Value of bitewing radiographs in detection of occlusal caries.

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：OBJECTIVE:To compare patient attendance rates 1 year before and after the introduction of free primary dental health services in Soweto, South Africa. METHODS:Monthly clinic records for clinic attendance, both casual and booked, and number of dental operators were recorded 1 year either side of April 1996. RESULTS:Pa...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Bhayat A,Cleaton-Jones P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:314 4-year-old children were examined in Mallow, Ireland (a non-fluoridated area). 30.6% were found to be caries free. Investigation of the pattern of decay in the dentitions of these children showed the primary secondary molar as the tooth most commonly affected by caries irrespective of def score. The distribution o...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Holland TJ,Crowley MJ

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two examiners assessed subjectively the orthodontic treatment need of a group of 183 10-year-old children. The examiners did not standardize the criteria establishing treatment need. Intraexaminer agreement was reached in 79.8% of the cases. Intraexaminer agreement was 91.7% for Examiner A and 93.4% of Examiner B. The...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Bowden DE,Davies AP

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between signs and symptoms of mandibular dysfunction was studied in 285 17-yr-old adolescents living in the municipality of Skellefteå, Sweden. Of the sample 62% had either some sign or symptom of dysfunction, and there was a positive correlation (P less than 0.05) between the two indices used. Neithe...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Wänman A,Agerberg G

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of self-examination information regarding the number and distribution of remaining teeth, the presence of dentures and the validity of molar support construed professionally from the self-examination data was assessed from 93 persons. This was done by comparing self-examination information with data from ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Könönen M,Lipasti J,Murtomaa H

更新日期：1986-10-01 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 analyse the possible effects of the socioeconomic status (SES) on the prosthetic replacement of missing teeth in working-age people and to explore the role of potential confounders. METHODS:Cross-sectional data were collected from 2310 German adults aged 30-59 years. The relationship between each of the ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Mundt T,Polzer I,Samietz S,Grabe HJ,Messerschmidt H,Dören M,Schwarz S,Kocher T,Biffar R,Schwahn C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 1287 patients completed a questionnaire assessing knowledge of home care procedures, adherence to home care instructions, obstacles presented to the dentist in delivering care, and ability to pay for optimal care. Ninety-seven dentists that provided treatment for these patients completed a parallel ques...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Weinstein P,Milgrom P,Ratener P,Morrison K

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether subjective oral symptoms were associated with self-rated oral health after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics and dentition status in 4 different Indigenous peoples from Central-West Brazil. METHODS:A population-based cross-sectional study of oral health was conducted betw...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Arantes R,Frazão P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In clinical practice, a visual-tactile caries examination is frequently supplemented by bitewing radiography. This study evaluated strategies for combining visual-tactile and radiographic caries detection methods and determined their implications for clinical management decisions in a low-caries population. ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Baelum V,Hintze H,Wenzel A,Danielsen B,Nyvad B

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A portable data recording system that works on the basis of a microcomputer has been developed. The main advantage of this system consists in the carrying out of checks for illogical and contradictory entries during the process of recording. False entries can immediately be corrected. The data are temporarily stored o...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Pieper K,Klar R,Kessler P

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A random sample of 7-16-year-old children (n = 2778) who visited municipal dental clinics in fluoridated and non fluoridated areas were studied. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data on social class and fluoride exposure; caries diagnoses were made by local dentists in municipal dental clinics. Children ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Hausen H,Heinonen OP,Paunio I

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This paper compares the performance of the GOHAI and the OHIP-14 as measures of the oral health-related quality of life of the compromised elderly. METHODS:Data were obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 225 participants, most of whom lived in a large geriatric care centre. RESULTS:The mean age of subj...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Locker D,Matear D,Stephens M,Lawrence H,Payne B

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fruitless debate so far has continued to find an ideal name for early childhood caries (ECC), one which could encompass all its risk factors and express the possible seriousness and rampant nature of the problem. It should be simultaneously comprehensible to the dental profession, medical personnel and the general p...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Wyne AH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to present normative data on dental fear for the Dutch child population, by identifying not only highly fearful children but also children at risk for developing this high dental fear. METHODS:Fear distribution of samples of high and low fearful children was studied, using the Dutch parent's...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： ten Berge M,Veerkamp JS,Hoogstraten J,Prins PJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Based on Andersen's healthcare utilization model, the present study examined factors associated with dental service use in older Korean Americans. Focus was on predisposing characteristics (age, gender, marital status, education and region), oral health needs (problems with teeth or gums and self-rated oral ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Jang Y,Yoon H,Rhee MK,Park NS,Chiriboga DA,Kim MT

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine teachers of clinical dentistry were presented with 12 pairs of duplicated bitewings on four different occasions. At the first two examinations they indicated the presence of caries in need of treatment and at the second two the degree of caries. The diagnostic sessions were repeated to measure reproducibility. A ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Mileman P,Purdell-Lewis D,van der Weele L

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of the available information on the rate of caries progression comes from studies in which two examinations have been done and the percentage of lesions that do not progress from a carious state between the examinations recorded. Extrapolation from this type of study is subject to two offsetting biases. On the on...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Shwartz M,Pliskin JS,Gröndahl HG,Boffa J

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the costs of subsidized care for an adult population provided by private and public sector dentists. METHODS:A sample of 210 patients was drawn systematically from the waiting list for nonemergency dental treatment in the city of Turku. Questionnaire data covering socio...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Tuominen R,Eriksson AL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact biochemical events which result in enamel lesions from excess fluoride ingestion are still unknown. A number of effects of fluoride on enamel organs and on the enamel matrix components of developing teeth are, however, known. These are briefly reviewed, making reference to more recent studies. Two major infl...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Limeback H

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this epidemiologic study was to determine the impact of smoking on marginal bone loss in a subsample derived from an original randomly selected adult sample, after adjusting for oral and general factors. METHODS:The number of participants at baseline in this 10-year longitudinal study was 616 (me...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Bahrami G,Vaeth M,Kirkevang LL,Wenzel A,Isidor F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Questionnaires have been used to determine the point when dentists think a filling ought to be placed (restorative treatment threshold). This study assesses the method. 211 general dental practitioners were interviewed and asked to identify the point at which they would instigate restorative treatment in a 12-yr-old p...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Nuttall NM,Pitts NB,Fyffe HE

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To use recent national survey data to compare dentition status and oral diseases in China and New Zealand (NZ), with a particular focus on differences by sex and education level. METHODS:We undertook secondary analysis of representative data from oral health surveys conducted in 2009 in Sichuan (China) and ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： He S,Thomson WM

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the rate and associations of interproximal carious lesion progression. METHODS:Retrospective data were analysed from 125 young adults (age range: 18-29 years) with repeated bitewing radiographs collected over a 6-year period. Participants were submitted to different protocols of radiographic e...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Phillips M,Bernabé E,Mustakis A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe early childhood caries (ECC) patterns and evaluate the associations with maternal caries experience and other factors. METHODS:A secondary analysis was undertaken using data from the Study of Mothers' and Infants' Life Events Affecting Oral Health (SMILE), a population-based birth cohort study. I...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Hariyani N,Do LG,Spencer AJ,Thomson WM,Scott JA,Ha DH

更新日期：2020-12-01 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