Components of responsibility in estimating relative value units: How do dentists value their work?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study explored oral health counselling concerning changes of oral hygiene habits in 11- to 13-year-old schoolchildren within a theoretical framework of the transtheoretical model and the motivational interview. METHODS:The follow-up data (2002-2003) formed two sequential parts: the first part comprised ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Kasila K,Poskiparta M,Kettunen T,Pietilä I

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The caries prevalence (dmft) and severity (css) in 3-, 4-, and 5-yr-old children in South Africa were examined. Four levels of S. mutans in the saliva of 228 of these children was estimated by the spatula method. In all three age groups a statistically higher dmft and css was found with a S. mutans level of greater th...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Chosack A,Cleaton-Jones P,Woods A,Matejka J

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypothesis was developed that the impact or importance of oral health problems may be reflected in a person's ability to remember these problems occurring in a given period spontaneously. That means that the recollection should occur on a nonspecific stimulant, i.e. a general question regarding recall of health prob...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Westert GP,Oosterhaven SP,Schaub RM

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fluoride was first added to the Australian water supply in 1953, and by 2003, 69% of Australia's population was receiving the minimum recommended dose. Extending coverage of fluoridation to all remaining communities of at least 1000 people is a key strategy of Australia's National Oral Health Plan 2004-2013. ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Cobiac LJ,Vos T

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the magnitude of relative oral health inequalities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous persons from Brazil, New Zealand and Australia. METHODS:Data were from surveys in Brazil (2010), New Zealand (2009) and Australia (2004-06 and 2012). Participants were aged 35-44 years and 65-74 years. Indigen...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Schuch HS,Haag DG,Kapellas K,Arantes R,Peres MA,Thomson WM,Jamieson LM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the interrelationship between ethnicity, migration status and dental caries experience among adults in East London. METHODS:We analysed data from 1910 adults (16-65 years) representing 9 ethnic groups, who took part in a community-based health survey in East London. Participants completed a supervi...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Delgado-Angulo EK,Marcenes W,Harding S,Bernabé E

更新日期：2018-08-01 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: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：:A socio-dental survey was carried out to determine the level of dental disease and treatment requirement among elderly people attending a Community Care Centre. A screening programme involving 293 elderly people demonstrated a normative need of 82% and a felt need of 53%. Seventy-six per cent would have benefited from...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Diu S,Gelbier S

更新日期：1989-08-01 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：: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：:Prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis was assessed in 1739 Singaporean children aged 9, 12 and 16 yr in three different ethnic groups. All subjects had resided since birth in Singapore, which has a tropical climate. The water supply was fluoridated in 1957 at a level of 0.7 ppm. In this sample, mouth prevalence ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Lo GL,Bagramian RA

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：:Surveys are projects involving systematic data collection without a specific hypothesis to be tested and hence without a specific research design. This paper reviews their uses, and some of the issues involved with measuring dental caries in surveys. The principal benefits of surveys are in (a) monitoring trends in or...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Burt BA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the role of partial recording protocols (PRPs) in reporting prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis and assess whether prevalence/severity estimates derived from PRPs differ by race/ethnicity. METHODS:Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the years 1999-...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Akinkugbe A,Iafolla T,Chattopadhyay A,Garcia I,Adams A,Kingman A

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Tooth retention has improved over the past few decades, but it is not known whether these trends have been observed across all demographic/socioeconomic subgroups. We examined number of missing teeth among dentate individuals (n = 9,113) as well as edentulism and systematically modeled their trends over time...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Wu B,Hybels C,Liang J,Landerman L,Plassman B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study the concept "patient involvement" was found to be strongly predictive of therapy outcome. On the basis of a questionnaire concerning patients' background and motivation, 82 patients were interviewed before treatment. To cover the concept "patient involvement" 16 variables were considered as relevan...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Camner L,Sandell R,Söder PO

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was executed to investigate the relation between the use of fluoride tablets by children in the age period 1.5-6 yr on the one hand and the caries experience at the age of 6 and 15 yr and the prevalence of fluorosis at the age of 15 yr on the other hand. The year of birth of the child, the motivation of the mo...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Kalsbeek H,Verrips E,Dirks OB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The political nature of fluoridation is due in part to public misconceptions about its purpose, and about its efficacy and practicality in preventing tooth decay as compared with other preventive practices. This paper describes a public opinion survey conducted in Portland, Oregon in May 1980, immediately following a ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Isman R

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dental needs, demands and patterns of service utilization were assessed in a randomly selected sample of 750 subjects attending the Dental Faculty, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Toothache accounted for the most frequent overall dental complaint. However, the most common motives for seeking dental care varied...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Razak IA,Jaafar N

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To systematically review observational studies assessing the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children, adolescents and adults. METHODS:Electronic searches were performed in the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, LILACS and Scopus databases for ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Knorst JK,Sfreddo CS,de F Meira G,Zanatta FB,Vettore MV,Ardenghi TM

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of the Podshadley and Haley Patient Hygiene Performance Index (PHPI) and the Silness and Löe Index (PlI) was investigated. Fifty children aged 11-12 years were examined by a single examiner and plaque collected from all accessible smooth surfaces, and dry weight determined. Statistically, there were signi...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Mander CI,Mainwaring PJ

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) often report increased pain in response to changes in weather conditions. Nevertheless, scientific evidence supporting this relationship is scarce. The aim of this study was to assess a potential relationship between pain intensity and meteorological factors, ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Edefonti V,Bravi F,Cioffi I,Capuozzo R,Ammendola L,Abate G,Decarli A,Ferraroni M,Farella M,Michelotti A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Since 1999, the public dental health service (PDHS) in the county of Värmland, Sweden, has two co-existing patient financial systems, i.e. ways for the patient to pay for dental care services. Alongside the traditional system of fee-for-service payment, i.e. paying afterwards for provided services, a new sys...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Johansson V,Axtelius B,Söderfeldt B,Sampogna F,Paulander J,Sondell K

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriologic and clinical studies suggest that sealants can be used therapeutically on incipient caries of the enamel. The present study was designed to explore this approach further by determining whether there is a difference in retention rates on sound or carious tooth surfaces sealed for the first time as well as...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Handelman SL,Leverett DH,Espeland M,Curzon J

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This paper explores the practice of patient-centred care (PCC) within dentistry. The aim of this research was to explore the barriers and opportunities dentists face in practicing PCC. METHODS:The results of N = 20 thematically analysed, in-depth semi-structured qualitative interviews with a range of dentis...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Asimakopoulou K,Gupta A,Scambler S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare two methods of allocating general dentists to Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) dental detachments: a dentist-to-population ratio model and a needs-based model. METHODS:Data obtained from CAF sources were analysed to compare models. Times assigned to treatment plan procedures were used as a proxy for t...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Shaw JL,Farmer JW,Coyte PC,Lawrence HP

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Several studies have focused on the timing of fluoride intake relative to the development of dental fluorosis. This study reports the relationships of fluoride intake during the first 48 months of life with fluorosis on early-erupting permanent teeth. METHODS:Subjects were followed from birth to 48 months w...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Hong L,Levy SM,Broffitt B,Warren JJ,Kanellis MJ,Wefel JS,Dawson DV

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of defined levels of oral hygiene and dietary habits for predicting caries was investigated. The material comprised 143 3-yr-olds. Three levels of oral hygiene and dietary habits, respectively, were used. Oral hygiene was registered as gingival status. Dietary habits were recorded by interview. Two groups we...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Schröder U,Granath L

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00