National health care: whither goeth dentistry?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to examine if older adults living in poverty and from minority racial/ethnic groups experienced disproportionately high rates of poor oral health outcomes measured by oral health quality of life (OHQOL) and number of permanent teeth. METHODS:Cross-sectional analysis of 2,745 community-dwellin...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Huang DL,Park M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This paper reports the results of a three-year evaluation of access to dental care and its associated costs for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) beneficiaries enrolled in a hospital-based health maintenance organization (HMO) or a fee-for-service (FFS) option. METHODS:Medicaid enrollees (n = 3...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Marcus M,Coulter I,Mann J,Leibowitz A,Buchanan J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper is to describe the purpose, rationale and key elements of the special issue, Improving Oral Healthcare Delivery Systems through Workforce Innovations. The purpose of the special issue is to further develop ideas presented at the 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) workshop, Sufficiency of the ...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Mertz EA,Finocchio L

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Productivity (output per unit of input) is a major driver of dental service capacity. This study uses 2006-2007 data to update available knowledge on dentist productivity. METHODS:In 2006-2007, the authors surveyed 1,604 Oregon general dentists regarding-hours worked, practice size, payment and patient mix, ...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Conrad DA,Lee RS,Milgrom P,Huebner CE

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This analysis describes the dental self-care behaviors used by a multiethnic sample of older adults and delineates the associations of self-care behaviors with personal characteristics and oral health problems. METHODS:A cross-sectional comprehensive oral health survey conducted with a random, multiethnic (...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Arcury TA,Bell RA,Anderson AM,Chen H,Savoca MR,Kohrman T,Quandt SA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Methamphetamine (MA) is a widely used illicit drug and a nationwide public health concern. Although dental complications are consistently reported among MA users, yet limited nationally representative studies on the associations between MA use and oral health currently exist. METHODS:Using the National Heal...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Hegazi F,Alhazmi H,Abdullah A,Alamer N,Nelson J,Aldosari M,Tillman N,Bahdila D,Odani S,Agaku I,Vardavas C

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Preventive dental health services are intended to reduce the likelihood of development of tooth decay and the need for more intensive treatment overtime. The evidence on the effectiveness of preventive dental care in reducing treatment services and expenditures is lagging for adults, particularly those with ...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Pourat N,Choi MK,Chen X

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Childhood obesity is a major US health concern, and oral health professionals have opportunities to participate in an interprofessional effort to intervene owing to their access to young patients and their abilities in addressing obesity-related dietary habits like consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (S...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Wright R,Casamassimo PS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examines the predictors for elderly Chinese immigrants' use of dental care services. METHODS:In 2003, a study entitled "Health and Well Being of Older Chinese in Canada" collected data from seven cities in which 2,272 Chinese Canadians aged 55 years and older were surveyed. Data from 1,537 of the...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Lai DW,Hui NT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Virtual Dental Home is a concept of the Pacific Center for Special Care of the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. It is designed to improve access to dental care for underserved populations, specifically children and institutionalized adults. This article describes the development and implement...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Friedman JW,Nash DA,Mathu-Muju KR

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving children's oral health is a long-standing area of priority and sustained efforts by many stakeholders. Despite these efforts, dental caries, particularly early childhood caries (ECC), persists as a clinical and dental public health problem with multilevel consequences. Despite recent successes in the non-res...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Divaris K,Joshi A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grand Rapids, the first city in the world to implement controlled water fluoridation, has served as a model for thousands of other communities. Fluoridation is one of the greatest public health and disease-preventive measures of all time. Its advantages include effectiveness for all, ease of delivery, safety, equity, ...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Horowitz HS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the outcomes of restorations placed by restorative function auxiliaries (RFAs) with those placed by dentists. METHODS:Between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008, we matched 455 restorations placed by RFAs working at HealthPartners Dental Group with the same number placed by dentists. Restorations we...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Worley DC,Thoele MJ,Asche SE,Godlevsky OV,Schmidt AM,Yardic RL,Rush WA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the death of a young child, efforts by many partners have enabled Maryland to institute oral health reforms that ensure that low-income children remain visible and have continued access to dental services. This paper shows how proponents of oral health in Maryland used issues that were already on the or...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Thuku NM,Carulli K,Costello S,Goodman HS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Americans have steadily increased their reported use of dental services over the past 30 years. Persons aged 65 years and older have made the greatest gains, from 16 percent in 1957-58 to 43 percent in 1989. This article reviews national data on reported use of dental care over the past three decades, focusing on diff...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Jones JA,Fedele DJ,Bolden AJ,Bloom B

