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Enhancing patient-centred care in dentistry: a narrative review
Camilla Böhme Kristensen1, Koula Asimakopoulou2, Sasha Scambler1
1Faculty of Dentistry Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, King's College London, London SE1 9RW, UK.
Introduction:
Patient-centred care (PCC) is widely used within the medical setting, but there is a need for more research on PCC implementation in dentistry.
Sources Of Data:
A narrative review was conducted with literature identified from the Ovid Interface, including several databases such as Embase and Medline.
Areas Of Agreement:
PCC is associated with better health outcomes for patients, and greater work satisfaction among healthcare professionals.
Areas Of Controversy:
Efforts to implement PCC in dentistry are lacking due to several issues including non-consensus about PCC definition and lack of explicit guidelines on how to implement PCC in dentistry.
Growing Points And Areas Timely For Developing Research:
A theory-derived model of PCC explicitly designed for the dental setting was identified. This serves as a starting point to enhance PCC in dentistry, though further research is needed to empirically test the implementation of this model.
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