Changes in oral health knowledge and behaviour 1987-95 among inhabitants of Wuhan City, PR China.

abstract：:The aim of the study was to compare the presence of oral tori and parafunctional activity (clenching, grinding teeth and/or bruxism) between temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients and control subjects. Fifty-nine TMD and 353 control subjects were included. The groups were similar in sex and age distribution. There ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Sirirungrojying S,Kerdpon D

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diseases such as periodontal disease and halitosis have a negative impact on both the economy and the quality of life worldwide; thus, poor oral health has become a public health concern. The aim of this study was to characterise the oral health status of visitors to a public health consumer's exhibition u...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Folgerts O,Buunk-Werkhoven YAB,Batenburg R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental caries has a significant impact on the general health and development of children. Understanding caries epidemiology is an essential task for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) policymakers to evaluate preventive programmes and to improve oral health. The purpose of this review is to collect and summarise all data ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Al-Bluwi GS

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common dental problems of caries and periodontal disease can be controlled by patients who are prepared to adopt the appropriate dietary and oral hygiene behaviours. However compliance with dental surgery based health education programmes is often disappointing. The failure of these interventions is due to the fac...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Blinkhorn AS

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biotechnological approach using ultrasound has led to the development of a method of root canal therapy in which effective debridement, shaping, irrigation and disinfection of the root canal are easily and quickly completed. This is achieved by a handpiece and a file both energized by ultrasound. A flow-through comp...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Martin H,Cunningham W

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study developed a Monte Carlo simulation approach to examining the prevalence and incidence of dental decay using Australian children as a test environment. Monte Carlo simulation has been used for a half a century in particle physics (and elsewhere); put simply, it is the probability for various population-level...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Tennant M,Kruger E

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of periodontal status and treatment needs among dental patients was performed using the CPITN criteria, with the worst score per sextant being recorded, based on examination of all surfaces of all teeth. Regularly attending patients (n = 1092) from 36 general dental practices in two North Carolina counties we...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Bader JD,Rozier RG,McFall WT,Ramsey DL

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the ability of various fluoride salts to protect enamel against acid attack via a barrier mechanism. METHODS:Extracted human enamel specimens were cleaned and rinsed, then soaked in pooled human saliva for 1 hour to initiate formation of an early pellicle. Groups of three specimens each were etched...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Faller RV,Eversole SL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To review of the difference in the health condition between 8020 achievers and 8020 non-achievers covering 25 papers which were published mainly in Japan. BACKGROUND:A campaign targeting the elderly to retain at least 20 teeth by the time they reach the age of 80 years (8020) has been in place since 1991 in Japan....

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Yamanaka K,Nakagaki H,Morita I,Suzaki H,Hashimoto M,Sakai T

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to investigate oral rehydration therapy (ORT) products and their effect on plaque pH under normal and dry mouth conditions. DESIGN:Three commercial oral rehydration therapy products, prepared according to the manufacturers' instruction, plus a 10% glucose solution, which served as control...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Salehi S,Daneshian M,Forsberg BC,Birkhed D

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse prescription of antibodies in emergency dental service according to antibiotic type, working diagnosis, patient visit time and patient demographic characteristics. Additionally, prescription practices among individual dentists were analysed. METHODS:The data in this retrospective cohort study wer...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Bjelovucic R,Par M,Rubcic D,Marovic D,Prskalo K,Tarle Z

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replacing gold alloys by non-precious ones could save more than 500 million DM per year in German dentistry. However, there are many technical and biological considerations which have to be resolved in evaluating the clinical suitability of non-precious metal alloys. Techniques (e.g. investing, casting, porcelain appl...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Weber H

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from CPITN studies indicate that severe periodontitis affects approximately 10 per cent of most populations. These data have remained static for a number of years. Of interest, however, is that despite the dramatic increase in the use of oral hygiene aids, efforts by the dental profession in oral hygiene instruct...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Bartold PM,Seymour GJ,Cullinan MP,Westerman B

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental education should be a continuing process from undergraduate days throughout the dentists' practising life. The development of postgraduate courses has moved earlier the point at which a licence to practise is conferred, and in so doing has increased the responsibility to pursue continuing education and training...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Cowan A

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diet analysis and advice for patients with tooth wear is potentially the most logical intervention to arrest attrition, erosion and abrasion. It is saliva that protects the teeth against corrosion by the acids which soften enamel and make it susceptible to wear. Thus the lifestyles and diet of patients at risk need to...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Young WG

