Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
June 2011
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Vol:
12
Issue:
2

Editorial

I am honoured to write an editorial as President of the iADH for the Journal of Disability and Oral Health. It is my privilege to announce that the iADH Educational Committee –SCiPE Taskforce has been formed with an exchange of ideas to develop consensus in producing a core curriculum in Special Care Dentistry (SCD) for undergraduate and post graduate education. The main aim for this group is to enhance and improve the quality of education in SCD in many countries of the world. Of course, we must recognise that each country within iADH is at a different stage of development in terms of support for, experience of and in attitudes towards SCD. The Global Congress on Dental Education III held in Dublin in 2007 published a Special Issue on Education including Inequalities in access to education and healthcare (Nunn et al.,2008), with one of the key recommendations being ‘achieving equity in education’. Education is embedded in the action plan of the World Health Organisation Global Health Programme in the goal to ‘scale up capacity to produce oral health personnel’ (Peterson, 2007). Implicitly, this supports inclusion of learning about holistic oral health care for populations with special care needs. Universities have traditionally had the responsibility for developing educational programmes for dental education based on policies of governing bodies within individual countries. iADH stands ready to work through the SciPE Taskforce with academic institutions and colleagues in the dental community to ameliorate problems that many countries face in accessing educational programmes, by meeting the need for curricula development in SCD. The SCiPE Taskforce members will gather for a workshop at the pre-congress of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Association for Dental Education in Europe to be held in Antalya, Turkey 5-6 September 2011. The work of the iADH Committee lies in prioritising activities to meet the challenges we face in promoting oral health care for people with disabilities. Collaboration between educational organisations such as iADH, IFDEA, ADEE and ADEA and developing Special Interest Groups in SCD within the auspices of such groups, will help to tackle these challenges. I wish to express my thanks to the iADH Educational Committee for sharing their thoughts and experience in the preparation of the SCiPE Taskforce. I am proud of the intensive work carried out by the iADH this year and would like to sincerely thank, all on the Executive Board and Council members who are involved in improving the quality of life of people with disability. Gabriela Scagnet, iADH President Notes from the Editor A number of changes have been made to the Editorial Board to further develop the journal’s global perspective in Special Care Dentistry and draw on research expertise from groups across the world. In line with changes relating to research and publication ethics, there has been a strengthening of the Journal’s policy on ethical approval and informed consent to follow guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Studies will be considered in light of their scientific validity, presentation, ethical harms and potential benefits (and how these have been assessed in respect to risk/benefit). The revised statements can be accessed www.bsdh.org.uk/ journal/index.phb. The editorial process continues to aim for timely publication and to encourage authorship to meet the needs of our readers. The Journal of Disability and Oral Health is committed to publishing original research and scientific papers to disseminate to members of the special care team and more widely inform Public Health organisations and multi-disciplinary teams in Medicine and Social Care; including Learning / Intellectual Disability, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Geriatric Medicine/ Gerodontology, Behavioural Scientists, Nutritionists, Speech and Language Pathologists, the new field of Bariatric care and importantly, voluntary and disability organisations. Shelagh Thompson, Cardiff, Wales

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  1. Editorial
  2. 50
  3. 50

  1. Professional attitudes towards disability in special care dentistry
  2. 51
  3. 58

  1. Preventive strategies to improve periodontal health in people with Down syndrome
  2. 59
  3. 67

  1. The long-term effect of a preventive programme on caries, periodontal disease and tooth mortality in individuals with Down syndrome
  2. 68
  3. 80

  1. Comparative oral health of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy and controls
  2. 81
  3. 87

  1. Implant, surgical and prosthodontic treatment for a patient with Down syndrome - a case report
  2. 91
  3. 94

  1. Diary Dates 2011
  2. 96
  3. 96

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