Key Points
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Provides information useful to GDPs, orthodontic specialists and restorative specialists on the provision of dental care for hypodontia patients in the UK.
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Evaluates the provision of dental care for hypodontia patients in hospitals where an interdisciplinary clinic is not available.
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Provides useful information on the acceptance criteria for hypodontia patients in a secondary care setting.
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Highlights which dental speciality trainees are present on these interdisciplinary clinics.
Abstract
Objective To examine the distribution of interdisciplinary clinics for hypodontia patients in the UK and to assess the provision of orthodontic-restorative care for hypodontia patients in units where this service is and is not available.
Design Prospective, online-questionnaire.
Setting Hospital orthodontic departments in the UK.
Participants In total, consultants from 92 orthodontic departments completed the questionnaire.
Methods Orthodontic consultants were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding the provision of orthodontic-restorative care for hypodontia patients in their units.
Results Overall, 100% of teaching hospitals and 51% of district general hospitals (DGHs) that responded have an interdisciplinary clinic for hypodontia patients. In 51% of units, the majority of patients assessed on the interdisciplinary clinic undergo their restorative care at the same secondary care unit. In 59% of units where an interdisciplinary clinic is not available most of the restorative care for hypodontia patients is provided by the GDP, whilst in 38% of units a specialist restorative dentist in another secondary care unit provides most of the restorative care.
Conclusions The provision of an interdisciplinary clinic for hypodontia patients varies amongst hospital units throughout the UK. The provision of orthodontic-restorative care for hypodontia patients also varies between these units.
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The authors would like to thank the BOS Clinical Standards Committee for reviewing the questionnaire and the BOS for circulating the questionnaire to members.
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McSwiney, T., Collins, J., Bassi, G. et al. The interdisciplinary management of hypodontia patients in the UK: a national service evaluation. Br Dent J 222, 31–35 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.33
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