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Putting Children and Families First: Head Start Programs in 2010 [PDF]

, 2012
Offers data highlights from the 2010 Program Information Reports, including trends since 2006 in the characteristics of the various Head Start programs, teachers, and enrollees, as well as the programs' impact on access to medical and dental ...
Danielle Ewen, Stephanie Schmit
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Harnessing Advances in Bone Tissue Engineering for Design of Bone‐on‐Chip Systems

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Bone‐on‐chip (BoC) systems demonstrate significant potential as next‐generation models to study human (patho)physiology and evaluate new therapies. However, progress toward functional, human‐like BoCs has been hindered by the structural and functional complexity of bone. This perspective discusses how insights from bone tissue engineering can guide BoC
Farhad Sanaei, Yannick Hajee, Gerry L. Koons, David T. Wu, Sander C.G. Leeuwenburgh, Jeroen J.J.P. van den Beucken, Mani Diba   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventive Care, Care for Children and National Health Insurance [PDF]

The purpose of this paper is to examine issues related to the coverage of preventive care under national health insurance. Four specific kinds of medical care services are included under the rubric of preventive care: prenatal care; pediatric care ...
Gilbert R. Ghez, Michael Grossman
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Provision of Dental Procedures to Children Enrolled in Delta Dental Insurance in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: Most studies on the provision of dental procedures have focused on Medicaid enrollees known to have inadequate access to dental care. Little information on private insurance enrollees exists.
Bhagavatula, Pradeep, Eichmiller, Fredrick, Okunseri, Christopher, Szabo, Aniko, Xiang, Qun   +4 more
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Gentamicin‐Loaded Carbonate Apatite with Dual Antibacterial and Osteogenic Functions for Combating Surgical Site Infections

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A bone substitute with gentamicin physically precipitated onto the surface of carbonate apatite exhibits prompt drug release, high bactericidal activity, and osteogenic capacity. Efficient antibacterial activity mitigates early postoperative neutrophil accumulation, the status of which may serve as a potential parameter for evaluating the antibacterial
Linghao Xiao, Gabriela Laranjeira Abe, Jun‐Ichi Sasaki, Haruaki Kitagawa, Ririko Tsuboi, Tomoki Kohno, Satoshi Imazato   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parental Perceptions of Oral Health and School-Based Dental Sealant Programs [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: Community Health Needs Assessment (University of Vermont Medical Center, 2013) Identified oral health in pediatric population as a primary concern Barriers to dental care cited: access, affordability, education School-Based Sealant Program (
Cole, Julie, Davis, Wendy, Donnelly, Laura, Evans, Peter, Fontaine, Kristin, Grant, Ian, Imeda, Allicia, Kula, Daniel, Park, Clare, Wu, Hao Fang   +9 more
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Evaluating the Antiviral Efficacy of Encapsulated PKC Inhibitor BIM‐I against influenza A Virus Infection

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores nanoparticle delivery of the protein kinase C inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide‐I (BIM‐I) to combat influenza A virus infections. Encapsulation in biodegradable PLGA nanoparticles improved safety while maintaining the compound's strong antiviral activity.
Laura Klement, Jana Ismail, Josefine Schroeder, Amod Godbole, Johanna Schreiber, Christine Weber, Zoltan Cseresnyes, Marc T. Figge, Bettina Löffler, Ulrich S. Schubert, Stephanie Schubert, Christina Ehrhardt, Carsten Hoffmann   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

How an increase in income affects the use of dental care services among a low-income population: evidence from the Finnish basic income experiment

BMC Health Services Research
Background Previous research has shown that the use of dental care services has a significant socioeconomic gradient. Lower income groups tend to use dental care services less, and they often have poorer dental health than higher income groups.
Miska Simanainen
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A systematic review of approaches to dental care in head and neck cancer patients

Oral Oncology Reports
There are well documented challenges related to dental care in the head and neck cancer population. Perioperative management of dental disease is critical, especially for patients requiring adjuvant radiation therapy. Head and neck cancer patients in the
Rebecca Doctor, Tapan Padhya, Matthew Mifsud, Christopher Nickel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dental care for Mozart Dental care for Mozart

, 1993
Valuable informations leading to the identification of Mozart's skull (1756-1791) were obtained with extracttion replicas for stripping of superficial cells, particles of the original teeth and bone as well as animal, vegetal and mineral deposits accessible to nvestigation.
Puech, Pierre-François, Cianfarani, F., Albertini, H.   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source