Journal article
A multidisciplinary dental program for community‐living adults with chronic mental illness
Special care in dentistry, Vol.18(5), pp.194-201
09/1998
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1998.tb01739.x
PMID: 10219184
Abstract
Only recently have reports described specialized large‐scale dental programs for community‐living adults with chronic mental illness. In response to requests from community mental health center case managers, a multidisciplinary team from Central Sydney Area Health Service dentistry, mental health, and transport services joined together to develop a pilot dental program. The aim was to profile the dental needs of community‐living clients with chronic mental illness and to improve clients' utilization of inner Sydney public dental services. A review of clients' dental problems and access is presented, together with a description of the pilot program developed by the multidisciplinary team. A profile of the initial dental needs of the participants, and information on the participants' utilization of the pilot dental program is documented. This multidisciplinary approach was successful in developing a program to profile dental needs of clients, and improved the access to public dental services for the majority of clients. There was a subgroup of clients who did not utilize the program, and further follow‐up of these clients is needed. This multi‐disciplinary approach could be useful in the development and funding of other special care dental programs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A multidisciplinary dental program for community‐living adults with chronic mental illness
- Creators
- Jane M ChalmersDell Kingsford SmithKnute D Carter
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Special care in dentistry, Vol.18(5), pp.194-201
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford, UK
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1998.tb01739.x
- PMID
- 10219184
- ISSN
- 0275-1879
- eISSN
- 1754-4505
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1998
- Academic Unit
- Biostatistics
- Record Identifier
- 9983997471202771
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