Dental Attendances to General Medical Practitioners in Wales: A 44 Year-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: One-third of the UK population is composed of problem-oriented dental attenders, seeking dental care only when they have acute dental pain or problems. Patients seek urgent dental care from a range of health care professionals, including general medical practitioners. This study aimed to identify trends in dental attendance at Welsh medical practices over a 44-y period, specifically in relation to dental policy change and factors associated with repeat attendance. A retrospective observational study was completed via the nationwide Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank of visits to general medical practice in Wales. Read codes associated with dental diagnoses were extracted for patients attending their general medical practitioner between 1974 and 2017. Data were analyzed w

SUBMITTER: Currie CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8935529 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature