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Oral Health Care for Institutionalized Elderly in Romania: Needs, Barriers, and Legislative Gaps [PDF]
Dentistry JournalBackground: Elderly individuals living in Romanian long-term care facilities encounter substantial challenges in accessing oral healthcare, despite the high prevalence of dental disease and prosthetic needs.
Raluca Mioara Cosoroabă +4 more
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Ear shut and Dentistry: ethical and legal approach [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2023 Introduction: As a health science, dentistry seeks to raise self-esteem and improve patients’ quality of life. However, the emergence of the aesthetic procedure “ear shut,” which proposes correcting protruding ears without surgery, has raised ethical and
Paulo Henrique Viana Pinto +5 more
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Factors and Mechanisms Involved in Acquired Developmental Defects of Enamel: A Scoping Review
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 BackgroundDevelopmental Defects of Enamel (DDE) is a pathology of the teeth that can greatly alter the quality of life of patients (hypersensitivity, esthetic issues, loss of function, etc.).
Anne-Margaux Collignon +19 more
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Frontiers in Oral Health, 2023 BackgroundChild neglect is a public health, human rights, and social problem, with potentially devastating and costly consequences. The aim of this study was to: (1) summarize the oral health profile of children across the globe; (2) provide a brief ...
Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan +44 more
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CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2016 Background: Dental waste is a subset of hazardous biomedical (BM) waste. It has been observed that most of the dental health facilities, the guidelines for proper management of dental waste are not adopted and not up to the prescribed standard.
Ramesh Lakshmikantha +6 more
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Bioscience Journal, 2016 Orthodontic treatment requires ethical and legal attitudes from professionals since the first contact with the patient. Thus, this study assessed professional profile, legal obligations in provision of care, and the conduct of orthodontists in terms of ...
Vinícius Lima de Almeida +6 more
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Diagnostics, 2023 The main objective of this study was to evaluate the improvement of periodontal health in patients with periodontitis treated with non-surgical periodontal therapy and subgingival-administrated local and systemic antimicrobial agents.
Stana Păunica +6 more
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Model All-Payer Claims Database Legislation [PDF]
, 2015 With support from the Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center, the APCD Council has developed model legislation guidance for states to develop all-payer claims database ...
Hodder, Lucy C. +3 more
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Ethical and legal issues regarding the action and knowledge of orthodontists before civil liability
Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 2014 This study evaluated the ethical and legal conducts of orthodontists regarding the professional/patient relationship, documentation used and degree of knowledge on the professional liability during the exercise of their specialty.
Luíza Valéria de Abreu Maia +4 more
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Developments in oral health care in the Netherlands between 1995 and 2018
BMC Oral Health, 2020 Background Over the past several decades, changes in legislation and regulations have been implemented in oral health care in the Netherlands. In 1995, for example, a major transformation in the funding of oral health care was implemented, after which ...
Joost C. L. den Boer +2 more
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