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A Study on the Estimation of Fees for Dental Hygiene Activities Within the Dental Hygiene Process Using the Relative Value Scale

치위생과학회지
Background: Dental hygienists serve as preventive care providers, oral health educators, and public health advocates. Although the dental hygiene process (DHP)—a patient-centered, evidence-based model—is widely used in dental hygiene education, its ...
Jin-Sun Choi, Sun-Jung Shin, Bo-Mi Shin, Hyo-Jin Lee, Hye-Young Yoon, Soo-Myoung Bae   +5 more
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Costs in dental care: a scoping review of methodologies and trends

BMC Oral Health
Background Oral diseases remain among the most widespread non-communicable conditions globally, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income populations.
Pourya Tatari, Reza Rezayatmand, Firoozeh Nilchian   +2 more
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Oral Health Care Reform in Finland – aiming to reduce inequity in care provision

BMC Oral Health, 2008
Background In Finland, dental services are provided by a public (PDS) and a private sector. In the past, children, young adults and special needs groups were entitled to care and treatment from the public dental services (PDS).
Widström Eeva, Niiranen Teija, Niskanen Tapani   +2 more
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What do dentists do and earn? An exploratory analysis of French dentists with a focus on primary care teams

BMC Primary Care
Access to dental care in France faces two main barriers: high out-of-pocket costs and a widely uneven distribution of dentists. Multiprofessional primary care groups (MPCGs) are currently in development to improve primary care efficiency and enhance the ...
Anne-Charlotte Bas, Matthieu Cassou, Carine Franc   +2 more
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Dental service utilization and the COVID-19 pandemic, a micro-data analysis

BMC Oral Health
Background Global crises and disease pandemics, such as COVID-19, negatively affect dental care utilization by several factors, such as infection anxiety, disrupted supply chains, economic contraction, and household income reduction.
Amir akbari, Mohammad Reza khami, Amine Beymouri, Solmaz Akbari   +3 more
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Compensating Associates for Supervising Dental Hygiene Production in U.S. General Dental Prac-tices: A Discussion of a Frequently Taboo Topic

Dental Hypotheses, 2010
Many associateship employment contracts in U.S. general dental practice, probably about 85% based on our review of over 100 contracts in the past decade, are silent about a key issue in associate-ships--namely, compensating associates for supervising ...
David Dunning, Brian Lange, Robert Madden   +2 more
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Dentists’ refusal to manage patients with HIV, tuberculosis, HBV, HCV, epilepsy, and financial limitations in Damascus, Syria: a cross-sectional study

BDJ Open
Objective This study investigates refusal rates of dentists in Damascus, Syria, to manage patients who disclose that they are carriers of tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and C (HBV/HCV), and patients with dental phobia ...
Muhammad Oweis Makieh, Muhammad Ibrahim Lababidi, Ramah Eimad Makieh, Mahmoud Abdul-Hak   +3 more
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Perceptions and telemonitoring potential of smart toothbrushes among dental professionals and the public: A cross-sectional survey

Digital Health
Objective Toothbrushing is a fundamental method for maintaining oral hygiene and preventing oral diseases. However, verifying proper brushing techniques remains challenging without professional feedback.
Yiseul Choi, Jaeyeon Kim, Yoolbin Song, Wonse Park   +3 more
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Teaching posterior composite restorations: A survey of dental schools in Palestine

Heliyon
Aim: This study aimed to assess different aspects of teaching posterior composite restorations in two dental schools in Palestine. Materials and methods: A questionnaire was emailed to the heads of the operative and conservative dentistry departments to ...
Naji Ziad Arandi
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Health expenditures by households after implementation of health transformational plan: a cross-sectional study

Payesh, 2018
Objective (s): health transformational plan was executed as one the most important plans by the ministry of health and medical education in order to reduce admission fees. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of this plan, this study was conducted with
Mohammad Khammarnia, Mostafa Peyvand, Fatemeh Setoodezadeh, Eshagh Barfar, Nader poormand, Ali Mirbaloch zehi, faroogh Rastadel, Ayube kord Tamini, Umm al-Banin Arefi, Hamed Azar Pira, Vahed bakhsh Baloch   +10 more
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