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Military Medicine (176)8 Suppl 2011
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Hardly any data are available on the clinical consequences of untreated severe caries, because there is no method to quantify the prevalence of oral conditions resulting from untreated caries. In the Philippines, an index was developed which records for (the location of) each tooth whether caries has...
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PMID: 21761797
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Serious difficulties in reporting results were encountered when using ICDAS II and PUFA separately in an epidemiological survey in a child population in Brazil. That necessitated the development of a comprehensive but pragmatic caries assessment index. This publication describes the rationale, develo...
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PMID: 21692781
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To compare and assess oral health status of 5-year-old Aborigine children with similar aged, marginalised children in coastal region of south western India.
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PMID: 21692787
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To investigate the association between certain socio-demographic characteristics and dental health status of 5- to 12-year-old children attending public kindergarten and primary schools in Piraeus, Greece.
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PMID: 21692785
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Community dental health (28)2 2011
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To assess the oral health status and treatment needs of older adults, living in the Valparaiso Region of Chile.
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PMID: 21780353
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Community dental health (28)2 2011
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Obesity in adolescents is a public health problem and is steadily increasing in many countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between age-and gender-specific body mass index (BMI-for-age) and dental caries among adolescents aged 12 -15 years in Rafsanjan, Iran.
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PMID: 21780359
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To study root caries and risk profiles using the Cariogram in relation to periodontal disease severity and to analyse indicators associated with high caries risk.
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PMID: 21142897
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The influence of socioeconomic factors and self-rated oral health on children's dental health assistance was assessed. This study followed a cross-sectional design, with a multistage random sample of 792 12-year-old schoolchildren from Santa Maria, a city in southern Brazil. A dental...
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PMID: 21359493
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Community dental health (28)1 2011
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These results suggest that although DIAGNOdent is not a substitute method for the radiographic examination in surveys, it may be an alternative as an auxiliary to visual inspection....
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PMID: 21485229
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Community dental health (28)1 2011
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The aim of this study was to analyse associations between self-perception of oral health and relevant clinical, personal and socio-demographic factors in a Brazilian community.
Urban adults living in a city in southern Brazil were interviewerd and examined. Individual...
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PMID: 21485238
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Community dental health (28)1 2011
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The study aimed to describe oral hygiene habits, oral hygiene status and gingival health in Flemish pre-school children and to explore factors associated with these clinical oral health variables.
Cross-sectional data from 1,071 3-year-old and 1,119 5-year-old childre...
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PMID: 21485240
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Community dental health (28)1 2011
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This paper brings together summarised findings and comment on surveys of young children undertaken in Scotland, Wales and England in 2007-08. These surveys are the latest in a series using common criteria for measurement but changes in the consent arrangements for Wales and England m...
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PMID: 21485227
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Community dental health (28)1 2011
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To determine whether children advised by a pediatrician to take sports drinks consume them more frequently than do other children and whether these children have an increased risk of dental caries.
The subjects were 522 mother/child pairs who attended a dental checkup...
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PMID: 21485231
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Community dental health (28)1 2011
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To estimate the potential reduction in dental caries among 5-6-year-old children in a city in the South West of England after six years of water fluoridation.
Thirteen out of 35 inner city wards and seven out of 43 outer city wards (sharing the same water supply) havi...
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PMID: 21485232
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I have had the privilege of working in two very different service delivery models providing dental care for children in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Neither model is perfect, but what is clear is that the facilities and workforce model that does exist in a country can have a profound impact o...
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PMID: 21485932
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To evaluate the relationship between dental caries and the biochemical composition of dental plaque and to determine the effect of a 10% sucrose solution on the biochemical structure of dental plaque in children.
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PMID: 21469406
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate caries and dental fluorosis among Mexican preschoolers and school-aged children in a non-endemic zone for fluorosis and to measure its biological indicators.
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PMID: 21318021
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There are more than 2 million residents with disabilities in Mexico. Despite national legislation to assure individuals with disabilities needed services, including education and employment, social inclusion of these individuals is difficult since societal views exclude them from fun...
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PMID: 22046691
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Leukemia constitutes approximately 30% of all childhood cancers and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is the most common type of malignancy. Oral dryness, ulceration, increased dental decay seen is due to altered salivary flow rate and buffering capacity in these children. Oxidative stress may play...
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PMID: 21678678
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Schweizer Monatsschrift fur Zahnmedizin = Revue mensuelle suisse d'odonto-stomatologie = Rivista mensile svizzera di odontologia e stomatologia / SSO (121)1 2011
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Short intervals between bitewing examinations favor the timely detection of lesions on approximal surfaces. Long intervals reduce the exposure to radiation. Thus, the question arises which intervals between bite-wing examinations are appropriate. The length of intervals between bitewing examinations...
