Cargando…

Orofacial granulomatosis: a questionnaire study among Norwegian dental clinicians

AIMS: To evaluate awareness on orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) and oral Crohn disease (oral CD) among Norwegian dental clinicians. METHODS: A precoded questionnaire (QuestBack) was sent electronically to dentists and dental hygienists treating children and adolescents in the public dental service (PD...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Skaare, A. B., Hovden, E. S., Herlofson, B. B., Søland, T. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7518990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32020549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40368-020-00511-3
_version_ 1783587486730027008
author Skaare, A. B.
Hovden, E. S.
Herlofson, B. B.
Søland, T. M.
author_facet Skaare, A. B.
Hovden, E. S.
Herlofson, B. B.
Søland, T. M.
author_sort Skaare, A. B.
collection PubMed
description AIMS: To evaluate awareness on orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) and oral Crohn disease (oral CD) among Norwegian dental clinicians. METHODS: A precoded questionnaire (QuestBack) was sent electronically to dentists and dental hygienists treating children and adolescents in the public dental service (PDS) in Norway. Data on the clinicians’ knowledge of OFG and oral CD related to working experience were analysed by Chi square tests and bivariate logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: A total of 1097 clinicians were invited to participate, 778 dentists and 319 dental hygienists; 48.2% returned the completed form. Fifty-four percent of the participants had ≥ 10 year experience of clinical practice. Two-thirds (68.4%) of the dentists and all but one of the dental hygienists graduated in Norway. Approximately half of the respondents were aware of OFG (41.2%) and oral CD (57.8%). One-quarter (24.6%) reported that they most likely had seen a patient with OFG and 20.6% with oral CD. Recently graduated dentists (≤ 10 years ago) were more aware of OFG and oral CD than those who graduated > 10 years ago (p ≤ 0.001). Regarding dental hygienists, this difference was observed for OFG only (p < 0.05). Country of education did not affect the clinicians’ reported knowledge. Approximately 90% would refer a patient suspected of having OFG or oral CD either to a dental specialist or to a physician. CONCLUSION: The high prevalence of clinicians observing OFG and oral CD in this study may indicate that OFG and/or oral CD are under-reported and that OFG in particular is more common than hitherto believed. The high frequency of awareness was promising for the benefit of the patients.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7518990
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-75189902020-10-13 Orofacial granulomatosis: a questionnaire study among Norwegian dental clinicians Skaare, A. B. Hovden, E. S. Herlofson, B. B. Søland, T. M. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent Original Article AIMS: To evaluate awareness on orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) and oral Crohn disease (oral CD) among Norwegian dental clinicians. METHODS: A precoded questionnaire (QuestBack) was sent electronically to dentists and dental hygienists treating children and adolescents in the public dental service (PDS) in Norway. Data on the clinicians’ knowledge of OFG and oral CD related to working experience were analysed by Chi square tests and bivariate logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: A total of 1097 clinicians were invited to participate, 778 dentists and 319 dental hygienists; 48.2% returned the completed form. Fifty-four percent of the participants had ≥ 10 year experience of clinical practice. Two-thirds (68.4%) of the dentists and all but one of the dental hygienists graduated in Norway. Approximately half of the respondents were aware of OFG (41.2%) and oral CD (57.8%). One-quarter (24.6%) reported that they most likely had seen a patient with OFG and 20.6% with oral CD. Recently graduated dentists (≤ 10 years ago) were more aware of OFG and oral CD than those who graduated > 10 years ago (p ≤ 0.001). Regarding dental hygienists, this difference was observed for OFG only (p < 0.05). Country of education did not affect the clinicians’ reported knowledge. Approximately 90% would refer a patient suspected of having OFG or oral CD either to a dental specialist or to a physician. CONCLUSION: The high prevalence of clinicians observing OFG and oral CD in this study may indicate that OFG and/or oral CD are under-reported and that OFG in particular is more common than hitherto believed. The high frequency of awareness was promising for the benefit of the patients. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020-02-04 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7518990/ /pubmed/32020549 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40368-020-00511-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
spellingShingle Original Article
Skaare, A. B.
Hovden, E. S.
Herlofson, B. B.
Søland, T. M.
Orofacial granulomatosis: a questionnaire study among Norwegian dental clinicians
title Orofacial granulomatosis: a questionnaire study among Norwegian dental clinicians
title_full Orofacial granulomatosis: a questionnaire study among Norwegian dental clinicians
title_fullStr Orofacial granulomatosis: a questionnaire study among Norwegian dental clinicians
title_full_unstemmed Orofacial granulomatosis: a questionnaire study among Norwegian dental clinicians
title_short Orofacial granulomatosis: a questionnaire study among Norwegian dental clinicians
title_sort orofacial granulomatosis: a questionnaire study among norwegian dental clinicians
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7518990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32020549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40368-020-00511-3
work_keys_str_mv AT skaareab orofacialgranulomatosisaquestionnairestudyamongnorwegiandentalclinicians
AT hovdenes orofacialgranulomatosisaquestionnairestudyamongnorwegiandentalclinicians
AT herlofsonbb orofacialgranulomatosisaquestionnairestudyamongnorwegiandentalclinicians
AT sølandtm orofacialgranulomatosisaquestionnairestudyamongnorwegiandentalclinicians