Cessford C, Kravtsov N
Probe. 1994 Jan-Feb;28(1):25-9.
The purpose of this paper was to discover the attitudes and level of restorative dental services provided by dental hygienists in Manitoba. Part one included six confidential interviews; three with dentists who had dental hygienists providing restorative dental services in their offices on some basis, and three with dentists who had dental hygienists practising in their traditional periodontal roles only. The second part was a survey designed to determine how many dental hygienists provide restorative dental services and what are their attitudes towards these services. Also investigated was the attitude of those dental hygienists who do not provide these services. Surveys were mailed to two hundred randomly selected, licensed, Manitoba dental hygienists, including a survey for their employing dentists. Confidential interviews were structured from the formatted survey which had yet to be distributed to the participants. The dental hygiene surveys were statistically analyzed for demographics and types of restorative dental services provided. Open-ended questions in the survey were categorized and tabulated. There was a fifty percent completed survey response rate from dental hygienists. Fifty-two dentists completed the survey. Thirty-nine percent of the surveyed dental hygienists never provide restorative dental services, while ten percent provide restorative dental services on a daily basis. From the dentists surveyed fifty-six percent of respondents had at some point worked in a practice where a dental hygienist provided restorative dental services. In conclusion, the authors determined that there is greater utilization of restorative services provided by dental hygienists than perceived. Also, most dental hygienists felt that their knowledge of dental materials and restorative skills enhanced their overall client care.
本文旨在了解曼尼托巴省口腔保健员提供的牙齿修复服务的态度和水平。第一部分包括六次保密访谈；三次访谈对象是那些在一定程度上有口腔保健员在其办公室提供牙齿修复服务的牙医，另外三次访谈对象是那些只有传统牙周病治疗角色的口腔保健员的牙医。第二部分是一项调查，旨在确定有多少口腔保健员提供牙齿修复服务以及他们对这些服务的态度。同时也调查了那些不提供这些服务的口腔保健员的态度。调查问卷被邮寄给随机挑选的200名获得执照的曼尼托巴省口腔保健员，包括给他们雇主牙医的一份调查问卷。保密访谈是根据尚未分发给参与者的格式化调查问卷构建的。对口腔保健调查问卷进行了人口统计学和所提供牙齿修复服务类型的统计分析。调查问卷中的开放式问题进行了分类和列表。口腔保健员的调查问卷回复率为50%。52名牙医完成了调查。39%的受访口腔保健员从不提供牙齿修复服务，而10%的人每天提供牙齿修复服务。在接受调查的牙医中，56%的受访者曾在有口腔保健员提供牙齿修复服务的诊所工作过。总之，作者们确定口腔保健员提供的修复服务的利用率比预期的要高。此外，大多数口腔保健员认为他们对牙科材料和修复技能的了解提高了他们对客户的整体护理水平。
