ArticleAIDS care2018
HIV testing in the dental setting: perspectives and practices of experienced dental professionals.
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- Leveraging Clinical Decision Support in Dental Settings to Bridge HIV Testing Gaps and Contribute to Ending the Epidemic.ACI open · 2025Article
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- Perceptions of mental health screening and referral to treatment in National Dental-Practice Based Research Network practices: A qualitative study.Journal of public health dentistry · 2024Article
- Embedding patient and public involvement into a doctoral study: developing a point-of-care HIV testing intervention for dental settings.Frontiers in oral health · 2024Article
- Improving Patient Well-Being as a Broader Perspective in Dentistry.International dental journal · 2023Review
- HIV-Related Stigma Research as a Priority at the National Institutes of Health.AIDS and behavior · 2022Review
- Study of Treatment and Reproductive Outcomes Among Reproductive-Age Women With HIV Infection in the Southern United States: Protocol for a Longitudinal Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Women's HIV disclosure to the dentist: Does frequent contact matter?Journal of public health dentistry · 2021Article
- Venues and methods to improve professional men's access to HIV self-testing and linkage to HIV prevention or treatment: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Sexual behavior and its association with persistent oral lesions: analysis of the POP-Brazil study.Clinical oral investigations · 2021Article
- HIV testing behaviors and willingness to receive oral rapid HIV testing among dental patients in Xi'an, China.PloS one · 2021Article
- Dental practitioners' use of health risk assessments for a variety of health conditions: Results from the South Atlantic region of The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2021Article
- Willingness of Adults in the United States to Receive HIV Testing in Dental Care Settings: Cross-Sectional Web-Based Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2020Article
- HIV screening in the dental setting in New York State.PloS one · 2020Article
- Oral rapid HIV testing in the dental setting: Experiences from three dental hygiene clinics.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2019Article
- Missed Opportunities for HIV Testing Among STD Clinic Patients.Journal of community health · 2018Article
- Acceptability of oral rapid HIV testing at dental clinics in communities with high HIV prevalence in South Florida.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
The dental setting is a largely untapped venue to identify patients with undiagnosed HIV infection. Yet, uptake of rapid HIV testing within the dental community remains low. This study sought to better understand the experiences of dental professionals who have administered the test and how these experiences might inform efforts to promote greater uptake of rapid HIV testing in dental settings. Qualitative interviews were conducted with United States dentists (N = 37) and hygienists (N = 5) who offered rapid HIV testing in their practices. The data revealed both the impeding and facilitating factors they experienced in implementing testing in their setting, as well as the reactions of their staff, colleagues, and patients. Overall, participants viewed rapid HIV testing favorably, regarding it as a valuable public health service that is simple to administer, generally well accepted by patients and staff, and easily integrated into clinical practice. Many had experience with a reactive test result. Participants described facilitating factors, such as supportive follow-up resources. However, they also cited persistent barriers that limit acceptance by their dental colleagues, including insufficient reimbursement and perceived incompatibility with scope of practice. The widespread adoption of routine HIV testing amongst dental professionals will likely require an expanded notion of the proper scope of their professional role in overall patient health, along with greater support from national dental organizations, dental education, and dental insurance companies, especially in the form of sufficient reimbursement.
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