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To appreciate the influence of contributed determinants on dental care utilization in the context of socio-economic inequalities

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health
Background To appreciate dental care utilization in ‌the context of socio-economic inequalities, it is imperative to identify sources of inequalities and evaluate the extent to which dental care utilization is still related to socio-economic status. This
Aydin Joudi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Getting Special Care Dentistry Ready for a Foreseeable Future. Reinstated Services and Mitigation Measures to Curb COVID-19 Disruption

open access: yesDentistry Journal, 2021
In March 2020, dental care providers, including special care dentistry (SCD) services, had to face an extraordinary change of their standard operating procedures (SOP), with deferred domiciliary dental care, withholding conscious dental sedation services
Arkadiusz Dziedzic
doaj   +1 more source

Mesenchymal Stem Cells‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles Mimetics as Osteoinductive Mediators for Bone Healing

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Mesenchymal stem cell‐derived nanoghosts (MSC‐NGs) mimic naturally secreted extracellular vesicles (MSC‐EVs) in structure and physicochemical properties but can be synthesized at more translatable yields. As osteogenic agents, MSC‐NGs demonstrate superior outcomes compared to MSC‐EVs.
Antoine Karoichan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in dental care utilisation among the elderly using longitudinal data from 14 European countries: A multilevel analysis.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundThe use of dental care among older people is low compared to other forms of health care, with significant health consequences. However, the evidence on the extent to which countries' welfare systems and socio-economic factors influence the ...
Nóra Kovács   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias on dental care usage and economic burden in older adults: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2023
Aim Distinct subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias (RD) might have different effects on dental care usage and economic burden. To determine the effects of AD and RD on specific types of dental care usage (preventive and treatment ...
Minghui Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oral Health Practices, Beliefs and Dental Service Utilization of Albanian Immigrants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: A Pilot Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
There is limited information on the oral health of Albanian immigrant population residing in the U.S. This creates a hinderance to developing and implementing appropriate dental care programs for the population.
Okunseri, Christopher   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Willingness of High School Students to be Treated by an HIV Infected Health Practitioner: A Study Done in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
To assess willingness of high school students to be treated by HIV/AIDS infected dental practitioners in Ilala municipality, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study.
Alex, Kimambo
core   +3 more sources

The impact of out-of-pocket payments for dental care on household finances in low and middle income countries

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
BackgroundDental care is extremely costly and beyond most people means in developing countries. The primary aim of this study was to determine the impact of out-of-pocket payments for dental care on household finances in 40 low and middle income ...
E. Bernabé, M. Masood, M. Vujicic
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Semantic decomposition Network with Contrastive and Structural Constraints for Dental Plaque Segmentation [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Segmenting dental plaque from images of medical reagent staining provides valuable information for diagnosis and the determination of follow-up treatment plan. However, accurate dental plaque segmentation is a challenging task that requires identifying teeth and dental plaque subjected to semantic-blur regions (i.e., confused boundaries in border ...
arxiv  

A Gym for Cells—Direct Laser Writing of Magnetic Multilayered Micro Actuators for Mechanical Stimulation of Cells

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Surface‐attached multilayer micromagnet systems are fabricated by two‐photon crosslinking. The pillar‐shaped micro actuators consist of a soft and flexible surface‐attached cell‐repellent hydrogel layer at the bottom, acting as a hinge and a cell‐adhesive hydrophobic polymer filled with magnetic nanoparticles.
Nicolas Geid   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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