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Intra-category determinants of global self-rating of oral health among the elderlyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kim H-Y, Patton LL. Intra-category determinants of global self-rating of oral health among the elderly. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2009. © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/SAbstract [ndash] Global self-ratings of oral health (GSROH) have been used in population surveys to assess oral health status. The aim of this study was to assess various candidate predictors for each response level (very poor, poor, fair, and good/very good) of GSROH among Korean elders. Data from a national representative sample of Korean adults aged 65 years and over was analyzed. The mean age of the 1173 subjects was 72.7 years and 60.2% were women. Aft...
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - November 20, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Hae-Young Kim, Lauren L. Patton Source Type: journals

Factors associated with inter-municipality differences in dental caries experience among Danish adolescents. An ecological studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ekstrand KR, Christiansen MEC, Qvist V, Ismail A. Factors associated with inter-municipality differences in dental caries experience among Danish adolescents. An ecological study. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2009; 00: 000[ndash]000. © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/SAbstract [ndash] Background: Caries on children and adolescents in Denmark has declined significantly over the last 30 years. Our first analysis in 1999, however, disclosed huge inter-municipality disparities in mean DMFS values as well as in prevalence of caries on Danish children; that fluoride in the water supply and the length of the education of the mothers c...
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - November 18, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: K.R. Ekstrand, M.E.C. Christiansen, V. Qvist, A. Ismail Source Type: journals

Why do adults entitled to free or highly subsidized dental services select fully out-of-pocket-paid care?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Despite the opportunity to use highly-subsidized dental services, good interpersonal and good technical aspects lead patients to select private dentists and to pay fully out of pocket. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - November 18, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Fariborz Bayat, Miira M. Vehkalahti, Heikki Murtomaa, Heikki Tala Source Type: journals

Tooth loss and intakes of nutrients and foods: a nationwide survey of Japanese dentistsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Wakai K, Naito M, Naito T, Kojima M, Nakagaki H, Umemura O, Yokota M, Hanada N, Kawamura T. Tooth loss and intakes of nutrients and foods: a nationwide survey of Japanese dentists. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2009. © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/SAbstract [ndash] Objectives: To clarify the association of tooth loss with dietary intakes among dentists, for whom sufficient dental care is available.Methods: We analyzed the data from 20 366 Japanese dentists (mean age ± SD, 52.2 ± 12.1 years; women 8.0%) who participated in a nationwide cohort study from 2001 to 2006. The baseline questionnaire included a validated food-frequ...
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - November 18, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Kenji Wakai, Mariko Naito, Toru Naito, Masaaki Kojima, Haruo Nakagaki, Osami Umemura, Makoto Yokota, Nobuhiro Hanada, Takashi Kawamura Source Type: journals

Adolescent toothbrushing and the home environment: sociodemographic factors, family relationships and mealtime routines and disorganisationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The study shows that the family and home environment should play a central role in the promotion of oral health, through mealtime routines, incorporating a fair parenting style and developing open and positive family relationships. Not only are these strongly associated with twice a day toothbrushing but, unlike sociodemographic factors, they may be relatively easy to adopt. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - October 21, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Kate A. Levin, Candace Currie Source Type: journals

Applying Andersen's behavioural model to oral health: what are the contextual factors shaping perceived oral health outcomes?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The results provide support for Andersen's behavioural model as applied to perceived oral health. Further conceptual development of the model is discussed. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - October 20, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: S. R. Baker Source Type: journals

Socioeconomic factors in adolescents' oral health: are they mediated by oral hygiene behaviors or preventive interventions?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There is an SES gradient in caries experience in adolescents in Pennsylvania. Disparities in caries experience, however, cannot be accounted for by SES-associated differences in brushing, flossing, sealant use, fluoride exposure, or recency of use of dental services. To facilitate the design of preventive interventions, future research should determine the pathways through which SES-associated disparities occur. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - October 20, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Deborah E. Polk, Robert J. Weyant, Michael C. Manz Source Type: journals

