Call for papers - Patient-reported outcomes in dentistry

Guest Editors:
Jieyi Chen: Guanghua School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Dhelfeson Willya Douglas-de-Oliveira: Adjunct Professor, Dentistry Department, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Brazil

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 24 January 2024

BMC Oral Health is calling for submissions to our Collection on Patient-reported outcomes in dentistry.

In recent years, the implementation of tools to record patient-reported outcomes (PRO) alongside traditional clinical data in healthcare research has been increasingly recommended by international research bodies, funders, and policymakers. Patient and caregiver perspectives on their individual experiences of clinical care and the effect of interventions on their health and well-being not only provides real-world evidence of how effective an intervention is, but also facilitates better communication between healthcare providers and patients enabling the design of tailored healthcare strategies and new healthcare policies that improves patient outcomes.

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Meet the Guest Editors

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Jieyi Chen: Guanghua School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Dr Chen was conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Paediatric Dentistry) from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2019. She became a postdoctoral fellow and Clinical Practitioner in HKU after graduation. She joined Guanghua School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Dentist in 2020. Dr Chen’s research interest is Paediatric Dentistry and Community Dentistry. As an active researcher, Dr Chen published 29 articles in peer review journals. Dr Chen is a reviewer in 6 international journals, an associate editor of BMC Oral Health and Frontier in Oral Health|Preventive Dentistry, and guest editor of Healthcare.

Dhelfeson Willya Douglas-de-Oliveira: Adjunct Professor, Dentistry Department, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Brazil

Dr Dhelfeson W. Douglas-de-Oliveira is an Adjunct Professor within the Dentistry Department at Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys (Diamantina, Brazil). His interest lies in Periodontics, Biostatistics and Quality of Life both through teaching and research. His research has focused on the impact of general and specific conditions of oral health on quality of life, for example, how dentin hypersensitivity may affect the patients’ daily experiences. His methods often consider systematic review and clinical trials, mainly those evaluating the results from the patient perspective. He considers the patient-reported outcomes measures as important tool to enhance decision-making.

About the collection

BMC Oral Health is calling for submissions to our Collection on Patient-reported outcomes in dentistry.

In recent years, the implementation of tools to record patient-reported outcomes (PRO) alongside traditional clinical data in healthcare research has been increasingly recommended by international research bodies, funders, and policymakers. Patient and caregiver perspectives on their individual experiences of clinical care and the effect of interventions on their health and well-being not only provides real-world evidence of how effective an intervention is, but also facilitates better communication between healthcare providers and patients enabling the design of tailored healthcare strategies and new healthcare policies that improves patient outcomes.

In dental research, patient-reported outcomes are an essential tool for evaluating the suitability of a wide range of treatments in the dental clinic, including surgical procedures, biomaterials, and also prevention strategies that reduce the risk of poor oral health. With the World Health Organization recognizing the burden that oral health has on health care services worldwide, and the increased evidence linking oral health to overall health and well-being, obtaining the patient perspective on dental healthcare appears of increasing importance in the of support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals 3 (Good-Health and Well-Being) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities).

In response, in this new Collection BMC Oral Health now welcomes submissions in all research related to the reporting of patient outcomes in dentistry and in the management of oral health. This includes, but is not limited to, research related to:

Patient, caregiver and family perspectives on preventative strategies and interventions for managing oral health care
Patient-reported outcomes and measures used as real-world evidence for interventions for managing oral health
Oral health-related quality of life
Tailored strategies to manage oral health based on patient-reported outcomes both at a healthcare provider and policymaker level
Development and validation of patient-reported outcome measures for oral health

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Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select Patient-reported outcomes in dentistry" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.