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ReviewInternational dental journal2022

Providing Effective Dental Care for an Ageing Population.

Gretchen Gibson, Carolyn J Wehler, M Marianne Jurasic

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In one paragraph

Review in International dental journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. An Impactful Summer.International dental journal · 2022
    Article
  3. Asynchronous teledentistry program in two long-term care facilities: Iowa's virtual dental home pilot project.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
    Article
  4. Effect of Clinical Rotations in Domiciliary Dental Care on Dental Students' Attitudes, Empathy, and Perceptions Towards Institutionalized Older Adults in Zurich in Switzerland.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gretchen GibsonVHA Office of Dentistry, Oral Health Quality Group, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: gretchen.castleman@va.gov.
Carolyn J WehlerVHA Office of Dentistry, Oral Health Quality Group, Washington, DC, USA; Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
M Marianne JurasicVHA Office of Dentistry, Oral Health Quality Group, Washington, DC, USA; Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Boston University · USSchool Based Health Alliance · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEffective treatment produces improved outcomes from the patient and clinician perspectives. The focus of this article is effective dental care for ageing patients. This concept must be embraced through research, education and, finally, clinical care. RESEARCH: Older adults often carry a higher burden of health and socioeconomic issues that limit their participation in clinical trials. This leaves providers to extrapolate care decisions from research in other age groups. However, electronic health records allow researchers to converge extensive medical, pharmacologic, and dental data, thereby including older patients in research questions. EDUCATION: Dental and medical educators are tasked with teaching skills specific to ageing patients. This requires teaching and active use of concepts such as whole health and patient-centred outcomes. PROVISION OF CARE: For ageing patients, effective care is precision care (the right care to the right patient at the right time). Clinicians must be trained and then actively participate in the interdisciplinary approach to assure good oral health for all older patients.

Indexed as

Geriatric DentistryOral HealthAgedAgingDental CareHumansDental researchEffectivenessGeriatricGeriatric researchGerodontologyGerodontology education

Identifiers

PMID36031324
PMCPMC9437804
OpenAlexW4293218844

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.