Caries and background factors in Norwegian and immigrant 5-year-old childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Caries prevalence in 5-year-olds was strongly associated with parent-related factors signifying that information on parents' socioeconomic status, dental behaviours and attitudes should be considered when planning dental services for young children. Our results suggest that the real high risk group is non-western children whose parents have low education. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - October 20, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Tove I. Wigen, Nina J. Wang Source Type: journals

Oral health-related quality of life of 12- and 15-year-old Thai children: findings from a national surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Oral impacts were common but not severe in Thai children and adolescents. For both age groups, impacts were mostly on eating performance; toothache and oral ulcers were the two important perceived causes reflecting needs for oral health promotion and treatment of dental caries and oral ulcers. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - October 20, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Sudaduang Krisdapong, Aubrey Sheiham, Georgios Tsakos Source Type: journals

What statistical method should be used to evaluate risk factors associated with dmfs index? Evidence from the National Pathfinder Survey of 4-year-old Italian childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These regression models provide a useful approach to handling count outcomes as dmfs/DMFS index in caries epidemiology. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - October 20, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Giuliana Solinas, Guglielmo Campus, Carmelo Maida, Giovanni Sotgiu, Maria Grazia Cagetti, Emmanuel Lesaffre, Paolo Castiglia Source Type: journals

Quantification of betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking in oral cancer patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: On average, it took two decades of betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking before oral cavity cancer diagnosis, making the life-time consumption of these substances an astonishing amount. Betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking patients are more likely to be diagnosed with oral cavity cancer at a younger age than those who have just one habit or none. Patients that smoke more are not only more likely to be diagnosed at a younger age, but also at an advanced stage. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - October 20, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Kuo-Yang Tsai, Che-Chun Su, Yo-Yu Lin, Jian-An Chung, Ie-Bin Lian Source Type: journals

Day surgery visits for dental problemsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This is the first study of its kind in Canada, and confirms many of the assumptions held about DS care for dental problems. The study also acts as a baseline for ongoing quality improvement and planning within the province of Ontario. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - September 23, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Carlos Quiñonez, Debbie Gibson, Aleksandra Jokovic, David Locker Source Type: journals

Body weight and serum albumin change after prosthodontic treatment among institutionalized elderly in a long-term care geriatric hospitalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that prosthodontic treatment may improve the nutritional status of institutionalized elderly. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - September 21, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Yayoi Kanehisa, Mitsuyoshi Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Taji, Yasumasa Akagawa, Hideo Nakamura Source Type: journals

Oral health inequalities between young Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children living in Ontario, CanadaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Significant disparities in caries experience exist between off-reserve Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children living in the same locales and between Aboriginal children living on- and off-reserve in northwestern Ontario. The study showed decreased trends in the severity of ECC for children in the SLZ occurring over the 5-year period. Despite this progress, the oral health of young Aboriginal children in Ontario continues to lag far behind that of non-Aboriginal children, demanding further programs and policies to tackle the social determinants of oral health and resolve these inequalities. (Source: Community D...
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - September 21, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Herenia P. Lawrence, Darlene Binguis, Jan Douglas, Lynda McKeown, Bonita Switzer, Rafael Figueiredo, Margaret Reade Source Type: journals

Towards a proposal for assessment of blinding success in clinical trials: up-to-date reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kolahi J, Bang H, Park J. Towards a proposal for assessment of blinding success in clinical trials: up-to-date review. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2009.© 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S The CONSORT statement recommended that investigators should clearly report which key trial persons were blinded to treatment allocation and test for the success of blinding. Clinical researchers, however, more often than not overlook the assessment of the success of blinding. The severe under-reporting on the success of blinding may improve with awareness of existing quantitative methods. The two statistical methods, James' blinding index (BI...
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - September 15, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Jafar Kolahi, Heejung Bang, Jongbae Park Source Type: journals

