Additional support can improve perspective of dentists to treat patients with special needs: Study

The Results of the study are:

Although participants did not identify one group of patients with special needs that were more difficult to treat, they did report a feeling of being unsupported. Clinicians felt that improved training and access to ongoing education in Special Needs Dentistry, opportunities for greater support from specialists or other health professionals, either through networking or other media such as telehealth, and fostering a more supportive clinical environment, particularly in relation to appointment lengths and productivity pressures, may improve their willingness and ability to treat patients with special needs.

Thus, the researchers concluded that additional support, in the form of greater interaction with specialists and reduced time and productivity pressures, may improve the willingness of oral health professionals in the public dental system to treat patients with special needs

Reference:

Perspectives of the public dental workforce on the dental management of people with special needs by MAWT Lim et al. published in the Australian Dental Journal

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/adj.12836