Educational strategies for oral assistance for the disabled and their effects on dentistry students’ formation: A systematic review

Aims This systematic review aimed to analyze the influence of educational strategies for oral health care for Persons with disabilities (PwDs) on the technical, ethical, and social training of undergraduate dental students. Methods and results An extensive search was performed in the following datab...

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Published in:Special care in dentistry 2024-03, Vol.44 (2), p.339-359
Main Authors: Silva, Fernanda Luiza, Tavares, Sandro Junio de Oliveira, Silveira, Flávia Maia, Antunes, Leonardo Santos, Antunes, Lívia Azeredo Alves, Assaf, Andréa Videira
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
dental care for disabled
dental education
dental students
Dentistry
Disabled Persons
Ethics
Humans
Medical databases
Medical education
Oral Health
Oral hygiene
People with disabilities
Students
Systematic review
Training
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Summary:Aims This systematic review aimed to analyze the influence of educational strategies for oral health care for Persons with disabilities (PwDs) on the technical, ethical, and social training of undergraduate dental students. Methods and results An extensive search was performed in the following databases: Cochrane, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, LILACS/BBO and OpenGrey database. Observational, nonrandomized, and quantitative comparisons before and after some type of educational strategy in undergraduate dentistry was included. The risk of bias was assessed using the risk of bias in nonrandomized intervention studies (ROBINS‐I) tool. The certainty of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) approach. Nine were included and suggested that a significant improvement was observed in the technical training of undergraduate dental students although there was no consensus on the acquisition of ethical/social competences after the application of educational strategies. The included studies presented a moderate to serious risk of bias, and the certainty of evidence for both, technical and ethical/social evaluative constructs, as very low. Conclusion Although studies show that awareness regarding PwD significantly increases technical skills in dental students, the evidence is poor due to the high risk of bias and inconsistency observed in both the technical and ethical/social constructs; further studies on this topic are therefore essential. Prospero: (CRD42021288463).
ISSN:0275-1879
1754-4505
1754-4505
DOI:10.1111/scd.12868