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study used Andersen's predisposing, enabling and need behavioural model to predict factors that influence utilisation of oral health services for children in Saudi Arabia. METHODS:The model was tested in a random sample of parents of third- and eighth-grade children in Jeddah (n = 1,668) using the acce...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Al Agili DE,Farsi NJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the enamel abrasivity of three whitening toothpastes and a silica toothpaste and to measure the brushing forces used. METHODS:Polished human enamel blocks were indented with a Knoop diamond and attached to dentures of adult volunteers. The blocks were brushed ex vivo, twice per day with either ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Joiner A,Pickles MJ,Lynch S,Cox TF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS/OBJECTIVES:To compare, using two pH-cycling models, the de/remineralisation effects of children's toothpastes on primary teeth. DESIGN:In vitro single-section and pH-cycling models. METHODS:Primary teeth were placed in demineralising solution for 96 hours to produce artificial carious lesions 60-100 microm deep....

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Thaveesangpanich P,Itthagarun A,King NM,Wefel JS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both dental education and dental practice are affected by the increasing pressure for quality assurance/improvement in health care and the dental profession is expected to take more responsibility for the maintenance and improvement of quality of oral health care and service delivery. Dental professionals are expected...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Yamalik N

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe Early Childhood Caries (ECC) severity in South Africa and examine the association between ECC and socio-demographic factors, area-based measures of sugar consumption and water fluoride levels. METHODS:Children, aged 36-71 months, were examined during the 1999/2002 South African National Children...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Postma TC,Ayo-Yusuf OA,van Wyk PJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dentists have well-defined legal, professional and ethical duties to their patients, the public and the profession. However, regular evaluations are necessary because their role and responsibilities are continually changing under the influence of a variety of internal and external forces and they further broaden as th...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Yamalik N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan CPITN has been widely applied in dentistry over the past 10 years. CPITN has been introduced for screening purposes into basic dental epidemiology, dental public health and dental clinical practice. From many surveys the periodontal needs of young, mature and elderly populations have been documented. For the ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Morimoto T,Miyazaki H

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A random sample of dentists in Norway were asked which radiographic criterion for assessing the initiation of restorative treatment of approximal caries they would use, and which type of cavity preparation and filling material they would prefer for a distal lesion on an upper second premolar. Only 19 per cent stated t...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Tveit AB,Espelid I,Skodje F

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental practitioners have traditionally neglected halitosis despite its high priority for the public, but practitioners' interest in halitosis has recently increased. Although oral pathologic or physiologic halitosis is easily reduced by a suitable treatment based on the treatment needs, systemic and psychological con...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Coil JM,Yaegaki K,Matsuo T,Miyazaki H

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of dental caries is most effectively and efficiently achieved by community-based methods, whether in economically developed or developing countries. The role of the private practitioner is a dual one: to support the establishment of appropriate caries-preventive programs such as water fluoridation, salt flu...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Burt BA

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overall picture for caries and periodontal disease in Europe has improved over the last years. A very marked decline in caries prevalence was seen in children and adolescents. According to the DMF-figures the caries prevalence in adults and seniors has not declined as rapidly. Yet also in this age group there is i...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Reich E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The objective of this study was to measure the microbial contamination released from dental unit air lines (DUAL) and dental unit water lines (DUWL). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Emissions from DUAL and DUWL from five dental units supplied by a central water source (tap) and a centralised air supply were sampled three ti...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Walker RJ,Burke FJ,Miller CH,Palenik CJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continued ageing of the global population is expected to pose significant challenges to maintaining optimum lifelong health in individuals and populations. Oral health is an essential element of general health and quality of life throughout an individual's life course, yet it is often neglected in integrated approache...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Miyazaki H,Jones JA,Beltrán-Aguilar ED

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a long time the major emphasis in prosthetic dentistry was placed on the technical and mechanical aspects of the different procedures and material used. The relationship between the prosthetic treatment and the periodontal tissues received less attention. As a consequence early results of epidemiological studies w...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Silness J,Gustavsen F

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuing dental education is now a professional and ethical obligation. The practising dentist has the responsibility to be a continuous learner by participating in educational programmes. This requirement for a career long education system provides awareness to the public that the dental profession is dedicated to ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Mersel A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00