Risk factors in the occurrence of enamel defects of the first permanent molars among schoolchildren in Western AustraliaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Neonatal health factors were found to be important risk factors for the occurrence of enamel defects in first permanent molars. The effects of residential location and the association between deciduous tooth caries experience and enamel defects require further investigations. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - August 19, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Peter Arrow Source Type: journals

School-based intervention to promote preadolescents' gingival health: a community trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: When a school-based oral health intervention involves parents it may result in a significant improvement in the gingival health of preadolescents with poor gingival health at baseline. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - August 19, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Z. Saied-Moallemi, J.I. Virtanen, M.M. Vehkalahti, A. Tehranchi, H. Murtomaa Source Type: journals

Contribution of periodontal disease in pregnant women as a risk factor for low birth weightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The findings suggest an association between periodontal disease and low birth weight among mothers with low education levels. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - August 19, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Simone S. Cruz, Maria da Conceição N. Costa, Isaac S. Gomes-Filho, Edson J. C. Rezende, Maurício L. Barreto, Carlos Antônio S. T. dos Santos, Maria Isabel P. Vianna, Johelle S. Passos, Eneida M. M. Cerqueira Source Type: journals

Trends of oral and pharyngeal cancer in Israel, by gender, age, ethnic group, and country of origin: 1970–2006Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Israel represents a developed country with relatively low percentage of alcohol consumption and high sun exposure. Data from this region demonstrated dissimilar distributions in comparison with other 'Westernized' countries. Public health programs need to utilize the present data in order to implement preventive strategies. Potential focus on specific high-risk populations should be investigated. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - August 19, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Avraham Zini, Rakefet Czerninski, Yuval Vered, Alon Livny, Harold D Sgan-Cohen Source Type: journals

Chewing function impacts oral health-related quality of life among institutionalized and community-dwelling Korean eldersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions This study showed highly significant association between chewing ability and OHRQoL measured by the OHIP-14 score after controlling for related factors. Amelioration of chewing ability might independently contribute to improving the OHRQoL of elders. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - July 22, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Hae-Young Kim, Moon-Sung Jang, Chong-Pyoung Chung, Dai-Il Paik, Yong-Duk Park, Lauren L. Patton, Young Ku Source Type: journals

Linking mother access to dental care and child oral healthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Across racial/ethnic groups, low-income mothers who have a regular source of dental care rate the dental health of their young children higher than mothers without an RSDC. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - July 21, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: David Grembowski, Charles Spiekerman, Peter Milgrom Source Type: journals

Reproducibility and accuracy of the ICDAS-II for occlusal caries detectionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: ICDAS-II presented good reproducibility and accuracy in detecting occlusal caries, especially caries lesions in the outer half of the enamel. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - July 21, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Michele Baffi Diniz, Jonas Almeida Rodrigues, Isabel Hug, Rita de Cássia Loiola Cordeiro, Adrian Lussi Source Type: journals

Evaluation of the mechanical and chemical control of dental biofilm in patients with Down syndromeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: With the methodology employed, it was possible to conclude that the combination of drugs (chlorhexidine, fluorine and erythrosine) within one dentifrice can be useful in controlling dental biofilm and in the reduction of gingival bleeding. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - July 21, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Ana P. Teitelbaum, Márcia T. Pochapski, Jocélia L. Jansen, Aida Sabbagh-Haddad, Fábio A. Santos, Gislaine D. Czlusniak Source Type: journals

Orofacial pain in young adults and associated childhood and adulthood factors: results of the population study, Wales, United KingdomEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This study shows that OFP is frequently reported by young adults aged 30[ndash]31 and supports a multifactorial etiology with factors from many domains, including local mechanical factors, psychological and co-morbidities. However, none of the childhood factors considered in this study were associated with OFP in adulthood. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - July 13, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Tatiana V. Macfarlane, Pamela Kenealy, H. Anne Kingdon, Benght Mohlin, J. Richard Pilley, Caroline W. Mwangi, Lindsay Hunter, Steve Richmond, William C. Shaw Source Type: journals

