Dental Therapists’ Role in the Provision of Aesthetic Dentistry in Dental Practice-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Dental Therapists’ Role in the Provision of Aesthetic Dentistry in Dental Practice

Published:2023-06 Issue:2 Volume:12 Page:30-36
ISSN:2050-1684
Container-title:Primary Dental Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Prim Dent J

Author:

Baker Linzy¹²³,Valadas Marques Arabella¹²³,Blum Igor R.¹²³

Affiliation:

1. Linzy Baker Dip DTh Dental Therapist, The One to One Dental Clinic, London, UK

2. Arabella Valadas Marques Dip DTh Dental Therapist, Dr Richard Clinics and Heybridge Dental Practice, London, UK

3. Igor R. Blum DDS (Hons), PhD, Dr Med Dent, MSc, MFDS RCS (Eng), MFDS RCS (Edin), FDS (Rest Dent) RCS (Eng), FFDRCSI, PGCHE, MA (Educ), FCGDent, FICD, FHEA, LLM (Medico-Legal) Professor, Hon. Consultant and Specialist in Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK

Abstract

Dental therapists have a vital role to play in the provision of dentistry in the UK. This article examines the role of dental therapists in carrying out aesthetic dentistry in the UK dental practice setting. Patient access through collaborative working, especially through a shared care model, referral, and direct access will be discussed. In addition, two clinical cases are presented to demonstrate the provision of aesthetic anterior dental restorations by dental therapists.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/20501684231178075

Reference29 articles.

1. Cost‐effective workforce planning: optimising the dental team skill‐mix for England

2. General Dental Council (GDC). Guidance on Direct Access. [Internet]. GDC: London; updated 2019. Available at https://www.gdc-uk.org/standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/direct-access [Accessed May 2023].

3. The potential for delegation of clinical care in general dental practice

4. Direct access to DCPs: what are the potential risks and benefits?

5. Dental therapists in general dental practice. A literature review and case‐study analysis to determine what works, why, how and in what circumstances