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Factors Affecting Pregnant Women’s dental Services Use in Razavi Khorasan Province of Iran

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
Background: Despite recommendations from guidelines and institutions, dental care utilization during pregnancy remains uncommon. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of poor dental care during pregnancy in Razavi Khorasan.
Nayereh Esmaeilzadeh, Seyed J. Hoseini, Majid J. N. Bajestani, Hamid R. Ghorbanzadeh, Hamidreza Hoseinzadeh, Hasan Abdollahzadeh, Zahra I. Mood, Mousa Al R. Hadjzadeh   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Equity in dental care among Canadian households

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2011
Background Changes in third party financing, whether public or private, are linked to a household's ability to access dental care. By removing costs at point of purchase, changes in financing influence the need to reach into one's pocket, thus ...
Grootendorst Paul, Quiñonez Carlos
doaj   +1 more source

Providing Preventive Oral Health Care to Infants and Young Children in Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Early Head Start, and Primary Care Settings [PDF]

, 2013
This report focuses on seven oral health programs that provide preventive oral health care to young children (infants, toddlers, and children up to 5 years old) in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Early Head ...
D. Krol, K. Cheung, K. Cruz, L. Carver, M. Revels   +4 more
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Comparative performance of ensemble models in predicting dental provider types: insights from fee-for-service data [PDF]

Data and Metadata [Internet]. 2025 Mar. 29 [cited 2025 Jun. 4];4:750
Dental provider classification plays a crucial role in optimizing healthcare resource allocation and policy planning. Effective categorization of providers, such as standard rendering providers and safety net clinic (SNC) providers, enhances service delivery to underserved populations.
arxiv   +1 more source

Generative Adversarial Networks for Dental Patient Identity Protection in Orthodontic Educational Imaging [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Objectives: This research introduces a novel area-preserving Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) inversion technique for effectively de-identifying dental patient images. This innovative method addresses privacy concerns while preserving key dental features, thereby generating valuable resources for dental education and research.
arxiv  

Multifunctional Hydroxyapatite Coated with Gallium Liquid Metal‐Based Silver Nanoparticles for Infection Prevention and Bone Regeneration

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A multifunctional hydroxyapatite (HAp) coating integrated with silver‐gallium liquid metal nanoparticles (HAp‐Ag‐GaNPs) exhibits dual antibacterial and osteogenic properties. It effectively inhibits Gram‐positive and Gram‐negative bacteria, including resistant strains, while enhancing bone regeneration.
Ngoc Huu Nguyen, Pengfei Zhang, Fathima Shana Pattar Kadavan, Zhaoning Xu, Tien Thanh Nguyen, Wenshao Li, Manh Tuong Nguyen, Chung Kim Nguyen, Duy Quang Pham, Thi Giang Tuyet Pham, Andrew Hayles, Markos Negash Alemie, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Vincent Chan, Stephen Peter Kidd, Yunpeng Zhao, Krasimir Vasilev, Vi Khanh Truong   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

The advancement of primary care dentistry in Hungary: progress of the dental cluster model since 2021 legislation

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundConsiderable changes in health policy in the area of publicly funded primary dental care in Hungary over the past 25 years have shaped primary care dentists’ financing, training and working conditions and the forms of association between dental
András Sztrilich, Csilla Kaposvári, Csilla Kaposvári, Csilla Kaposvári, Gergő Túri, Gergő Túri, Gergő Túri, Rita Teller, István Vingender   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inequality in unmet dental care needs among South Korean adults

BMC Oral Health, 2017
BackgroundThe current public health research agenda was to identify the means to reduce oral health inequalities internationally. The objectives of this study were to provide evidence of inequality in unmet dental needs and to find influencing factors ...
Nayoung Kim, Chang-yup Kim, Hosung Shin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Classifying Dental Care Providers Through Machine Learning with Features Ranking [PDF]

Data and Metadata. 2025; 4:755
This study investigates the application of machine learning (ML) models for classifying dental providers into two categories - standard rendering providers and safety net clinic (SNC) providers - using a 2018 dataset of 24,300 instances with 20 features.
arxiv   +1 more source

Reward Design For An Online Reinforcement Learning Algorithm Supporting Oral Self-Care [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Dental disease is one of the most common chronic diseases despite being largely preventable. However, professional advice on optimal oral hygiene practices is often forgotten or abandoned by patients. Therefore patients may benefit from timely and personalized encouragement to engage in oral self-care behaviors.
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