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Risk-based, 6-monthly and 24-monthly dental check-ups for adults: the INTERVAL three-arm RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2020
Background: Traditionally, patients are encouraged to attend dental recall appointments at regular 6-month intervals, irrespective of their risk of developing dental disease. Stakeholders lack evidence of the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
Jan E Clarkson, Nigel B Pitts, Beatriz Goulao, Dwayne Boyers, Craig R Ramsay, Ruth Floate, Hazel J Braid, Patrick A Fee, Fiona S Ord, Helen V Worthington, Marjon van der Pol, Linda Young, Ruth Freeman, Jill Gouick, Gerald M Humphris, Fiona E Mitchell, Alison M McDonald, John DT Norrie, Kirsty Sim, Gail Douglas, David Ricketts   +20 more
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Preparedness Plan Ensures Dental Service Sustainability During a Public Health State of Emergency

Journal of the California Dental Association, 2023
Background In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic emerged bringing risk of disease, disability and death to all Americans. As public health officials scrambled to respond, dental offices were shuttered leaving little access to dental care.Methods ...
Huong Le, Mary E. Foley
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The relationship between childhood body weight and dental caries experience: an umbrella systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Obesity and dental caries are global public health problems which can impact in childhood and throughout the life course. In simple terms, childhood dental caries and body weight are linked via the common risk factor of diet.
Susan J. Carson, Lamis Abuhaloob, Derek Richards, Mark P. Hector, Ruth Freeman   +4 more
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Dental diseases and factors defining utilization of dental care services among rural children aged 12 years in Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh: A community-based study

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2021
Background: Rural children are predisposed to variety of dental problems, which may influence their overall health and well-being. Despite relentless efforts and achievements in oral health promotion by authorities, its impact seems limited in rural ...
Chandrasekhara Reddy Vuyyuru, Rajeshree Narayan Rangari, Gowri Sankar Singaraju, Nagarjuna Pottem   +3 more
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Improving the Quality of Dentistry (IQuaD): a cluster factorial randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness and cost–benefit of oral hygiene advice and/or periodontal instrumentation with routine care for the prevention and management of periodontal disease in dentate adults attending dental primary care

Health Technology Assessment, 2018
Background: Periodontal disease is preventable but remains the most common oral disease worldwide, with major health and economic implications. Stakeholders lack reliable evidence of the relative clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different
Craig R Ramsay, Jan E Clarkson, Anne Duncan, Thomas J Lamont, Peter A Heasman, Dwayne Boyers, Beatriz Goulão, Debbie Bonetti, Rebecca Bruce, Jill Gouick, Lynne Heasman, Laura A Lovelock-Hempleman, Lorna E Macpherson, Giles I McCracken, Alison M McDonald, Fiona McLaren-Neil, Fiona E Mitchell, John DT Norrie, Marjon van der Pol, Kirsty Sim, James G Steele, Alex Sharp, Graeme Watt, Helen V Worthington, Linda Young   +24 more
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Is health coaching effective in changing the health status and behaviour of prisoners?—a systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background This is a protocol for a systematic review of the impact of health coaching on changing the health behaviour of offenders. Prisoners are more likely to suffer from health-related issues when compared to the general population.
Nadja Almondes, Denise Downie, Ayse B. Cinar, Derek Richards, Ruth Freeman   +4 more
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Utilisation of dental services by Brazilian adults in rural and urban areas: a multi-group structural equation analysis using the Andersen behavioural model

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The utilisation of health services is determined by complex interactions. In this context, rural populations face greater barriers in accessing dental services than do urban populations, and they generally have poorer oral health status.
Fernando José Herkrath, Mario Vianna Vettore, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck   +2 more
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Implementing the Smile4life intervention for people experiencing homelessness: a path analytical evaluation

BMC Oral Health, 2021
Background People experiencing homelessness have high levels of dental decay, oral cancer and poor oral health-related quality of life. The Scottish Government sought to address these issues by developing a national oral health improvement programme for ...
Laura Beaton, Gerry Humphris, Andrea Rodriguez, Ruth Freeman   +3 more
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Care delivery and compensation system changes: a case study of organizational readiness within a large dental care practice organization in the United States

BMC Oral Health, 2017
Background Dental care delivery systems in the United States are consolidating and large practice organizations are becoming more common. At the same time, greater accountability for addressing disparities in access to care is being demanded when public ...
Joana Cunha-Cruz, Peter Milgrom, Colleen E. Huebner, JoAnna Scott, Sharity Ludwig, Jeanne Dysert, Melissa Mitchell, Gary Allen, R. Mike Shirtcliff   +8 more
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Dental implant therapy in the Brazilian Public System

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 2020
Aim: This retrospective study aims to describe and analyze the number of dental implants and implant-retained prostheses performed by the Unified Health System (SUS) in the last decade.
Mateus de Azevedo Kinalski, Ana Luiza Cardoso Pires, Júlia Machado Saporiti, Mateus Bertolini Fernandes dos Santos   +3 more
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