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Oral health and the impact of socio-behavioural factors in a cross sectional survey of 12-year old school children in LaosEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Although the caries level is low it causes considerable negative impact on daily life. School based health promotion should be implemented focussing on skills based learning and attitudes towards health. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - November 16, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Nanna JurgensenPoul Erik Petersen Source Type: journals

Utilization of dental health care services in context of the HIV epidemic- a cross-sectional study of dental patients in the SudanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Disparity in the history of dental care utilization goes beyond socio-demographic position and need for dental care. Public awareness of HIV infection control and confidence on the competence of dentists should be improved to minimize avoidance behavior and help establish dental health care patterns in Sudan. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - November 16, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Elwalid NasirAnne AstromRaouf AliJamil David Source Type: journals

Improved ability of biological and previous caries multimarkers to predict caries disease as revealed by multivariate PLS modellingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Multimarkers behave better than single-to-five markers but future multimarker strategies will require systematic searches for improved saliva and plaque bacteria markers. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - November 3, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Ake NordlundIngegerd JohanssonCarina KallestalThorild EricsonMichael SjostromNicklas Stromberg Source Type: journals

Assessment of oral self-care in patients with periodontitis: A pilot study in a dental school clinic in JapanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The clinical utilization of the present questionnaire facilitates the inclusion of multiple aspects of patient information, before initiation of periodontal treatment. The significant associations that were found between some of the self-care behaviors and oral hygiene levels document the important role of patient-centered oral health assessment in periodontal care. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - October 29, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Atsushi SaitoMomomi KikuchiFumie UeshimaShinya MatsumotoHiroki HayakawaHitomi MasudaTakemi Makiishi Source Type: journals

Practices participating in a dental PBRN have substantial and advantageous diversity even though as a group they have much in common with dentists at largeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Although as a group, participants have much in common with practices at large, their substantial diversity offers important advantages, such as being able to evaluate how practice differences may affect treatment outcomes, while simultaneously offering generalizability to dentists at large. This should help foster knowledge transfer in both the research-to-practice and practice-to-research directions. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - October 14, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Sonia MakhijaGregg GilbertD Brad RindalPaul BenjaminJoshua RichmanDaniel PihlstromVibeke Qvistthe DPBRN Collaborative Group Source Type: journals

In vitro effect of fluoride oral hygiene tablets on artificial caries lesion formation and remineralization in human enamelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Aim of this in-vitro-study was to assess the remineralization potential of a tooth cleaning tablet with different fluoride content. Methods: Twenty three caries free impacted third molars were examined, enamel surfaces were wax coated leaving two 3x4mm windows for exposure to demineralization/remineralization cycles. The teeth were randomly assigned to 4 Groups of 5 control and 6 experimental teeth. Demineralization by standardised HEC-gel, pH 4.7 at 37degreesC for 72h, was alternated by rinsing in remineralization solution, pH 7.0 at 37degreesC for 72h, total challenge time 432h. The negative control group N w...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - October 1, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Peter GaenglerThomas KremniczkyWolfgang Arnold Source Type: journals

Distribution of periodontopathic bacterial species in Japanese children with developmental disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: We found that approximately one-fourth of the present subjects with disabilities who possessed at least one of T. denticola, T. forsythia, and C. rectus were at possible risk for periodontitis. Follow-up examinations as well as preventive approaches should be utilized for such individuals. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - September 22, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Shuhei NakaAki YamanaKazuhiko NakanoRena OkawaKazuyo FujitaAyuchi KojimaHirotoshi NemotoRyota NomuraMichiyo MatsumotoTakashi Ooshima Source Type: journals

Presence of Helicobacter pylori in betel chewers and non betel chewers with and with out oral cancersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Betel chewing has been shown to predispose to periodontal disease and oral cancer. Studies show that people with gum disease are more likely to test positive for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). It is not known if the lesions produced by betel quid and the resulting, chemical changes predispose to colonization by H. pylori. Further the role of this organism in oral cancer is not known. Our objective was to determine the presence of H. pylori in oral lesions of thirty oral cancer patients and to determine the presence of IgG antibodies to H. pylori in oral cancer patients who are betel chewers and non betel chew...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - September 21, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Neluka FernandoGnanapragasam JayakumarNaomal Perera:Indranee AmarasinghaFahra MeedinJohn Holton Source Type: journals

