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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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The impact of oral health literacy on dental anxiety and utilization of oral health services among dental patients: a cross sectional study

BMC Oral Health, 2023
Background Low oral health literacy levels and deficient oral health knowledge jeopardize the communication between dentists and patients in different communities.
A. Badran, K. Keraa, M. Farghaly
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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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Kontribusi Pemanfaatan Fasilitas Kesehatan Gigi terhadap Radang Gusi Anak (Studi Ibu dan Anaknya yang Berumur Empat Tahun di DKI Jakarta 1993/1994)

Journal of Dentistry Indonesia, 2015
Dental health services utilization is a dental health behavious component included practicing domain. Dental health services utilization is mothers practicing demand for promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative in mothers' or her family dental ...
Budiharto Budiharto
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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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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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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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The relationship between private health plans and use of medical and dental health services in the Brazilian health system.

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2019
To describe the last place of medical and dental health service used in relation to private health plans, and examine the effect of being registered in the primary healthcare system through the Family Health Strategy (FHS).
L. M. Pilotto, R. K. Celeste
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Health services provision of 48 public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in China

Clinical Oral Investigations, 2020
To assess the status of health services provision of public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in China and to evaluate the regional difference of telehealth.
Yang Yang, Yin Zhou, Xiaoqiang Liu, Jianguo Tan   +3 more
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