ArticleAdvances in medical education and practice2021
Interprofessional Oral Health Collaboration: A Survey of Knowledge and Practice Behaviors of Hospital-Based Primary Care Medical Providers in New York City.
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- Service learning in dental education: enhancing student competence through an oral health training programme for children with autism spectrum disorder.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Analysis of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorder Conversion to Malignancy.The Laryngoscope · 2026Article
- Bridging the perception-practice gap: a mixed-methods study on interprofessional collaboration for diabetes and periodontitis management.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Clinical Practice and Diagnostic Confidence Regarding Pediatric Oral Mucosal Lesions Among Dentists, Pediatricians, and General Practitioners: A Cross-Sectional Study.Pediatric reports · 2026Article
- The Mouth-Mind Connection: Interplay of Oral and Mental Health in Older Adults.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Integrating oral health into primary healthcare: lessons from project OHE-NCHeW (oral health education for nurses and community health workers) in Nigeria.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- Interprofessional Survey on Knowledge and Attitudes on Oral Health among Nurses in France.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2023Article
- Oral health during pregnancy: an analysis of interprofessional guideline awareness and practice behaviors among prenatal and oral health providers.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Awareness, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Oral Healthcare among First Year Dental, Medical, and Nursing Students.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Utilising the dental workforce in England, United Kingdom, to optimise the response to COVID-19.Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Article
- Bridging gaps in oral health education in a medical school in the United States: a pilot study.BMC medical education · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe siloed delivery of oral and medical health care in the United States has contributed to a lack of awareness of the consequences of poor oral health and has hampered effective interprofessional education and collaboration. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and practice behaviors of primary care medical providers in an urban safety-net hospital regarding collaboration with dentists and integration of oral health into overall health-care delivery.
methodsA 36-item survey was designed in a web-based platform (Survey Monkey
resultsThe response rate was 66% (119 respondents). The vast majority (80%) reported little or no training in oral health and 85% reported no team experience with oral health professionals. Medical providers' confidence in examining the oral cavity was positively associated with previous additional training (p = 0.001) and with team experience (p = 0.005). The two most commonly reported barriers to willingness to collaborate were lack of formal relationships with dental providers (74%) and competing priorities (69%).
conclusionOverall, there is very limited awareness and integration of oral health into the clinical practice of medical providers at this safety-net hospital. However, those providers with previous training and team experience had greater oral health confidence. Given the critical importance of oral health to overall health, increased efforts should be directed to further educate and train medical providers and address barriers to interprofessional care.
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