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PMID: 21318913
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The epidemiological investigation was carried out among 228 children selected from two schools of similar socioeconomic strata in and around Chennai city.
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PMID: 21521914
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This case-controlled study examined clinical and microbiological parameters in Brazilian children and adolescents receiving orthodontic treatment using fixed orthodontic appliances or removable orthodontic appliances.
The plaque index, gingival index, number of decaye...
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PMID: 21344829
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Community dental health (27)4 2010
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The aim of the present study was to determine the caries free proportions, caries experience and restorative care received in Kuwaiti kindergarten schoolchildren. METHODS; A national epidemiologic survey of the 4- and 5-year-old kindergarten schoolchildren (n = 1,277) was conducted in the five govemo...
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PMID: 21473355
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Community dental health (27)4 2010
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A five-year follow up of patients with epilepsy to examine the change in their oral health and seizure condition.
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PMID: 21473359
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Community dental health (27)4 2010
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New guidance on consent for England and Wales suggests that children aged over 11 should be asked to consent to the NHS child dental survey examinations. If they are "Gillick competent" then they can provide consent. Whether they are "Gillick competent" is a matter of clinical judgment of the examini...
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PMID: 21473353
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Community dental health (27)4 2010
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To evaluate the oral health status of children and adolescents in the Gdansk region of Poland based on epidemiological examinations performed in 1995 and 2003.
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PMID: 21473356
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Community dental health (27)4 2010
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To examine caries experience, periodontal status, and oral hygiene practices of Chinese teenagers with cerebral palsy in Hong Kong.
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PMID: 21473357
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Community dental health (27)4 2010
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To compare treatment of heavy and low users of dental services among adults in the Public Dental Service (PDS) in one of the biggest cities in Finland and to identify reasons for heavy use and to suggest improvements to care provision.
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PMID: 21473358
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Community dental health (27)4 2010
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To analyze the associations of salivary Streptococcus mutans (SM) level with caries experience and incidence in children.
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PMID: 21473362
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This article discusses the oral health status of California children, including sealant prevalence, and reasons why sealants are underutilized, including current reimbursement levels. The article also explains similarities and differences between sealant use in private practice versus public health...
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PMID: 21162349
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This study aimed to test whether socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood may affect dental visiting patterns between ages 18 and 32 years.
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PMID: 20880031
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The objective of the study is to assess the influence of oral health in the daily routine of both institutionalized and non-institutionalized elders living in the city of Recife-PE, as well as to come to conclusions concerning the relevance level of oral health in both groups. In order to assess the...
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PMID: 20922305
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Community dental health (27)3 2010
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491 patients were examined in the study. 258 (52.5%) of the patients were males. The mean age was 52.3 +/- 12.3 years and the average length of hospitalization was 17.5 years. The majority of the patients (69%) were diagnosed with schizophrenia. The mean DMFT was 19.25 +/- 7.85. Missing teeth (81.4%...
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PMID: 21046906
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Community dental health (27)3 2010
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The results showed a high prevalence of white-opacities related to orthodontic appliances and indicate the need to implement preventive programmes at the dental clinic....
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PMID: 21046903
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Community dental health (27)3 2010
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Subjects with high-risk behaviours, or residents in a fishing community were more likely to drop out of the study. Recognised advantages of conducting longitudinal studies of caries may, therefore, be lost....
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PMID: 21046910
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SADJ : journal of the South African Dental Association = tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Tandheelkundige Vereniging (65)7 2010
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To determine trends in dental caries prevalence, severity and unmet treatment need levels amongst South African children.
Data obtained from three National Oral Health surveys (1982, 1988/89, 1999/2002) was used.
Prevalence of caries amongst 12-year-old children decreased from 64.4% (1982) through 5...
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PMID: 21133233
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We can conclude that the oral condition of elderly represented in this study is precarious and reflects the need for health promotion and rehabilitation programs for this segment of the population....
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PMID: 20694343
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These results support the hypothesis that life-course socio-economic, behavioral, and clinical determinants are associated with the need for dental prostheses....
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PMID: 20505051
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International Dental Journal (60)3 Suppl 2 2010
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This overview revealed that substantial oral health inequalities exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous child and adult populations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand, with evidence suggesting that these inequalities are increasing. Despite the marked differences in...
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PMID: 20718305
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International Dental Journal (60)3 Suppl 2 2010
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The objective of this paper is to summarise epidemiological information about the distribution of dental caries among Indigenous peoples in Brazil. The authors also present a case study of a specific group of Xavante Indians, one of the most numerous of Brazil's Indigenous peoples, describing how th...
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PMID: 20718309
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International Dental Journal (60)3 Suppl 2 2010
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The caries experience of Australian Indigenous children has deteriorated at the same time as that of non-Indigenous children has greatly improved. Fluoridating the water supplies of Indigenous communities emerged as a policy direction at the beginning of the 2000s. However, remote Indigenous communi...