Assessing the effectiveness of a school-based oral health promotion programme in Yichang City, ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The study suggests that the school-based oral health promotion was an effective way to reduce new caries incidence, improve oral hygiene and establish positive oral health behavioural practices in the targeted schoolchildren. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - July 13, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Bao-Jun Tai, Han Jiang, Min-Quan Du, Bin Peng Source Type: journals

Characterizing traditionally defined periodontal disease in HIV+ adultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vernon, LT, Demko, CA, Whalen, CC, Lederman, MM, Toossi, Z, Wu, M, Han, YW, Weinberg, A. Characterizing traditionally defined periodontal disease in HIV+ adults. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2009. © 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/SAbstract [ndash] Background: Results have varied from previous studies examining the level and extent of periodontal disease (PD) in HIV-1 infected (HIV+) adults. These studies used different methodologies to measure and define PD and examined cohorts with divergent characteristics. Inconsistent methodological approaches may have resulted in the underestimatio...
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - July 13, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Lance T. Vernon, Catherine A. Demko, Christopher C. Whalen, Michael M. Lederman, Zahra Toossi, Mianda Wu, Yiping W. Han, Aaron Weinberg Source Type: journals

Does Medicaid improve utilization of medical and dental services and health outcomes for Medicaid-eligible children in the United States?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This USA population-based study found disparities exist within Medicaid's services between utilization of dental and medical services. Medicaid insurance improved utilization of medical services, but did not improve the utilization of dental services. This suggests that Medicaid insurance does not improve access to dental services for poor children. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - July 7, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Monica A. Fisher, Ana K. Mascarenhas Source Type: journals

Optimizing the mix of basic dental services for Southern Thai schoolchildren based on resource consumption, service needs and parental preferenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Mobile clinic fillings were the highest priority among basic dental services. The current service configurations fail to reflect the setting preferences and provide greater emphasis to extractions than the optimal configuration with less emphasis given to preventive and restorative services. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - June 26, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Sukanya Tianviwat, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Stephen Birch Source Type: journals

Oral health behavior among 25-year-old-Norwegian adults: factor structure, factorial invariance over time and trendsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: A three-factor structure fitted the data in 1997 and 2007 and the factor structure was invariant over time. This suggests that oral health behaviors should be addressed jointly in oral health promotion programs. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - June 8, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm Source Type: journals

Factors associated with early-stage diagnosis of oral and pharyngeal cancerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These results emphasize the importance of periodic and thorough OPC examinations. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - June 8, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Jennifer M. Watson, Henrietta L. Logan, Scott L. Tomar, Pamela Sandow Source Type: journals

Fluoride ingestion from food items and dentifrice in 2–6-year-old Brazilian children living in a fluoridated area using a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaireEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The dentifrice was the main source of fluoride intake by the children evaluated. However, the fluoride concentration in food items also significantly contributed to the daily ingestion by 2[ndash]6-year-old children. The questionnaire used seems to be a promising alternative to duplicate diet to estimate the fluoride intake at this age range and may have potential to be used in broad epidemiological surveys. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - June 8, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Ana Paula Borges Miziara, Sonia Tucunduva Philippi, Flávia Mauad Levy, Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf Source Type: journals

Oral health disparities and food insecurity in working poor CanadiansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This study identified oral health disparities within an already marginalized group not alleviated by access to professional dental care. Working poor persons regarded professional dental care as a competing financial demand. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - June 8, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Vanessa Muirhead, Carlos Quiñonez, Rafael Figueiredo, David Locker Source Type: journals

Symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder among people presenting for cosmetic dental treatment: a comparative study of cosmetic dental patients and a general population sampleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The results suggest that symptoms of BDD are relatively common among patients attending cosmetic clinics. It is important to assess the long-term effects of comprehensive cosmetic procedures, particularly in patients with disproportionate appearance concerns. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - April 12, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: A. De Jongh, I. H. A. Aartman, H. Parvaneh, M. Ilik Source Type: journals