Association of a genetic polymorphism (-44 C/G SNP) in the human DEFB1 gene with expression and inducibility of multiple beta-defensins in gingival keratinocytesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The DEFB1 -44 G allele is associated with an increase in overall constitutive antimicrobial activity and expression of hBD1 and hBD3 in a manner that is consistent with protection from candidiasis, while the more common C allele is associated with IFN-gamma inducibility of these beta-defensins and is likely to be more protective in conditions that enhance IFN-gamma expression such as chronic periodontitis. These results suggest a complex relationship between genetics and defensin expression that may influence periodontal health and innate immune responses. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - August 26, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Andrea KalusL. Page FredericksBeth HackerHenrik DommischRichard PreslandJanet KimballBeverly Dale Source Type: journals

The modified dental anxiety scale: UK general public population norms in 2008 with further psychometrics and effects of ageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The scale's psychometrics is supportive for the routine assessment of patient dental anxiety to compare against a number of major demographic groups categorised by age and sex. Dental anxiety was high in younger compared to older people. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - August 25, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Gerry HumphrisTom DyerPeter Robinson Source Type: journals

Use of the out-of-hours emergency dental service at two south-east London hospitalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This study has provided an insight into how and why people use an out-of-hours emergency dental service and has helped to guide future commissioning of these services. Overall, the service was being used in much the same way both before and after the 2006 dental contract. Significantly more use was being made of NHS Direct after April 2006; however, informal information networks such as friends and family remain an important source of information about accessing emergency dental services. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - July 24, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Rupert AustinKate JonesDesmond WrightNora DonaldsonJennifer Gallagher Source Type: journals

Socio-demographic factors related to periodontal status and tooth loss of pregnant women in Mbale district, Uganda.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The results revealed moderate prevalence of bleeding and tooth loss, high prevalence of calculus, low frequency of pockets 4-5 mm. Disparity in pregnant women's oral health related to parity suggests that education of maternity care providers concerning oral health in pregnancy is warranted. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT00397150 (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - July 17, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Margaret WanderaIngunn EngebretsenIsaac OkulloJames TumwineAnne AstromPromise-ebf (promise-ebf) Source Type: journals

Reliability and cross-cultural validity of a Japanese version of the Dental Fear SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The Japanese version of the DFS appears reliable and demonstrates construct validity. The modeling confirms the three factors on which the English language version was based. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - July 9, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Toshiko YoshidaPeter MilgromYukako MoriYukie NakaiMari KajiTsutomu ShimonoAna Nora Donaldson Source Type: journals

Poverty, social exclusion and dental caries of 12-year-old children: a cross-sectional study in Lima, PeruEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There was support for an association between poverty and dental caries, but not for an association between social exclusion and dental caries in these children. Some potential explanations for these findings are discussed. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - July 6, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Elsa Delgado-AnguloMartin HobdellEduardo Bernabe Source Type: journals

Oral health status of 12-year-old school children in Khartoum state, the Sudan; a school-based surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Results indicate a low prevalence of dental caries concentrated in 24% of the school children, a need for treatment and highlight the impact of socioeconomic status as a risk indicator to the oral health status. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - June 15, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Nazik Mostafa NurelhudaTordis Agnete TrovikRaouf Wahab AliMutaz Faisal Ahmed Source Type: journals

Impact of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) on the treatment profile in pilot government dental clinics in TanzaniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: The predominant mode of treatment in government dental clinics in Tanzania has been tooth extraction because the economy could not support the conventional restorative care which depends on expensive equipment, electricity and piped water systems. Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) was perceived as a suitable alternative. A 3.5-year study was designed to document the changes in the treatment profiles ascribed to the systematic introduction of ART in pilot government dental clinics. Methods: Dental practitioners who were working in 13 government dental clinics underwent a 7-day ART training. Treatment record...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - June 8, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Emil Namakuka KikwiluJo FrenckenJan Mulder Source Type: journals

Validity and reliability of the Child Perceptions Questionnaires applied in Brazilian childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. The Portuguese version of CPQ8-10 and CPQ11-14 was valuable and reliable for use in the Brazilian child population, although discriminant validity was sporadic due to the fact that impacts are mediated by others factors, such personal, social, and environmental variables. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - May 18, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Tais S Barbosa, Maria Claudia M Tureli and Maria Beatriz D Gaviao Source Type: journals