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PMID: 20718312
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The purpose of this study was to determine the caries experience and oral hygiene (OH) status of cerebral palsy (CP) children in Riyadh area. One hundred and forty CP children [82 (58.6%) males & 58 (41.4%) females] were examined for dental caries and OH status in dental clinic of the Disabled Child...
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PMID: 21188916
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Community dental health (27)2 2010
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Estimated need in electoral wards varied and correlated positively with increasing socio-economic deprivation. Scheduled demand tended to be lower and unscheduled demand higher in more deprived wards. Estimates of NHS General Dental Service provision indicated marginally higher provision in more dep...
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PMID: 20648882
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Community dental health (27)2 2010
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Dental caries prevalence and severity in 5- and 6-year-olds in Ajman were high, with the lower molars and upper central incisors most commonly affected by caries. There is an urgent need for oral health programs targeted at the treatment and prevention of dental caries in these children....
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PMID: 20648888
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Community dental health (27)2 2010
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The mean caries experience (DMFS+dmfs) was 2.2 and further analysis of caries experience in each age group showed no variations in relation to type of provider of dental care. However, multiple dummy regression analyses demonstrated that low education, poor general health, foreign citizenship and sm...
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PMID: 20648886
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Community dental health (27)2 2010
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The most significant factor related with the cross-regional variation of DMFT was the proportion of children who reported regular toothbrushing; it explained 26.3% of the DMFT variation. Low rates of regular toothbrushing and high rates of sweets consumption were related with higher DMFT while high...
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PMID: 20648887
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Archives of Oral Biology (55)5 2010
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These results support the conclusion that dietary sugar experience influenced the microbiological composition of dental plaque. Moreover, the early stage of caries is highly affected by mutans streptococci and visible dental plaque on maxillary incisors whereas cavities are strongly related to lacto...
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PMID: 20381791
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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit (16)5 2010
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The aims of this study were to evaluate possible relationships between trait anxiety, dental anxiety and the total number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index of patients attending a dental school clinic. A sample of 558 patients was surveyed with the Turkish version of the Spielberger...
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PMID: 20799558
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British Dental Journal (208)8 2010
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AIM There is little information available concerning the impact of visual impairment upon oral health. The present study sought to identify the oral health and experiences of adults with a visual impairment together with the nature, source and access to oral health information. In addition the study...
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PMID: 20418807
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These findings suggest that both risk of fluorosis development and caries-preventive benefit are associated with regular use of fluoride supplements, and caries prevention was associated with early use of a pea-sized amount of toothpaste. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: These findings underscore the need for...
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PMID: 20354089
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OBJETIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the caries prevalence and treatment needs of Brazilian indigenous residents on an Indian reservation.
This cross-sectional study comprised 1 461 individuals of ages 18-36 months and 5, 12, 15-19, 35-44, and 65-74 years living in the Potiguara Indian vill...
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PMID: 20512226
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There is a lack of recent data. Marked geographical differences in caries experience were reported with high DMFT values in urban areas compared to rural areas. The rise in caries prevalence was linked to an increase in sugar consumption. This was demonstrated in Tokelau where the mean number of dec...
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PMID: 20476718
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In line with findings throughout Australia, rural, remote and Indigenous Western Australians suffer from a higher burden of oral disease and have less access to dental practitioners and care than their urban and non-Indigenous counterparts. With workforce projections indicating an increase in the sh...
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PMID: 20476719
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SADJ : journal of the South African Dental Association = tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Tandheelkundige Vereniging (65)2 2010
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The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the caries preventive effect of Salt fluoridation (SF) in the permanent dentition in children. THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO COMPARE: (1) the caries preventive effects of SF versus no exposure in different age cohorts (6-8; 9-12; and 13-15 years old); (2) SF versu...
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PMID: 20527578
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Oral health of adolescents with DM1 was impaired regardless of metabolic control.
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PMID: 20219586
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Oral Diseases (16)2 2010
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The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the dental status of 101 Portuguese HIV+ subjects aged 22-71 years (mean = 39) and its association with clinical, socioeconomic, and behavioral variables.
A calibrated dentist performed clinical examination and col...
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PMID: 19744172
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Early detection of carious lesions enables the dental professional to interfere in caries development. Visual inspection in combination with bitewing radiographs performed better than new quantitative methods in detecting early non-cavitated carious lesions. Once a lesion has been detected assessmen...
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PMID: 20387340
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First, the development of dental health care for children in the Netherlands is discussed. Caries prevalence among children has declined sharply. The present situation, however, makes clear that the majority of carious cavities in the temporary dentition remain untreated. This has led to the conclus...
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PMID: 20387338
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