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Exploring refugees' experience of accessing dental health services in host countries: a scoping review [PDF]

Frontiers in Oral Health
IntroductionRefugees often face worse oral health outcomes, such as periodontal diseases and dental caries in host countries due to barriers including language and cultural differences, institutional discrimination, and restricted use of dental health ...
Elaf Asfari, Andrea Rodriguez, Arek Dakessian, Siyang Yuan   +3 more
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A national-wide analysis of dental services utilization in primary health care settings in rural areas of Iran [PDF]

Journal of Education and Health Promotion
BACKGROUND: Children’s oral and dental health are vital components of overall health, affecting their growth, education, employment, and future prospects.
Leila Pouraghasi, Alireza Olyaeemanesh, Mojtaba Nouhi, Mehdi Jafari   +3 more
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Dental health service utilization among older adults receiving home care services in south-eastern Norway [PDF]

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
Objective: To map dental health service utilization (DSU) and associated factors among older adults receiving home care services (HCS) in south-eastern Norway, using Andersen’s model.
Hero Ibrahim Hassan, Vibeke Ansteinsson, Marte-Mari Uhlen-Strand, Ragnhild Hellesø, Rasa Skudutyte-Rysstad, Ewa A. Sz. Hovden   +5 more
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Status of public sector dental health-care services in Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2022
Background and Objectives: Primary health centers (PHCs) are the foundation of rural health services in India. The nonavailability of reports on the status of dental care services at public health-care centers in rural Andhra Pradesh prompted us to ...
Chandrasekhara Reddy Vuyyuru, Manickam Ponnaiah, Rajeshree Narayan Rangari   +2 more
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Pulpotomy for the Management of Irreversible Pulpitis in Mature Teeth (PIP): a feasibility study

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2022
Background Progression of dental caries can result in irreversible pulpal damage. Partial irreversible pulpitis is the initial stage of this damage, confined to the coronal pulp whilst the radicular pulp shows little or no sign of infection.
Alice Hamilton, Jan E. Clarkson, Craig R. Ramsay, Francesco Mannocci, Fadi Jarad, Sondos Albadri, David Ricketts, Carol Tait, Avijit Banerjee, Chris Deery, Dwayne Boyers, Zoe Marshman, Beatriz Goulao, Alice R. Hamilton, Katie Banister, Rosanne Bell, Lori Brown, David I. Conway, Pina Donaldson, Anne Duncan, Katharine Dunn, Patrick Fee, Mark Forrest, Anne-Marie Glenny, Jill Gouick, Ekta Gupta, Elisabet Jacobsen, Jennifer Kettle, Graeme MacLennan, Lorna Macpherson, Tina McGuff, Fiona Mitchell, Marjon van der Pol, Rebecca Moazzez, Douglas Roberston, Gabriella Wojewodka, Linda Young, Thomas Lamont   +37 more
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Selective Caries Removal in Permanent Teeth (SCRiPT) for the treatment of deep carious lesions: a randomised controlled clinical trial in primary care

BMC Oral Health, 2021
Background Dental caries is one of the most prevalent non-communicable disease globally and can have serious health sequelae impacting negatively on quality of life.
Jan E. Clarkson, Craig R. Ramsay, David Ricketts, Avijit Banerjee, Chris Deery, Thomas Lamont, Dwayne Boyers, Zoe Marshman, Beatriz Goulao, Katie Banister, David Conway, Bhupinder Dawett, Sarah Baker, Andrea Sherriff, Linda Young, Marjon van der Pol, Graeme MacLennan, Ruth Floate, Hazel Braid, Patrick Fee, Mark Forrest, Jill Gouick, Fiona Mitchell, Ekta Gupta, Riz Dakri, Jennifer Kettle, Tina McGuff, Katharine Dunn   +27 more
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Minimally Invasive Dentistry: Parent/Carer Perspectives on Atraumatic Restorative Treatments and Dental General Anaesthesia to the Management of Early Childhood Caries

Frontiers in Oral Health, 2021
Introduction: Parents of children treated under dental general anaesthesia (DGA) have reported feelings of concern and anxiety. This study elicited the views of parents/carers (P/C) of children with early childhood caries (ECC) who participated in a ...
Peter Arrow, Peter Arrow, Helen Forrest, Susan Piggott   +3 more
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National Oral Health Policy and Financing and Dental Health Status in 19 Countries

International Dental Journal, 2023
Objective: Dental caries in permanent teeth is one of the most common health issues—despite being preventable in early stages—due to inadequate regulation of preventive dental services in many countries.
Tess Foote, Lauren Willis, Tracy Kuo Lin
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Structural characteristics of oral health services in Brazilian Primary Health Care [PDF]

Brazilian Oral Research, 2021
This study aimed to describe the structure of oral health services in primary health care in Brazil with centers participating in the second cycle of the ‘National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care’ (PMAQ-AB), the largest health ...
Maria Tereza Abreu SCALZO, Antônio Thomaz Gonzaga MATTA-MACHADO, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães ABREU, Renata Castro MARTINS   +3 more
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Inequality in dental services: a scoping review on the role of access toward achieving universal health coverage in oral health

BMC Oral Health, 2021
Background Improving access to health services is a way towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in oral health. The purpose of this review was to map the determinants of access to dental services within a UHC framework.
Arash Ghanbarzadegan, Madhan Balasubramanian, Liana Luzzi, David Brennan, Peivand Bastani   +4 more
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