Periodontal conditions, oral Candida albicans and salivary proteins in type 2 diabetic subjects with emphasis on gender.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: The association between periodontal conditions, oral yeast colonisation and salivary proteins in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is not yet documented. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between these variables in type 2 diabetic subjects with reference to gender. Methods: Fifty-eight type 2 diabetic subjects (23 males and 35 females) with random blood glucose level [greater than or equal to] 11.1 mmol/L were investigated. Periodontal conditions (plaque index [PI], bleeding on probing [BOP], probing pocket depth [PD] (4 to 6 mm and [greater than or equal to] 6 mm), oral yeasts, salivary imm...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - May 12, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Fawad Javed, Lena Klingspor, Ulf Sundin, Mohammad Altamash, Bjorn Klinge and Per-Erik Engstrom Source Type: journals

Development of Danish version of child oral-health-related quality of life questionnaires (CPQ8–10 and CPQ11–14)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The results of this study reveal that the Danish CPQ8–10 and CPQ11–14, seem to be valid instruments for measuring oral health-related quality of life in children although its ability to discriminate between children with cleft lip and palate and healthy children seem to be limited. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - April 22, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Pia Wogelius, Hans Gjørup, Dorte Haubek, Rodrigo Lopez and Sven Poulsen Source Type: journals

Development of Danish version of child oral-health-related quality of life questionnaires (CPQ8-10 and CPQ11-14)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: The Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ) is a self-reported questionnaire developed to measure oral health-related quality of life in children. The CPQ aims to improve the description of children's oral health, while taking into consideration the importance of psychological aspects in the concept of health. The CPQ exists in two versions: the CPQ 8-10 for children aged 8-10 years and the CPQ 11-14 for those aged 11-14 years. The aim of this study was to develop a Danish version of the CPQ 8-10 and the CPQ 11-14 and to evaluate its validity for use among Danish-speaking children. Methods: The instruments were t...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - April 22, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Pia Wogelius, Hans Gjorup, Dorte Haubek, Rodrigo Lopez and Sven Poulsen Source Type: journals

Utilization of the ART approach in a group of public oral health operators in South Africa: a 5-year longitudinal studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Five years after training, ART had been used consistently in this selected group of operators as the predominant restorative treatment used for primary teeth and showed a significant annual increase in permanent teeth. However, this change had not resulted in an increase in the REX score in both dentitions. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - April 21, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Steffen Mickenautsch and Jo E Frencken Source Type: journals

Validating an alternate version of the chewing function questionnaire in partially dentate patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The alternate version of the chewing function questionnaire can be used as a stand-alone instrument, based on the reliability and validity of scores demonstrated using the questionnaire in partially dentate patients. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - March 16, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Kazuyoshi Baba, Mike T John, Mika Inukai, Kumiko Aridome and Yoshimasa Igarashi Source Type: journals

A randomised control trial of the effectiveness of personalised letters sent subsequent to school dental inspections in increasing registration in unregistered childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study is to compare dental registrations rates among unregistered children in these two school inspection systems with a system where letters were sent home but no dental inspection was carried out.MethodThe study was designed as a single blinded, cluster randomised, controlled trial involving 12,765 12-13-year-old children attending all 65 state Secondary schools in Lothian and Fife during the academic year 2003/4. After stratifying for school size and range of social deprivation, schools were randomly allocated to one of four groups: 1. 'Traditional' inspection, letter to unregistered children only...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - March 12, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Chris J Cunningham, Rob Elton and Gail V A Topping Source Type: journals

Toothache and associated factors in Brazilian adults: a cross-sectional population-based studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The prevalence of toothache in adults of Lages can be considered a major problem of dental public health. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - February 25, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Mirian Kuhnen, Marco A Peres, Anelise V Masiero and Karen G Peres Source Type: journals

Postoperative complications of pediatric dental general anesthesia procedure provided in Jeddah hospitals, Saudi Arabia.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Post-operative morbidity was common, but mostly of mild severity and limited to the first day. Hospital staff efforts should be directed to control commonly reported postoperative complaints. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - February 19, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Najat Farsi, Rania Ba'akdah, Abdulaziz Boker and Abdullah Almushayt Source Type: journals

Oral cancer awareness amongst hospital nursing staff: a pilot studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: An oral health check upon admission to hospital provides an opportunity for nurses to 'screen' for oral diseases including oral cancer and allows nurses a greater role in total patient care. Nurses' awareness of oral cancer risk factors and clinical signs was, however, poor. This study highlights a need for improved education of nurses on oral cancer to make the oral health check on admission viable for oral cancer screening. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - January 28, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Lachlan M Carter, Andrew T Harris, Vikram P Kavi, Sarah Johnson and Anastasios Kanatas Source Type: journals

