; oral health; communication; behaviour change; qualitative |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Clinical Dentistry (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2023 11:12 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2023 11:12 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/froh.2023.1079584 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media SA |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3389/froh.2023.1079584 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:199925 |