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DHAT-delivered dental care vs Dentist-delivered dental care: Quality of dental record keeping by DHATs
- Population
- Alaska Native dental patients (children aged 6-17 and adults) and their caregivers
- Intervention
- DHAT-delivered dental care
- Comparison
- Dentist-delivered dental care
- Outcome
- Quality of dental record keeping by DHATs
Dental record keeping by DHATs was high quality and met Indian Health Service guidelines (certainty not graded).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Dental care provided by dental health aide therapists (DHATs, mid-level providers) vs Dental care provided by dentists (or no comparison group) Quality of dental record keeping by DHATs · Alaska Native dental patients (children aged 6-17 and adults) and their caregivers · Cross-sectional (DHATs practising ~9 months to several years), Alaska Native communities (Alaska Dental Health Aide Therapist program) Dental record keeping by DHATs was high quality and met Indian Health Service guidelines (certainty not graded). Reducing Alaska Native paediatric oral health disparities: a systematic review of oral health interventions… (2013) All outcomes | Record keeping by DHATs was consistent with evaluation criteria; the 4 practising DHATs met Indian Health Service guidelines on record keeping. | 2 studies | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reducing Alaska Native paediatric oral health disparities: a systematic review of oral health interventions and a case study on multilevel… 2013 All outcomes | October 5, 2012 | 11 | Critically Low / Critically Low |
How reviews are matched to this question
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