Efficacy of AZM therapy in patients with gingival overgrowth induced by Cyclosporine A: a systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Few RCTs on the efficacy of systemic antibiotic therapy in case of GO were found in the literature review. A systemic antibiotic therapy without plaque and calculus removal is not able to reduce gingival overgrowth. The great heterogeneity of diagnostic data and outcomes is due to the lack of precise diagnostic methods and protocols about GO. Future studies need to improve both diagnostic methods and tools and adequate classification aimed to determine a correct prognosis and an appropriate therapy for gingival overgrowth. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - December 16, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Marco Clementini, Gianluca Vittorini, Alessandro Crea, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Ludovica Antonella Macrì, Giorgio Deli and Giuseppe La Torre Source Type: journals

Overuse of non-prescription analgesics by dental clinic patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: NPA use was common in patients presenting to a dental clinic. A significant minority of patients reported excessive dosing of NPA. Ibuprofen was the most frequently misused product, followed by naproxen and acetaminophen. Though mostly aware of the potential toxicity of NPA, many patients used supratherapeutic dosages. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - December 9, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Kennon J Heard, Nicole L Ries, Richard C Dart, Gregory M Bogden, Richard D Zallen and Frank Daly Source Type: journals

Oral hygiene improvement: a pragmatic approach based upon risk and motivation levelsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Good oral hygiene has always been the cornerstone of public and private dental health promotion. However, this has often been based upon incorrect assumptions. The public is not always willing and does not always need to change its oral health behavior to the same extent as that expected by the dental profession. The present commentary emphasizes the need to modify oral hygiene instruction according to specific risk and motivation levels. Dentistry needs to be flexible in accepting new evidence-based modalities of oral health promotion. Dentists, dental hygienists and the entire health care team need to accept that the tra...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - November 11, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Harold D Sgan-Cohen Source Type: journals

Oral health status and treatment needs of children and young adults attending a day centre for individuals with special health care needsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The subjects in this study had a high prevalence of dental caries and need for restorative care. They would benefit from parental education on diet modification, improvement of oral hygiene practices and regular dental visits. Key words: Oral health, special care, children, young adults, treatment needs (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - October 22, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Folakemi A Oredugba and Yinka Akindayomi Source Type: journals

Psychometric properties of Greek versions of the Modified Corah Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and the Dental Fear Survey (DFS)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We describe the psychometric properties of Greek versions of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and the Dental Fear Survey (DFS) in adult Greek patients. Methods: Greek versions of the MDAS and DFS were administered to two samples of adult dental patients. In the first sample, 195 patients attending one of three private practice dental offices in a large city in Greece completed the questionnaires in the waiting room before dental treatment. After treatment, their dentists (who did not know how the patients had answered the questionnaire) rated their anxiety during dental treatment. In the second sample, 41 patients ...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - September 30, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Trilby Coolidge, Konstantinos Nikolaos Arapostathis, Dimitris Emmanouil, Nikolaos Dabarakis, Antonis Patrikiou, Nikolaos Economides and Nikolaos Kotsanos Source Type: journals

Psychometric properties of Greek versions of the Modified Corah Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS)and the Dental Fear Survey (DFS)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We describe the psychometric properties of Greek versions of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and the Dental Fear Survey (DFS) in adult Greek patients. Methods: Greek versions of the MDAS and DFS were administered to two samples of adult dental patients. In the first sample, 195 patients attending one of three private practice dental offices in a large city in Greece completed the questionnaires in the waiting room before dental treatment. After treatment, their dentists (who did not know how the patients had answered the questionnaire) rated their anxiety during dental treatment. In the second sample, 41 patients ...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - September 30, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Trilby Coolidge, Konstantinos N Arapostathis, Dimitris Emmanouil, Nikolaos Dabarakis, Antonis Patrikiou, Nikolaos Economides and Nikolaos Kotsanos Source Type: journals

Prevalence of oral pain and barriers to use of emergency oral care facilities among adult TanzaniansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Oral pain and discomfort were prevalent among adult Tanzanians. Only a quarter of those who experienced oral pain or discomfort sought emergency oral care from oral health care facilities. Self medication was used as an alternative to using oral care facilities mainly by rural residents. Establishing oral care facilities in rural areas is recommended. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - September 29, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Emil N Kikwilu, Joyce R Masalu, Febronia K Kahabuka and Ahadieli R Senkoro Source Type: journals

