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Can a Low‐Threshold Check‐Up Motivate Older Adults to Schedule a Dental Visit? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Oral disorders are an important disability driver in adults aged 70 and older, who often experience greater tooth loss and higher levels of untreated oral disease than younger persons. Despite the importance of regular dental visits, older adults attend dental services less frequently, facing several barriers.
Aster De Vleeschauwer, Roos Colman, Peter Pype, Louise Poppe, Barbara Janssens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who you are and who you want to be: a pilot study of dental hygiene students' professional identity formation. [PDF]

BMC Med Educ
Nagatani Y, Imafuku R, Hayakawa K, Suzuki Y, Saiki T.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Structural Determinants and the Limits of the Clinical Model in Periodontal Disease

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Periodontitis remains one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide and is strongly socially patterned. However, contemporary disease classifications and guideline‐based management largely emphasise individualised, clinically intensive, long‐term maintenance approaches.
Fábio R. M. Leite, Gustavo G. Nascimento, Marco A. Peres   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing Fear and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Dental Hygiene Visits with Guided Biofilm Therapy: Analysis of Psychological and Physiological Differences Between Women and Men-A Conceptual and Multivariate Regression Model. [PDF]

J Pers Med
Leśna M, Górna K, Kwiatek J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Streptococcus mitis Peritonitis in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient: A Case Report Highlighting the Importance of Dental Hygiene. [PDF]

Cureus
Kanjanabuch P, Banjongjit A, Purisinsith S, Towannang P, Kanjanabuch T.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source