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence, extent, and risk indicators of tooth loss in a representative young urban population from south Brazil. METHODS:A representative sample was drawn using a multi-stage probability cluster sampling strategy, and consisted of 612 subjects 14-29 years of age in the metropolitan area of ...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Susin C,Haas AN,Opermann RV,Albandar JM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to examine dentists' recommendations for in-office fluoride to patients and identify dentists' characteristics associated with these recommendations. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:The study was conducted using a cross-sectional questionnaire survey in Japan. The survey queried dentists...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Yokoyama Y,Kakudate N,Sumida F,Matsumoto Y,Gilbert GH,Gordan VV

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread availability of fluoride from many sources is accepted as a major reason for the caries decline among children in developed countries. There is still controversy, however, about its principal mode of action. This article reviews the evidence on fluoride's preeruptive and posteruptive effects, and sugges...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Beltran ED,Burt BA

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question considered in this review is the extent to which changes in the prevalence or severity of enamel fluorosis have occurred over the last half-century. Emphasis is given to a review of those studies in which subjects are drinking water that is fluoride deficient and those in which subjects are drinking optim...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Rozier RG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Very little independent research has been done on the new self-etching primer/adhesives in dentistry. A recent clinical study compared two sealant application techniques involving self-etching primer adhesives and the traditional phosphoric acid etch. The purpose of this study was to compare these two techni...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Venker DJ,Kuthy RA,Qian F,Kanellis MJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate geographical variations and their relationship to race/ethnicity in dental sealant utilization for first molars among Wisconsin Medicaid enrollees from 2010 to 2013. METHODS:Wisconsin Medicaid dental claims for sealants in children aged 6-16 years were analyzed. County-level population density...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Okunseri CE,Okunseri E,Garcia RI,Visotcky A,Szabo A

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The "optimal" intake of fluoride has been widely accepted for decades as between 0.05 and 0.07 mg fluoride per kilogram of body weight (mg F/kg bw) but is based on limited scientific evidence. The purpose of this paper is to present longitudinal fluoride intake data for children free of dental fluorosis in t...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Warren JJ,Levy SM,Broffitt B,Cavanaugh JE,Kanellis MJ,Weber-Gasparoni K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies examining satisfaction with dental health care among the poor are quite rare. This study was done to confirm the internal structure and reliability of the Dental Satisfaction Questionnaire (DSQ), a measure of dental care satisfaction, among a low-income population, and provide normative data regardin...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Golletz D,Milgrom P,Mancl L

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purposes of this study were to describe the incidence of root caries and to identify its risk factors in a representative sample of older adults. METHODS:Root caries incidence was estimated and multivariate risk assessment models were developed to identify predictors for root caries in a three-year foll...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Lawrence HP,Hunt RJ,Beck JD

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Linn County Dental Health Center is an example of what appears to be a highly successful dental society access program. A target population, the children of the poor and working poor in Linn County, have an opportunity to enter a system of continuous dental care for the prevention and control of dental disease. Th...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Jones RB

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this project was to determine racial/ethnic differences in water consumption levels and nursing habits of children younger than 2 years old. METHODS:Data from the 1994-96 Continuing Survey of Food intakes by individuals (CSFII) were used for these analyses. Water consumption and breast-feedin...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Heller KE,Sohn W,Burt BA,Feigal RJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the extent factors other than race/ethnicity explain apparent racial/ethnic disparities in children's oral health and oral health care. METHODS:Data were from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, for children 2-17 years (n=82,020). Outcomes included parental reports of child's oral health...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Fisher-Owens SA,Isong IA,Soobader MJ,Gansky SA,Weintraub JA,Platt LJ,Newacheck PW

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was the purpose of this study to investigate several variables in family structure which might influence the caries experience in 3-12-year-old children for Central Oklahoma. These variables, which included parental age at marriage and at birth of the child for both mother and father, birth rank, family size, and a...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Primosch RE

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We determined the knowledge level of water plant operators who fluoridate drinking water, and we compared small and large water plants. METHODS:A pretested survey was sent to 2,381 water plant operators in 12 states that adjust the fluoride concentration of drinking water. A z-test for proportion was used t...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Lalumandier JA,Hernandez LC,Locci AB,Reeves TG

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between different clinical indicators of dental status and an Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) measure, the Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) index, using different scoring formats, among older Southern Chinese people. METHODS:A t...

journal_title：Journal of public health dentistry

authors： Zeng X,Sheiham A,Bernabé E,Tsakos G

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00