Qatar University, College of Dental Medicine, QU Health, Doha 2713, Qatar.
Plymouth University, Faculty of Health, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Devon, UK.
Br Dent J. 2022 Feb;232(4):269-272. doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-3982-7. Epub 2022 Feb 25.
Cultural competence of healthcare professionals requires a combination of awareness, knowledge and skills to provide healthcare services to culturally and lingually diverse populations. The aim of this paper is to raise awareness regarding animal-based constituents in dental products which may not be acceptable to patients from different cultural, spiritual, or religious backgrounds. Animal-based products are used widely in medicine and dentistry. However, patients and sometimes even dental professionals may not be aware of this. This paper identifies some common products used in clinical dentistry which are derived from animal-based sources and discusses the implications of their use in a multicultural society.
医疗保健专业人员的文化能力需要结合意识、知识和技能，以为文化和语言多样化的人群提供医疗保健服务。本文的目的是提高人们对牙科产品中动物成分的认识，这些成分可能不为来自不同文化、精神或宗教背景的患者所接受。动物制品在医学和牙科中广泛使用。然而，患者，有时甚至是牙科专业人员可能都没有意识到这一点。本文确定了一些在临床牙科中使用的源自动物来源的常见产品，并讨论了在多元文化社会中使用这些产品的影响。
