Public views on fluoridation and other preventive dental practices.

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：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：UNLABELLED:There are concerns that the consumption of unfluoridated bottled and tank water may put children at increased risk of developing caries. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nonpublic water consumption (either from bottles or rainwater tanks) and socioeconomic status ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Armfield JM,Spencer AJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence exists that some dentists may be failing to perform adequate periodontal diagnostic and preventive care for their patients. Continuing education (CE) is an avenue that is frequently employed as a strategy to alter the style of practice. This paper presents an evaluation of a year-long continuing education int...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Brown LF,Keily PA,Spencer AJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a systematic review of the literature on indices that assess different clinical oral conditions simultaneously from a population perspective. METHODS:A search of the literature was carried out considering articles indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, SciELO, and LILACS, using search ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Figueiredo Dde R,Bastos JL,Silva L,Peres KG

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：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:To evaluate how oral and general health-risk behaviours cluster among Brazilian adolescents. METHODS:The study comprised a total of 109 104 adolescents (52.2% female) participating in the Brazilian National School-based Student Health Survey (PeNSE). Seventeen behaviours (including diet; oral and hand hygie...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Jordão LMR,Malta DC,Freire MDCM

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to analyze the role that psychosocial elements may play concerning dental attendance and oral health in children. In particular, we explored the associations among dental fear-related cognitive vulnerability perceptions, dental prevention beliefs, the pattern of dental visits, and the number ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Carrillo-Diaz M,Crego A,Armfield JM,Romero M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a municipality near Copenhagen, Denmark, where fortnightly fluoride rinses with 0.2% neutral sodium fluoride had been performed for more than a decade, 1306 children from kindergarten through 6th grade were stratified by school and grade and randomly distributed into two groups. One group continued the fluoride rin...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Heidmann J,Poulsen S,Arnbjerg D,Kirkegaard E,Laurberg L

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Few studies in North America have assessed dental fluorosis of the primary dentition and few, if any, anywhere have assessed the relative importance in fluorosis etiology of fluoride intake during different time periods or from multiple sources. The purpose of this paper is to report on analyses relating est...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Levy SM,Hillis SL,Warren JJ,Broffitt BA,Mahbubul Islam AK,Wefel JS,Kanellis MJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：:All the 1012, 55-yr-old citizens of Oulu (a medium-sized Finnish town) were invited to a clinical examination, and 780 of them participated. The associations of lifestyle with periodontal health were analyzed in the 527 dentate subjects. Periodontal pockets deeper than 3 mm were recorded as a percentage of the surface...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Sakki TK,Knuuttila ML,Vimpari SS,Hartikainen MS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between socioeconomic position and periodontal diseases among adolescents. METHODS:Data were obtained from 9203 Chilean high school students. Clinical examinations included direct recordings of clinical attachment level and the necrotizing ulcerative gingival lesions. Students ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： López R,Fernández O,Baelum V

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the risk indicators for root caries in institutionalized elders. METHODS:Nonfrail elders living in 21 residential elderly homes who had at least 5 teeth with exposed roots were examined in this cross-sectional study. The dental examinations were conducted by one trained dentist in the elderly ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Tan HP,Lo EC

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2000 persons from an a-select sample of the Dutch population were sent a questionnaire in which the most important question was: "Did you have any questions on matters related to dentistry during the past year?" The question was by nature an open question, and the respondents were entitled to several answers. 640 ques...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Eijkman MA,van Riel CB,van Dijk RJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine the association between food insecurity and untreated dental caries using a nationally representative sample of US adults. METHODS:Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycles 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 on adults aged 18 years and older...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Bahanan L,Singhal A,Zhao Y,Scott T,Kaye E

更新日期：2021-01-24 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：:This paper discusses the purposes of collecting epidemiological data on periodontal disease, and concludes that the severe shortcomings of the CPITN makes it unsuited as a tool for assessing the prevalence and severity of periodontal disease. ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Baelum V,Papapanou PN

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the stability in self-reported oral health behaviour in a Norwegian cohort between the ages of 15 and 23 years. METHODS:Self-administered questionnaires were used as part of a longitudinal cohort study. In 1992, a representative sample of 963 15-year-old adolescents participated, of which 676 (70%)...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Astrøm AN

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:This paper discusses the impossible result of an increase in the number of teeth present in a quasi-longitudinal study of an adult population. In 1983 and 1994, random samples were drawn from birth cohorts 1939-48 and 1930-38. The paradoxical result that adults acquired new teeth in the quasi-longitudinal study gave r...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Schuller AA,Holst D

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although oral health (OH) problems are common during pregnancy, little is known about individual characteristics or behaviors relating to clinically assessed OH during pregnancy. This cross-sectional study describes the clinical OH status of a sample of pregnant women, examines relationships between sociodem...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Chung LH,Gregorich SE,Armitage GC,Gonzalez-Vargas J,Adams SH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the periodontal health of patients with SLE with that of healthy controls. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus had significantly lower periodontal probing depths compared with healthy controls. It is possible that systemic drugs such as corticosteroids and NSAIDS may be responsible for these...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Mutlu S,Richards A,Maddison P,Scully C

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Clinical patterns of early childhood caries (ECC) encompassing specific teeth or surfaces have been previously proposed on an a priori basis and have been used as case definitions. The underlying assumption is that the patterns result from different host response and environmental conditions. Identifying cari...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Psoter WJ,Zhang H,Pendrys DG,Morse DE,Mayne ST

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to measure total intake, urinary excretion and estimated retention of fluoride in children under customary fluoride intake conditions, living in either fluoridated or low-fluoride areas of north-east England. Subsidiary aims were to investigate the relationships between the variables ...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Maguire A,Zohouri FV,Hindmarch PN,Hatts J,Moynihan PJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation was to explore the relative importance of psychologic variables in explaining the degree of denture satisfaction in full denture patients. A group of 125 patients who were on a waiting list to have new dentures constructed participated in this study. The patients completed the Dutch versi...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Vervoorn JM,Duinkerke AS,Luteijn F,van de Poel AC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to collate data on national policies for the use of fluoride in the seven European countries participating in the FLINT project. METHODS:Policies on the use of fluoride were obtained for each of the study areas. Data collected included the presence of water fluoridation and regulat...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Arnadóttir IB,Ketley CE,Van Loveren C,Seppä L,Cochran JA,Polido M,Athanossouli T,Holbrook WP,O'Mullane DM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation examines the incidence of phenytoin-induced gingival overgrowth in a population of epileptic patients who attend General Medical Practices for treatment of their epilepsy and compares the gingival changes with an otherwise healthy group of patients. The plaque score, gingival index, and gingival ove...

journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology

authors： Thomason JM,Seymour RA,Rawlins MD

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00