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Association between smoking habits and dental care utilization and cost using administrative claims database and specific medical check-up data

BMC Oral Health, 2022
Background This study aims to evaluate the association between smoking habits and dental care utilization and cost in individuals registered with the Japan Health Insurance Association, Osaka branch. Methods We used the administrative claims database and
Kahori Kawamura, Takashi Doi, Keita Kano, Masanori Matsui, Yuka Hattori, Fukutaro Onishi, Hirotsuka Fukata, Tatsuro Miyake   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Discharge Summary Prompt Reduces Postoperative Radiotherapy Delay in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Delays in postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) beyond 6 weeks are associated with worse outcomes in head and neck cancer (HNC). This study evaluated whether a discharge summary prompt could reduce PORT delay. Methods A retrospective review of patients from 2018 to 2023 was used as a pre‐intervention baseline.
Andreja Radevic, Niketna Vivek, Joaquin Austerlitz, Sindhura Sridhar, Whitney Jin, Robert Sinard, Sarah L. Rohde, Kyle Mannion, Alexander J. Langerman, Eben Rosenthal, Michael C. Topf   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inequality in dental expenditures among Iranian households: A cross-sectional survey using the National Health Accounts

Dental Research Journal, 2020
Background: Recently, inequality in dental care has become increasingly popular in both developed and developing countries as a matter of health policy. Thus, the aims of this study were examining inequality in dental care expenditures and assessing the ...
Arash Rashidian, Parisa Mehdizadeh, Nooredin Dopeykar, Mostafa Hosseini, Alireza Olyaeemanesh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dental Students Versus Dentists’ Professional Pain and Coping Strategies: Does Dental Education Matter?

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Dentists are at risk of developing musculoskeletal pain (MP) during their professional lives. The objectives were to compare dental students’ and dentists’ professional pain–related education, current professional pain, coping strategies, and evaluations of ways to alleviate pain.
Shraddha Ramnath, Marita R. Inglehart
wiley   +1 more source

Tales From Within: Dental Students’ Reflective Activities Involving Equity‐Deserving Communities

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Undergraduate dental training benefits from community service‐learning (CSL) placements, in which equity‐deserving groups receive oral health care and students can critically reflect on their experiences. This study aimed to thematically explore the moments of revelation and struggle that senior dental students reflected on while ...
Mario Brondani, Renata Paz Leal Pereira, Bebecca Elias   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Reality and Direction of Korean Dental Hygiene Education in the Super‐Aged Society

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aims to analyze the structural features and key issues of dental hygiene education and the national licensing examination in response to a super‐aged society. To this end, the current status and challenges of Korea's dental hygiene education system are reviewed, and comparative analyses of corresponding systems in the ...
Ji‐Won Choi, Jeewan Chun, Sang‐Hwan Oh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Factors Shaping Dental Insurance Utilization: Insights from an Investigation in Iran

Journal of Dental School
Objectives One of the key indicators of the effectiveness of a country's healthcare system is the delivery of accessible and impactful health services, particularly in the field of oral and dental healthcare.
Michael Aryan Kya, Tayebe Rojhanian, Fatemeh Sayar Irani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dental insurance: A systematic review

Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry, 2014
To review uses of finance in dentistry. A search of 25 electronic databases and World Wide Web was conducted. Relevant journals were hand searched and further information was requested from authors. Inclusion criteria were a predefined hierarchy of evidence and objectives. Study validity was assessed with checklists.
Garla, Bharath Kumar, Satish, G., Divya, K. T.   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Community‐Based Postdoctoral Dentistry Program in Special Care Dentistry: Development and Implementation

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction There is a growing, national need for properly trained dentists to provide special care dentistry to a transitioning, aging, and medically complex population. This study describes the implementation and initial impact of a novel academic‐community intervention designed to rapidly address this critical gap in provider training and ...
Dan Burch, Marvellous A. Akinlotan, Oluyomi Oloruntoba, Prerana Gurudath, Carol Dean, Katherine Miller Nimmons, Nina Ray, Jayne Reuben   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-demographic predictors of not having private dental insurance coverage: machine-learning algorithms may help identify the disadvantaged

BMC Public Health
Background For accessing dental care in Canada, approximately 62% of the population has employment-based insurance, 6% have some publicly funded coverage, and 32% have to pay out-of pocket. Those with no insurance or public coverage find dental care more
Venkata R. Duvvuri, Mona Abdelrehim, Sonica Singhal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source