Alumran Arwa, Almulhim Luloah, Almolhim Bainah, Bakodah Shouq, Aldossary Hessa, Alakrawi Zahra
Health Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia,
Clin Cosmet Investig Dent. 2018 Oct 26;10:231-236. doi: 10.2147/CCIDE.S178114. eCollection 2018.
This study aimed to review the available literature about special needs dentistry, factors affecting treatment of patients with special needs, dental education, and the preparedness and willingness of dental care providers to treat patients with special needs. The study also aimed to assess the validity and reliability of available scales that measure the preparedness of dental care providers to treat patients with special needs. Forty studies from esteemed refereed journals were reviewed in this article. The topics in the study were relevant to special needs dentistry, Saudi Arabia, and dental care providers' perceptions of treating patients with special needs. Reviewed studies were extracted from several electronic databases, such as PubMed and Medline. Studies in Saudi Arabia about special needs dentistry and the preparedness of dental care providers to treat patients with special needs are scarce. Further research in this area needs to be conducted in Saudi Arabia.
本研究旨在回顾有关特殊需求牙科、影响特殊需求患者治疗的因素、牙科教育以及牙科护理提供者治疗特殊需求患者的准备情况和意愿的现有文献。该研究还旨在评估衡量牙科护理提供者治疗特殊需求患者准备情况的现有量表的有效性和可靠性。本文回顾了来自著名同行评审期刊的40项研究。该研究中的主题与特殊需求牙科、沙特阿拉伯以及牙科护理提供者对治疗特殊需求患者的看法相关。综述的研究从多个电子数据库中提取，如PubMed和Medline。沙特阿拉伯关于特殊需求牙科以及牙科护理提供者治疗特殊需求患者准备情况的研究很少。沙特阿拉伯需要在这一领域开展进一步的研究。
