Aakanksha Angra, Stephanie M Gardner
Reflecting on Graphs: Attributes of Graph Choice and Construction Practices in Biology
CBE life sciences education
introduction demographic shift age profile uk well established older people complex requirements maintain oral health appropriate training required provide goodquality oral dental care research aimed review training gerodontology currently provided undergraduate dental dental hygiene therapy dht students ukmethods quantitative data generated completion online questionnaire emailed directors dental education uk dental n 16 dht schools n 21 data analysed using ibm spss statistics v26results response rate 375 dental schools 619 dht schools although gerodontology taught every school responded standalone course 167 dental schools 77 dht schools responded respondents reported theoretical component 50 dental schools 538 dht schools reported providing clinical experience moreover 333 dental schools 154 dht schools reported closely following european curriculum guidelines gerodontologyconclusions current training gerodontology standardised across either dental dht schools uk seems lack awareness recommended european guidelines findings research demonstrate future improvements gerodontology training still required achieved