Most dentists approve of oral health check-ups for local residents at community pharmacies and desire collaboration with community pharmacists.
Drug Discov Ther
; 16(6): 309-312, 2022 Dec 26.
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ABSTRACT
Community pharmacies are required to play a role in maintaining the health of local residents. Since September 2015, a national policy in Japan has allowed saliva tests to be used for oral health check-ups at community pharmacies. In the present study, we aimed to reveal dentists' perceptions and expectations for oral health check-ups provided at community pharmacies. A questionnaire survey was administered to dentists at 1,000 randomly selected dental clinics in Tokyo, Japan; 257 responses (25.7%) were included in the analysis and 85.2% of respondents approved of oral health check-ups at community pharmacies. Most respondents who approved of oral health check-ups expected that community pharmacists would recommend that local residents visit a dental clinic (85.8%) and provide a report to dentists (60.3%) after the check-up. Furthermore, 79.0% of respondents desired collaboration with community pharmacies. These findings suggested the potential for oral health check-ups to facilitate collaboration between community pharmacies and dental clinics aimed at maintaining and improving oral health of local residents.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Farmacias
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Salud Bucal
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Drug Discov Ther
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón