Summary
This agenda-setting study consulted oral healthcare professionals to identify and prioritise research topics most relevant to clinical practice. Using a two-stage survey methodology, researchers consolidated over 400 practitioner-identified topics into 84 research themes, which were then ranked by 235 OHPs. The resulting research agenda reveals that the highest-priority themes—behaviour change and geriatric oral healthcare—tend to be under-represented in the current oral healthcare research portfolio and have an interdisciplinary character.
UK applicability
This research agenda may be relevant to UK oral health policy and research commissioning bodies (such as NIHR or research councils funding dental science). However, the study does not specify the geographic origin or whether findings are country-specific, limiting direct applicability statements without additional methodological detail.
Key measures
Rank sum of research themes selected by 235 oral healthcare professionals; thematic clustering of 430+ initial topics into 84 research themes across 10 domains
Outcomes reported
The study identified and ranked 84 research themes across 10 research domains based on oral healthcare professionals' (OHPs) information needs and priorities. Behaviour change for oral health and oral healthcare for geriatric patients were identified as the most important research priorities.
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