Patient education in dental medicine: A review of the literature

Patient education in dental medicine: A review of the literature

Introduction In dental medicine, chronic diseases and chronic conditions (such as chronic periodontitis, temporomandibular disorders, chronic orofacial pain) justify patient education to self‐care. This strategy of secondary or tertiary prevention, even if officially recognised, is still less known...

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Published in:European journal of dental education Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 110 - 118
Main Authors: Albano, Maria G., d’Ivernois, Jean François, Andrade, Vincent, Levy, Gérard
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-05-2019
Wiley
Subjects:
Chronic illnesses
Chronic pain
Cognitive ability
dental education
dental medicine
Dentistry
Diabetes mellitus
Health Behavior
Health Education, Dental
Health Promotion
Human health and pathology
Life Sciences
Literature reviews
Odontology
Orthodontics
Patient education
patient education as topic
Patients
Periodontitis
review of literature
self care
Stomatognathic Diseases / prevention & control
dental education
dental medicine
review of literature
patient education
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Summary:Introduction In dental medicine, chronic diseases and chronic conditions (such as chronic periodontitis, temporomandibular disorders, chronic orofacial pain) justify patient education to self‐care. This strategy of secondary or tertiary prevention, even if officially recognised, is still less known compared to health education, a form of primary prevention. The aim of the study was to make the point of recent studies devoted to patient education. Thus, the purpose of the study was to give an updated picture of patient education in odontology, describing, through an analysis of the international literature from 2006 to 2016, its characteristics and development. Methods The main databases selected were: PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Sciences, DOSS, 302 articles published between 2006 and 2016 on patient education among which four RCTs and a case study were analysed because of their rigorous scientific quality. Results Patient education concerns chronic diseases and conditions also in the field of orthodontics. This limited number of studies, showed that patient education in odontology can bring real bio‐clinic, cognitive, psychological and economic benefits to patients. Overall, it allows patients to better understand their illness and treatment and, thus, to improve their health behaviours and self‐care techniques, which would reduce the treatment costs. Educational interventions in odontology should constitute a component of patient education in several chronic systemic diseases such as diabetes. It would be necessary to train future practitioners in this field and to develop a scientific research on this practice.
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ISSN:1396-5883
1600-0579
DOI:10.1111/eje.12409