School-level contextual factors associated with betel quid chewing among schoolchildren in Taiwan.

abstract：:The caries status of 1784 children aged 7 to 10 years was examined in a cross-sectional, epidemiological study in the Rhine-Neckar-District. Results showed that 30.5% of the children had caries-free primary and 65.2% had caries-free permanent teeth. The d(m)ft index was 2.68, and the D(M)FT averaged 0.76. As in previo...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Zerfowski M,Koch MJ,Niekusch U,Staehle HJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that fluoride is present in beverages prepared with fluoridated water. The purpose of this study was to determine the availability of fluoride from beverages consumed in adjacent fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities taking into account fluoride supplementation regimens. Children in g...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Clovis J,Hargreaves JA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system of diagnosing occlusal caries from bitewing radiographs was developed in an attempt to overcome the problems of clinical diagnosis found in other studies. Standardised bitewing radiographs for 1172 Berkshire schoolchildren aged 11-13 years who were participating in a toothpaste trial, were assessed for occlus...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： King NM,Shaw L

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) started in 1999 to identify environmental factors that could be involved in mechanisms leading to disease. Questions have been raised about potential risks to the fetus from prenatal exposure to mercury from amalgam fillings in pregnant women. The aim of the...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Lygre GB,Björkman L,Haug K,Skjaerven R,Helland V

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the study were to determine what according to lay people and dentists in the Kuopio and North Karelia provinces of Finland characterizes the ideal dentist and the ideal patient and to develop a proper questionnaire for further studies in dentist-patient relationship. A questionnaire containing 124, five-cl...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Lahti S,Tuutti H,Hausen H,Kääriäinen R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although adolescence is a sensitive developmental period in oral health, the social equalization hypothesis that suggests health inequalities attenuate in adolescence has not been examined. This study analyses whether the socioeconomic gap and ethnic disadvantage in oral health among children aged 5 reduces ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Rouxel P,Chandola T

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This survey attempted to determine the status of oral cleanliness and gingival health in 150 dental students and 101 faculty members in a dental school. Without advance notice, plaque deposits were scored, using the Plaque Index System, and gingival health was determined using the criteria of the Gingival Index System...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Lang NP,Cumming BR,Löe HA

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and validation of a caries prediction model comprising 13 sociodemographic and dental examination variables on Grade 1 and Grade 5 children in the National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program are described. The objective was to derive a method of predicting children at high risk to caries early ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Abernathy JR,Graves RC,Bohannan HM,Stamm JW,Greenberg BG,Disney JA

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore how caries was reported in studies that employed the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS). METHODS:A systematic database search up to August 2017 was carried out using PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, Cochrane library and ISI Web of Science electronic databases. Only studies that used...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： ElSalhy M,Ali U,Lai H,Flores-Mir C,Amin M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different groups of people will view and use modern dental services differently. This is determined by their traditional beliefs and cultural background. The aim of this study is to identify variations in utilization among adults in the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia. Dental records of 500 adults attending the ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Jaafar N,Abdul Razak I

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a non-linear, multivariate analysis, the resistance against admitting to being dentally anxious was studied. Dental anxiety was found to be repressed by a subgroup, among them more men than women, of a sample, who also repressed the feeling of low self esteem about tooth loss. Based on the results, regular and i...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Duivenvoorden HJ,Schuurs AH,Thoden van Velzen SK,Verhage F,Makkes PC,Eijkman MA

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to determine whether the presence of dentofacial anomaly in a child would unfavourably bias a schoolteacher's expectations of the child's scholastic potential, social relationships or personality. Black and white portrait photographs of an attractive boy and girl and an unattractive boy an...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Shaw WC,Humphreys S

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of germinated and fused primary teeth was studied in a sample of 1141 Finnish children aged 3-4 years. The prevalence was 0.7%. All the joined teeth were found in the anterior area of the mouth. In seven cases the diagnosis was a fusion of two separate teeth, and in one case it was a germination of a sin...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Järvinen S,Lehtinen L,Milén A

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a field program, based on systematic plaque control, on caries and gingivitis was tested during a 3-year period on 1,100 schoolchildren. Once every 3rd week the children were given oral hygiene instructions, professional toothcleaning and fluorides topically delivered by specially trained dental nurses. ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Hamp SE,Lindhe J,Fornell J,Johansson LA,Karlsson R

