Smith, GRooney, YNunn, J2012-07-192012-07-192010-04Provision of dental care for special care patients: the view of Irish dentists in the Republic of Ireland., 56 (2):80-4 J Ir Dent Assoc0021-113320476635http://hdl.handle.net/10147/234591Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 requires that all people with a disability are entitled to a needs assessment and, by implication, provision of identified care needs. This process started with children aged 0-6 in 2007 and will roll out to all people with disabilities by 2011. Oral health is part of that needs assessment but it may be that dentists are not in a position to provide that care, by virtue of a lack of education, training or facilities. The majority of dental care delivered would seem, from information gathered as part of this study, to be of an emergency nature. This study aimed to identify the shortfalls in service provision, and their potential causes, to inform what it is hoped will be a positive directive on special care dentistry (SCD) in the proposed National Oral Health Strategy.enArchived with thanks to Journal of the Irish Dental AssociationDental Care for DisabledDentist's Practice PatternsDisabled PersonsEducation, DentalEmergency TreatmentFemaleGeneral Practice, DentalHumansIrelandMaleMiddle AgedQuestionnairesArticleJournal of the Irish Dental Association