Income and oral health relationship in Brazil: is there a threshold?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The relation of oral health in teenagers with equivalized household income (material circumstances) showed a threshold, but the relation with a ranking variable (social position) was linear. Maybe differences in oral health between individuals are influenced by both their material circumstances (up to a certain level of income) and their social position in relation to others, i.e. social status (at any income level). (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - April 12, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Roger Keller Celeste, Paulo Nadanovsky Source Type: journals

Alcohol intake and oral cavity cancer risk among men in a prospective study in Kerala, IndiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: As with other lifestyle factors, alcohol intake plays an important role in oral carcinogenesis in this population, and understanding this role is relevant to developing public health policies targeting at-risk population. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - April 12, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Marianna de Camargo Cancela, Kunnambath Ramadas, Jean-Marie Fayette, Gigi Thomas, Richard Muwonge, François Chapuis, Somanathan Thara, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Catherine Sauvaget Source Type: journals

Emergency department visits for dental care of nontraumatic originEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: ED visits for dental problems of nontraumatic origin are not insignificant. Over the study period, these visits were greater than for diabetes and hypertensive diseases. Policy efforts are needed to provide alternative options for seeking emergency dental care in Ontario. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - April 12, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Carlos Quiñonez, Debbie Gibson, Aleksandra Jokovic, David Locker Source Type: journals

Racial/ethnic variations in associations between socioeconomic factors and tooth loss.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The associations between socioeconomic factors and tooth loss vary across race/ethnicity. This suggests that the health benefits associated with high socioeconomic status are not equally shared across racial/ethnic groups. PMID: 19302573 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - March 19, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Jimenez M, Dietrich T, Shih MC, Li Y, Joshipura KJ Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Enamel defects and dental caries in 9-year-old children living in fluoridated and nonfluoridated areas of Auckland, New Zealand.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Reticulated water fluoridation in Auckland reduces the risk of dental caries but increases the risk of diffuse opacities in 9-year-old children. Guidelines and health-promotion strategies that enable children to minimize their risk to diffuse opacities yet reduce their risk of dental caries should be reviewed. PMID: 19302574 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - March 19, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Kanagaratnam S, Schluter P, Durward C, Mahood R, Mackay T Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

A simplified dental examination for detection of cavitated carious lesions in school setting.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The TS examination can provide an alternative to traditional MP examination to undertake regular check-ups of schoolchildren for dental caries. PMID: 19302575 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - March 19, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Haleem A, Khan AA, Siddiqui MI Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Oral status and its association with general quality of life in older independent-living south-Brazilians.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: In the studied population, oral status was associated with the perception of quality of life in general. PMID: 19302576 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - March 19, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Hugo FN, Hilgert JB, da Luz Rosário de Sousa M, Cury JA Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Socioeconomic indicators and prosthetic replacement of missing teeth in a working-age population-Results of the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The findings may indicate the relevance of the financing of prosthodontic treatment. The strong association between various forms of upper dentures and occupational prestige can be seen as key contributing concept to how individuals' characteristics affect the outcome in prosthodontic care. PMID: 19243570 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - February 24, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Mundt T, Polzer I, Samietz S, Grabe HJ, Messerschmidt H, Dören M, Schwarz S, Kocher T, Biffar R, Schwahn C Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Predictors of untreated dental decay among 15-34-year-old Australians.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. discuss this article 1 CommentDiscuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: In the Australian young adult population, residential location, education level, perceived need for dental care, dental fear, toothache, orofacial pain or food avoidance together were predictors of untreated dental decay. The prediction model had acceptable specificity, indicating that it may be useful as part of a triage system for health departments wishing to screen by means of a questionnaire for apparently-dentally healthy 15-34-year-olds. PMID: 19191818 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - February 1, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Jamieson LM, Mejía GC, Slade GD, Roberts-Thomson KF Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Barriers to restorative care as perceived by dental patients attending government hospitals in Tanzania.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: No advice received from dentist and lack of knowledge on restorative care, were the two major barriers to restorative care, as perceived by dental patients in Tanzania. Implementation of the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment approach may overcome many of the barriers identified. PMID: 19191819 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - February 1, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Kikwilu EN, Frencken JE, Mulder J, Masalu JR Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