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous report we found that the dental health of Finnish 13-15-yr-old children had significantly improved from 1973 to 1982. The aim of this study was to assess whether the improved dental health was associated with frequency of toothbrushing and associated use of fluoride dentifrice. In both 1973 and 1982 so...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Ainamo J,Parvianinen K

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Dental amalgam has been used as a common restorative material since the 1800s, but concerns have been raised regarding its purported neuropsychological effects due to the neurotoxicity of mercury. In this study, a nationwide population-based database was employed to investigate the association of dental amal...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Lin PY,Wang J,Chiang YC,Lai CY,Chang HJ,Chi LY

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the clinical validity and reliability of dental self-report items used in a National Child Nutrition Survey. METHODS:The study involved completion of dental self-report questionnaires by 6-9-year-old children who attended one of the three schools with ethnic distributions, similar to schools in t...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Jamieson LM,Thomson WM,McGee R

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an earlier study on a selected group of adolescents with high caries prevalence we found dietary habits that resembled those considered to promote the development of atherosclerosis. In the present study we have compared DMF-score with factors traditionally associated with the risk for development cardiovascular di...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Larsson B,Johansson I,Hallmans G,Ericson T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every prescription of a radiograph should be based on an evaluation of the individual patient benefit. An algorithm developed to make it possible to individualize the frequency of bitewing radiographs was applied on a group of young patients in order to evaluate if its application could increase the time intervals bet...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Lith A,Gröndahl HG

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the present study were to investigate the effects of employer-provided dental benefits on the pattern of demand for and utilization of dental services among Hong Kong employees and to analyse whether employees' awareness about an existing dental benefit programme influenced their dental service deman...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： So FH,Schwarz E

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate differences between Pardos (mixed) and Blacks with their White counterparts in the use of public dental service among a sample of Brazilian adults taking into consideration the role of individual and contextual characteristics. METHODS:A total of 6196 adults aged 35-44 years were sampled from...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Constante HM

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a validating process, tests and indices for dysfunction of the temporomandibular joints and masticatory muscles were compared and correlated in 211 persons with an almost complete or complete natural dentition. Helkimo's Clinical Dysfunction Index (CDI), the Mandibular Dysfunction Symptoms (MDS) scale from ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Duinkerke AS,Luteijn F,Bouman TK,de Jong HP

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish whether partial recording can be used for the measurement and reporting of tooth wear data in samples of adult populations, whilst maintaining the usefulness of the index. METHODS:Using whole mouth coronal tooth wear data from a large random population sample of 1200 dentate older adults in Eng...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Steele JG,Walls AW

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate a voice operated data collection system intended for use in epidemiological surveys. Three groups of 45 adolescents, with similar caries experience, were examined by one examiner in schools. The caries data resulting from these examinations were collected in three ways; keyboard a...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Hawley GM,Hamilton FA,Worthington HV

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research in human subjects should be conducted only if the rights and welfare of the participants are protected. Prospective study subjects must be given adequate information about all aspects of a study so that they can make a rationally exercised decision about participation; coercive techniques to solicit participa...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Horowitz HS

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to describe and analyze changes in dental status in Sweden over a 6-yr period, and to establish a baseline for a subsequent investigation. Representative samples of the Swedish population in 1975, 1977, and 1981 were investigated by means of interviews. The participation rate varied between 81 and 86% and ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Osterberg T,Carlsson GE,Mellström D,Sundh W

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a per capita based remuneration system on the quality of dental care. METHODS:The basis for the study was a natural experiment in the county of Østfold in Norway in which all public dental officers (n = 34) were given the opportunity to renegotiate their c...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Grytten J,Holst D,Skau I

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Future treatment needs for dental services are discussed in the perspective of the objective which the services are meant to fulfill. These are, broadly speaking, equal distribution of services and economic efficiency. Within the Nordic countries, the emphasis has been on equity, perhaps less on efficiency. Equity of ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Holst D,Schuller A,Grytten J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the retention and caries preventive effect of two glass ionomers used as fissure sealants: one resin modified glass ionomer (A) and one conventional glass-ionomer cement (B). SAMPLES AND METHODS:The permanent first molars of 100 children, 6-8 years of age at the start of the study, were sealed. M...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Pardi V,Pereira AC,Mialhe FL,Meneghim Mde C,Ambrosano GM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for the increased risk of transmission of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) from patients to dental health care workers (DHCWs) in the workplace is examined. Based on published and hypothetical risk estimates, the authors conclude that in certain world communities with high prevalence rates of HIV infec...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Morris RE,Turgut E

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00