Labels and descriptions of dental behaviour support techniques: A scoping review of clinical practice guidelines

Mac Giolla Phadraig, Caoimhin; Kammer, Pedro Vitali; Asimakopoulou, Koula; Healy, Olive; Fleischmann, Isabel; Buchanan, Heather; Newton, Jonathon Tim; Daly, Blánaid; Posse, Jacobo Limeres; Hosey, Marie Therese; Yarascavitch, Carilynne; MacAuley, Yvonne; Stirling, Chris; Ahmad Fisal, Aisyah Binti; Nunn, June

Abstract

Introduction: There is no agreed taxonomy of the techniques used to support patients to receive professional oral healthcare. This lack of specification leads to imprecision in describing, understanding, teaching and implementing behaviour support techniques in dentistry (DBS). Methods: This review aims to identify the labels and associated descriptors used by practitioners to describe DBS techniques, as a first step in developing a shared terminology for DBS techniques. Following registration of a protocol, a scoping review limited to Clinical Practice Guidelines only was undertaken to identify the labels and descriptors used to refer to DBS techniques. Results: From 5317 screened records, 30 were included, generating a list of 51 distinct DBS techniques. General anaesthesia was the most commonly reported DBS (n = 21). This review also explores what term is given to DBS techniques as a group (Behaviour management was most commonly used (n = 8)) and how these techniques were categorized (mainly distinguishing between pharmacological and non‐pharmacological). Conclusions: This is the first attempt to generate a list of techniques that can be selected for patients and marks an initial step in future efforts at agreeing and categorizing these techniques into an accepted taxonomy, with all the benefits this brings to research, education, practice and patients.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 11, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jun 27, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-12
• Deposit Date: Aug 31, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 31, 2023
• Journal: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
• Print ISSN: 0301-5661
• Electronic ISSN: 1600-0528
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1065-1077
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.12890
• Keywords: special care, anxiety, behavioral science
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/22449861
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdoe.12890
• Additional Information: Received: 2022-06-30; Accepted: 2023-06-11; Published: 2023-06-27