Investments and Outcomes in Oral Health in Europe: Health Expenditure and the Prevalence of Dental Caries. [PDF]
Lupita C +7 more
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Do Temporal Changes in Complete Tooth Loss Point to Cohort Effects?
ABSTRACT Objectives Complete tooth loss is more common among older adults; however, its prevalence has declined significantly over time. It is currently unknown whether age and period effects act independently or whether they interact to produce differential effects by birth cohorts.
Gloria C. Mejia +4 more
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Fluoride varnish application as an oral health intervention in the well-baby clinic for children aged 1-5 years at Qatar University Health Center: a feasibility study. [PDF]
Batta N, Rahim HA.
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ABSTRACT Objectives This questionnaire‐based study aimed to assess parent‐reported caries (PRC) at ages 2–5 years and identify potential influencing factors using an exploratory, repeated cross‐sectional analysis within an ongoing birth‐cohort study.
Áine M. Lennon +31 more
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Assessment of Matrix Band Systems in Restoring Proximal Caries of Primary Molars. [PDF]
Venkataraman D +4 more
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ABSTRACT Objectives To provide contemporary national evidence on the effectiveness of community water fluoridation (CWF) for the prevention of early childhood caries (ECC) among 4‐year‐old children in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), and to examine potential effect modification by ethnicity and other sociodemographic characteristics.
Tim Chambers +4 more
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Multicohort external validation of <i>Anaeroglobus</i> as a candidate salivary biomarker for childhood caries. [PDF]
Wang J +5 more
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From Control to Elimination: Making the End of Dental Caries Thinkable
ABSTRACT Background Dental caries remains one of the most prevalent noncommunicable diseases worldwide despite decades of clinical and behavioural interventions. Persistently high prevalence suggests that current approaches are better organised for ongoing disease management than for preventing new disease occurrence.
Habib Benzian +2 more
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Effects of salivary proteinase 3 and oxidative stress markers on secondary caries following pit-and-fissure sealants in patients with S-ECC. [PDF]
Xia S, Wang G.
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ABSTRACT Objectives To determine whether Dental Therapists and Dental Nurses could reduce plaque levels of dependent older adults residing in care homes and assisted living settings, when compared to ‘treatment as usual’. Methods A two‐arm pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial over a 6‐month period was undertaken based on an a priori assumption
Paul R. Brocklehurst +19 more
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