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Inequalities in oral health and oral health promotion [PDF]
Brazilian Oral Research, 2012 This article offers a critical review of the problem of inequalities in oral health and discusses strategies for disease prevention and oral health promotion.
Samuel Jorge Moysés
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ABC of oral health: Oral health and disease [PDF]
BMJ, 2000 A healthy dentition and mouth is important to both quality of life and nutrition, and oral disease may affect systemic health, as discussed in later articles in this series. Diagram of a tooth and supporting structures Teeth form mainly from neuroectoderm and comprise a crown of insensitive enamel surrounding sensitive dentine and a root that has
Holt, R, Roberts, G, Scully, C
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British Dental Journal, 2008 In the UK almost one million individuals use cocaine on a regular basis, implying that dentists are likely to encounter individuals that use cocaine. Regular use of this drug may have several orofacial effects, such as perforation of the nasal septum and palate, gingival lesions and erosion of tooth surfaces.
Brand, H.S., Gonggrijp, S., Blanksma, C.
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Oral Health in Pregnancy [PDF]
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2016 Oral health is crucial to overall health. Because of normal physiologic changes, pregnancy is a time of particular vulnerability in terms of oral health. Pregnant women and their providers need more knowledge about the many changes that occur in the oral cavity during pregnancy. In this article we describe the importance of the recognition, prevention,
Hartnett, Ein (R20663) +5 more
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International Dental Journal, 2004 This paper reviews oral health in Kuwait, based on all the surveys conducted in the country. In the global perspective, the prevalence of dental caries in Kuwait is high and there is no indication of a decrease, contrary to that observed in most industrialised countries.
Behbehani, Jawad Mohammad +1 more
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Health Affairs, 2016 The connection between oral and systemic health is becoming more obvious. Oral infections, specifically periodontitis, have been associated with diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory infection, erectile dysfunction, metabolic syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis, to name a few.
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Personality and oral health [PDF]
European Journal of Oral Sciences, 2011 We investigated age-26 personality characteristics and age-32 oral health in a prospective study of a complete birth cohort born in Dunedin, New Zealand. Personality was measured using the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). Oral health was measured using the short-form Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14), a global measure, and dental ...
Avshalom Caspi +6 more
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International Dental Journal, 2000 This review paper looks at the effects of diet on oral health and is concerned mainly with the effects of localised attacks on the dental hard tissues. In analysing the epidemiological evidence, the paper draws distinctions between the rates of diseases entities in developed and developing countries.
K.G. König
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