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The dental plaque microbiome in health and disease.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Dental decay is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide. A variety of factors, including microbial, genetic, immunological, behavioral and environmental, interact to contribute to dental caries onset and development. Previous studies focused
Scott N Peterson, Erik Snesrud, Jia Liu, Ana C Ong, Mogens Kilian, Nicholas J Schork, Walter Bretz   +6 more
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Dental Caries, and Supragingival Plaque and Calculus among Students, Tanga, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
The prevalence of dental caries and supragingival plaque and calculus in 785 secondary schools students was assessed. More than half (53.6%) of the students were caries-free, and the majority of those with dental caries experience were aged 14-17 (68.1%)
Carneiro, L C, Kabulwa, M N
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Breastfeeding and Early CHildhood Caries (ECC) Severity of Children Under Three Years Old in DKI Jakarta [PDF]

, 2008
The prevalence and severity of caries in children under three years old are constantly increasing. One of the cause is the increase consumption of cariogenic carbohydrate. Breast milk have buffer capacity that eventually able to prevent caries.
Darwita, R. R. (Risqa), Djoharnas, H. (Herwati), Sugito, F. S. (Febriana)   +2 more
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The Current Status of Infant Oral Health Instruction Within Predoctoral Dental Education

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A pediatric dental home is a patient–provider relationship that establishes compassionate, comprehensive care that is continually accessible. For more than two decades, professional organizations have recommended children establish a dental home by their first birthday. In 2024, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) Council on Pre‐
Beau D. Meyer, Priyanshi Ritwik, Jean Star, Timothy Followell, Mikhail Jones, Leola Royston, Brenda Bohaty, Martina Majstorovic, Adriana Modesto Gomes Da Silva, Katherine Chin, James R. Boynton, Chelsea Fosse   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A qualitative study on cultural sensitivity during survey fieldwork for early childhood caries in Ile-Ife, Nigeria: bridging the gap between culture and science

BMC Research Notes
Objective The qualitative study described culture-related issues that may bridge the ethical conduct of fieldwork for a cross-sectional study of the oral health of preschool children in the Ife Central Local Government Area of Nigeria, conducted between ...
Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Olaniyi Arowolo, Simin Z. Mohebbi, Mohammad R. Khami   +3 more
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Relationship between untreated dental caries and dental neglect among mentally handicapped children: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2015
Introduction: Dental caries is the most prevalent disease among mentally handicapped (MH) children worldwide. Dental neglect may throw light on complex relationships between individual behavior, environmental factors, and dental caries in children ...
Amit Kumar, Manjunath P Puranik, K R Sowmya   +2 more
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Tackling socially determined dental inequalities: ethical aspects of Childsmile, the national child oral health demonstration programme in Scotland [PDF]

, 2009
Many ethical issues are posed by public health interventions, including whether they ought to be aimed at improving health across society or reducing specific health inequalities, whether they should be targeted or universal and the issue of which ...
Conway, D., Macpherson, L., Shaw, D.
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Trust and Distrust in Dental Professionals: Patient Perceptions and Experiences

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate factors that contribute to trust in dentists among patients with socioeconomic barriers and explore how these factors influence patient decisions to undergo dental treatment. Methods Patients at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, participated in one‐on‐one semi‐structured interviews, answering open‐ended ...
Ken He, Joanna Sale, Sonica Singhal, Laura Dempster   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The prevalence of burnout syndrome among general dentists in Qazvin, Iran in 2017

Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Research, 2019
Background: Dentists suffer a massive burn out in their professional work because they are under extreme mental and physical pressure through their work.
Marjan Bolbolian, Masoumeh Mirkeshavarz, Fateme Sefidi, Arash Mir   +3 more
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A comparison of the antimicrobial efficacy of silver diamine fluoride and silver nitrate: an in vitro study [PDF]

, 2018
A COMPARISON OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF SILVER DIAMINE FLUORIDE AND SILVER NITRATE: AN IN VITRO STUDY By: Nicholas L Luke, D.D.S. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Dentistry at ...
Luke, Nicholas L
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