School-level contextual factors associated with betel quid chewing among schoolchildren in Taiwan.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The new findings from this study suggest that the specific school attended is an important point of intervention. Therefore, effective policies and preventive programs should be strongly considered for implementation in schools that are putting students at the greatest risk for betel quid chewing behavior. Our study also confirmed the relationship between betel quid chewing, cigarette smoking, and alcohol drinking, suggesting that multifaceted intervention strategies need to be considered in regard to such behaviors among elementary schoolchildren. PMID: 19191820 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Community De...
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - February 1, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Huang HL, Lee CH, Yen YY, Chen T, Chen FL, Ho PS, Lai TC, Tsai WL, Hsu CC Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Is there equity in oral healthcare utilization: experience after achieving Universal Coverage.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Notwithstanding the UC policy implementation made impressive strides toward improving of welfare coverage and an increase in accessibility of health services among Thais, inequality and inequity in oral healthcare utilization persist even when the country achieved universal coverage. Decomposition analyses demonstrate the association of each determinant to inequality in utilization which provides information for policy amendment to achieve the goal of equity in healthcare system. PMID: 19191821 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - February 1, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Somkotra T, Detsomboonrat P Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Impact of oral disease on quality of life in the US and Australian populations.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There was acceptable construct validity and adequacy of the NHANES-OHIP questionnaire. In the United States, the impact of oral disease disproportionately affected disadvantaged groups, a finding that supports application of the US Healthy People 2010 major goals of improved quality of life and reduced health disparities. PMID: 19175659 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - January 17, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Sanders AE, Slade GD, Lim S, Reisine ST Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Comparison of the discriminative ability of the generic and condition-specific forms of the Child-OIDP index: a study on children with different types of normative dental treatment needs.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: CS-Child-OIDP was better able to discriminate between groups with and without each of the four types of normative dental treatment need. The better performance of CS-Child-OIDP compared with the generic Child-OIDP was independent of the indicator used to assess discriminative ability (i.e. differences between groups, effect sizes or adjusted ORs). PMID: 19175660 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - January 17, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Bernabé E, Krisdapong S, Sheiham A, Tsakos G Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Factors influencing caries experience among adults with physical and intellectual disabilities.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Residential setting was not associated with caries experience. Modifiable risk factors were diet, frequency of dental visits, no OHA and carer-contact hours. PMID: 19175661 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - January 17, 2009 Category: Dentistry Authors: Pradhan A, Slade GD, Spencer AJ Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Confirmatory factor analysis on the health domains of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The hypothesized factor structure with the four health domains of the short forms of CPQ(11-14) has been confirmed by CFA. The results in the current study indicated that the items used in the short forms contain sufficient information in measuring OHRQoL for children in Hong Kong. PMID: 19046334 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - November 19, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Lau AW, Wong MC, Lam KF, McGrath C Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals

Is dental care utilization associated with oral cavity cancer in a large sample of community-based United States residents?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Among US adults residing in community settings, use of dental care during the past 12 months was marginally statistically significantly associated with oral cavity cancer, but clinically relevant in assessing oral cavity cancer prevalence in this sample. However, because of the nature of our data, which restricts temporal sequence, a large sample prospective study that may identify modifiable factors associated with oral cavity cancer development, namely poor dental care is needed. PMID: 19046335 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - November 19, 2008 Category: Dentistry Authors: Holmes Jr L, Desvignes-Kendrick M, Slomka J, Mahabir S, Beeravolu S, Emani SR Tags: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Source Type: journals