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“Our Community Needs More Information About Oral Health”: Co‐Designing a Culturally Grounded Oral Health Promotion Training With Aboriginal Health Workers and Practitioners

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Oral health is central to holistic wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, yet mainstream promotion approaches often rely on individualistic models that fail to reflect Community realities. Aboriginal Health Workers and Practitioners (AHW/Ps), as trusted Community members and the only nationally registered ...
Madison Cachagee   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Ethnography of Teeth Whitening Industry: How Professional Power Becomes Commercial Power in Dentistry

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to demonstrate how power is exercised, and by whom, to expand the practice of teeth whitening in dentistry and the resultant consequences for the public. Methods Institutional ethnography (IE) conducted in England that included 100 h of observations at cosmetic dentistry conferences, training and treatments; five ...
Rizwana Lala   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic Inequalities and Oral Health Among Adults and Elderly People in Rural Riverside Communities in the Amazon, Brazil

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To examine the extent to which socioeconomic and environmental characteristics are associated with oral health outcomes among adults and elderly people living in rural riverside communities in the Brazilian Amazon. The study also examined the mediating role of self‐reported dental status and reason for the last dental visit in these
Emmanuelle de Fátima Noberto Bezerra   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of disinfection by microwave irradiation on the strength of intact and relined denture bases and the water sorption and solubility of denture base and reline materials

open access: yes, 2008
This study evaluated the influence of microwave disinfection on the strength of intact and relined denture bases. Water sorption and solubility were also evaluated. A heat-polymerized acrylic resin (Lucitone 550) was used to construct 4-mm-thick (n = 40)
Seo, Rosangela Seiko   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Retention of CAD/CAM milled denture bases in complete dentures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Introduction. CAD/CAM (Computer - aided Design / Computer - aided manufacturing) complete dentures have increased in popularity and a wide variety of systems are currently available.
Bartal, Yarden
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Cultural and Social Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health: Understanding Oral Health Inequities in Canada, New Zealand/Aotearoa, and Australia

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This cross‐sectional study examined the cultural and social determinants of health in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia and their relevance to the oral health of Indigenous pregnant women. Methods An Indigenous framework was applied to a social determinants of health (SDH) model, Charlotte Loppie's Tree Metaphor, utilising data from
Herenia P. Lawrence   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reinforcement of complete denture bases with continuous high performance polyethylene fibers

open access: yes, 1992
Clinical literature details the causes for deformation and failure of acrylic resin complete denture bases. These findings are used to select patterns of high performance polyethylene fiber reinforcement that would best use the properties of the material
Ho, CF, Ladizesky, NH, Chow, TW
core   +1 more source

Patients' Experiences and Satisfaction With Immediate‐Loaded Zygomatic Implant Fixed Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesClinical Oral Implants Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To obtain an in‐depth understanding of patients' perspectives, their experiences and satisfaction with immediate‐loaded zygomatic implant (ILZI) fixed rehabilitation. Methods This qualitative study employed interpretive descriptive methodology and was conducted as the second phase of our previous quantitative study on patient ...
Anisha Rodrigues   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensional precision and volumetric shrinkage of PMMA denture bases polymerized with different methods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Dimensional precision of denture bases is a crucial factor for gaining denture retention and for attainment of clinically acceptable dentures. The dimensional precision of various denture base acrylic resins processed by the injection-molding method has ...
El Bahra, Shadi
core   +1 more source

Stratified Randomized Controlled Trial of ∅3.3 mm Versus ∅4.1 mm Hydrophilic Titanium‐Zirconium Implants Supporting Posterior Mandibular Fixed Prostheses in Hyperglycaemic Subjects

open access: yesClinical Oral Implants Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare ⌀3.3 mm and ⌀4.1 mm hydrophilic titanium‐zirconium implants supporting fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) in mandibular distal‐extension situations among participants with varying degrees of hyperglycaemia. Materials and Methods Participants were stratified according to HbA1c (5.8%–< 7.0% vs.
Supriya Ebenezer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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