Oral health-related cultural beliefs for four racial/ethnic groups: assessment of the literatureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The scant information available from the published dental and medical literature provides at best a rudimentary framework of ideas and beliefs for specific populations. Key words: Review, oral health, ethnicity, cultural beliefs, values, cultural practices (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - September 15, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Yogita Butani, Jane A Weintraub and Judith C Barker Source Type: journals

Fluoride content and recharge ability of five glassionomer dental materialsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The tested materials could be considered as promising dental materials with potential prophylactic characteristics due to their relatively high fluoride content, but also the ability to extensively reabsorb fluoride ions, especially in acidic environments. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - July 28, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Dejan Lj Markovic, Bojan B Petrovic and Tamara O Peric Source Type: journals

Statin use is associated with fewer periodontal lesions: A retrospective studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions Patients on statin medication exhibit fewer signs of periodontal inflammatory injury than subjects without the statin regimen. PIBI provides a tool for monitoring inflammatory load of chronic periodontitis. The apparent beneficial effects of statins may in part be mediated by their pleiotropic anti-inflammatory effect on periodontal tissue. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - May 15, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Otso Lindy, Kimmo Suomalainen, Marja Makela and Seppo Lindy Source Type: journals

Systematic review of the relation between smokeless tobacco and non-neoplastic oral diseases in Europe and the United StatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This review confirms the strong association of current use of smokeless tobacco, particularly snuff, with prevalence of oral mucosal lesions. It provides suggestive evidence of an association of snuff use with gingival recession and attachment loss, and of chewing tobacco with dental caries. While smokeless tobacco clearly increases risk of oral mucosal lesions, interpretation for other endpoints is limited by study weaknesses, including poor confounding control. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - May 1, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Gerd Kallischnigg, Rolf Weitkunat and Peter N Lee Source Type: journals

Human bite injuries in the oro-facial region at the Muhimbili National Hospital, TanzaniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Most of the human bite injuries in the oro-facial region were due to social conflicts. Although generally considered to be dirty or contaminated they could be successfully treated by surgical cleansing and primary suture with a favourable outcome. Management of such injuries often need multidisciplinary approach. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - April 30, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Farrid M Shubi, Omari J M Hamza, Boniphace M Kalyanyama and Elison N M Simon Source Type: journals

The Dutch version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-NL): Translation, reliability and construct validityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: In conclusion: the OHIP-NL can be considered a reliable and valid instrument to measure oral health-related quality of life. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - April 11, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Marylee J van der Meulen, Mike T John, Machiel Naeije and Frank Lobbezoo Source Type: journals

Inequalities in public water supply fluoridation in Brazil: an ecological studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study adds knowledge to the Brazilian experience of the chronic privation of water and wastewater policies, access to potable water and fluoridation in the country. Thus, the aim of this study was to verify possible inequalities in the population's access to fluoridated drinking water in 246 Brazilian municipalities. Methods: The information on the process of water fluoridation in the municipalities and in the macro region in which each municipality is located was obtained from the national epidemiological survey which was concluded in 2003. The data relating to the human development index at municipal level (HDI-M) ...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - April 10, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Marilisa CL Gabardo, Wander J da Silva, Marcia Olandoski, Simone T Moyses and Samuel J Moyses Source Type: journals

An ethnographic study of Latino preschool children's oral health in rural California: Intersections among family, community, provider and regulatory sectorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Several societal sectors or contexts of care significantly intersected to produce or sustain poor oral health care for children. Parental beliefs and practices, leading for example to delay in seeking care, were compounded by lack of key community or economic resources, and the organization and delivery of professional dental services. In the context of state-mandated policies and procedures, these all worked to militate against children receiving timely care that would considerably reduce oral health disparities among this highly disadvantaged population. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - March 31, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Judith C. Barker and Sarah B. Horton Source Type: journals

Surface Electromyography pattern of human swallowingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The data suggest that there is not a single "normal" or "typical" pattern for swallowing. The polygraph seemed a valuable, simple, non-invasive and reliable tool to study the physiology of swallowing. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - March 26, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Annalisa Monaco, Ruggero Cattaneo, Alessandro Spadaro and Mario Giannoni Source Type: journals

