Table 1.

Themes and subthemes

Themes	Subthemes
Theme 1: Oral health care in general practice	Perceived importance of oral health care
	Perceived incidence of oral health problems
	Current oral care prevention and management practices
	Risk assessment
	Patient education
	Providing Referrals
Theme 2: Barriers and enablers to oral health care	Barriers for care providers
	Time
	Referral pathways
	Oral health knowledge
	Barriers for patients
	Cost of oral health care
	Limited oral health awareness
	Dental fear or anxiety
	Enablers to oral health care
	Education/ training
	Risk assessment tool
	Patient education resources
Theme 3: Role of diabetes care providers in promoting oral health	Role of GPs
	Role of diabetes educators