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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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Socioeconomic inequalities in dental health services in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2003-2008. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res, 2016
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Access to, and use of, dental health services in Brazil have improved since 2003.
Monteiro CN, Beenackers MA, Goldbaum M, de Azevedo Barros MB, Gianini RJ, Cesar CL, Mackenbach JP.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Dental health status of recipients of community dental health services. [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1983
A new information system was used routinely to monitor clinical dental services. Data on 20,729 courses of treatment support the validity and usefulness of continuously collected information about dental health status. Patients who had not attended a community clinic within the year before examination did not need courses of treatment that differed ...
S, Gelbier, J, Packham, S, Simmons, I, Hopes   +3 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
doaj   +1 more source

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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