Minimising barriers to dental care in older peopleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Older people living within the community in an inner city area where NHS dental care is available face barriers to dental care. Improving access to care involves actions at individual, societal and system level. The latter includes appropriate management of older people by clinicians, policy change to address NHS charges; consideration of when, where and how dental care is provided; and clear information for older people and their carers on available local dental services, dental charges and care pathways. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - March 26, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Elena Borreani, Desmond Wright, Sasha Scambler and Jennifer E Gallagher Source Type: journals

A surrogate method for comparison analysis of salivary concentrations of Xylitol-containing productsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The comparison method demonstrated high reliability and validity. In both studies other xylitol-containing products had time curves and mean xylitol concentration peaks similar to xylitol pellet gum suggesting this test may be a surrogate for longer studies comparing various products. Supported by NIDCR-NIH U54 DE14254; Head Start, HRSA 90YD0188/03; and MCHB, HRSA R40MC03622-03 (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - February 11, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Christine A Riedy, Peter Milgrom, Kiet A Ly, Marilynn Rothen, Gregory Mueller, Mary K Hagstrom, Ernie Tolentino, Lingmei Zhou and Marilyn C Roberts Source Type: journals

Oral health promotion for schoolchildren - evaluation of a pragmatic approach with emphasis on improving brushing skillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objectives were to evaluate the effect of a pragmatic educational program on tooth brushing skills of young schoolchildren. Methods: The population consisted of 196 first grade children in Jerusalem. One dentist interviewed the children and evaluated base-line brushing skills, applying simple visual index, based on dividing the dentition to eight different segments. a trained hygienist then educated the children, emphasizing brushing skills. A simple "scrubbing" brushing method was taught for all dental surfaces. Four months later a second examination was conducted, applying same evaluation methods. Results: At base-l...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - January 31, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Alon Livny, Yuval Vered, Liat Sluk and Harold D Sgan-Cohen Source Type: journals

Oral Health Care Reform in Finland - aiming to reduce inequity in care provisionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that implementation of a substantial reform, that changes the traditionally defined tasks of the public and private sectors in an established oral health care provision system, proceeds slowly, is expensive and probably requires more stringent steering than was the case in Finland 2001 - 2004. However, the equity and fairness of the oral health care provision system improved and access to services and cost-sharing improved slightly. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - January 28, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Teija Niiranen, Eeva Widstrom and Tapani Niskanen Source Type: journals

Cognitive vulnerability and dental fearEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Results are mostly consistent with the Cognitive Vulnerability Model of the etiology of fear, with perceptions of uncontrollability, unpredictability and dangerousness each showing a strong bivariate relationship with high dental fear prevalence. However, more extensive measures of vulnerability perceptions would be valuable in future investigations. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - January 24, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Jason M Armfield, Gary D Slade and A John Spencer Source Type: journals

Parental beliefs and attitudes towards child caries prevention: Assessing consistency and validity in a longitudinal designEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Exploring the stability of self-reports over time in observational studies may give valuable information for the planning of future interventions. The aims of the present study were: 1) to explore the consistency of parental self-reports of oral health habits, beliefs and attitudes towards child oral health care over a two-year period; 2) to evaluate possible differences in item scores and consistency between parents with different immigrant status; and 3) to assess the construct validity of items measuring parental beliefs and attitudes towards child oral health care. Methods: The sample (S1, n = 304) included...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - January 23, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Erik Skaret, Ivar Espelid, Marit S Skeie and Ola Haugejorden Source Type: journals

The Hall Technique: a randomized controlled clinical trial of a novel method of managing carious primary molars in general dental practice; acceptability of the technique and outcomes at 23 monthsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study compared the acceptability of the Hall Technique for children, their carers, and dentists, and clinical outcomes for the technique, with conventional restorations. Methods: General dental practice based, split mouth, randomized controlled trial (132 children, aged 3-10). General dental practitioners (GDPs, n=17) in Tayside, Scotland (dmft 2.7) placed conventional (Control) restorations in carious primary molars, and Hall Technique PMCs on the contralateral molar (matched clinically and radiographically). Dentists ranked the degree of discomfort they felt the child experienced for each procedure; then children, t...
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - December 20, 2007 Category: Dentistry Authors: Nicola P Innes, Dafydd J.P. Evans and David R. Stirrups Source Type: journals

Signs of oral dryness in relation to salivary flow rate, pH, buffering capacity and dry mouth complaintsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The finding that the stimulated salivary flow rate was reduced in subjects complaining of dry mouth is of great clinical relevance, as this reduction is expected to be reflected in compromising various salivary function. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles - November 9, 2007 Category: Dentistry Authors: Najat MA Farsi Source Type: journals