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Relationship between oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, practice, self-rated oral health and oral health-related quality of life among Chinese college students: a structural equation modeling approach

open access: yesBMC Oral Health, 2021
This study aimed to evaluate the associations among oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, practice (KAP), self-rated oral health and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among Chinese college students.
Suge Zheng   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Oral health in Kuwait [PDF]

open access: yesInternational 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
openaire   +4 more sources

Global Perspectives of Oral Health Policies and Oral Healthcare Schemes for Older Adult Populations

open access: yesFrontiers in Oral Health, 2021
The aim of this study was to present a concise summary of the oral health policies and oral healthcare schemes for older adult populations in a number of selected countries around the world.
Chloe Meng Jiang   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Oral health and use of dental services in different stages of adulthood in Norway: a cross sectional study

open access: yesBMC Oral Health, 2021
Background Socioeconomic status and oral health care habits may change throughout adult life. This calls for age-stratified analyses of oral health in the adult population to uncover differences that could be of importance for organizing adequate oral ...
E. Hadler-Olsen, B. Jönsson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Oral Health [PDF]

open access: yesHealth 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.
openaire   +4 more sources

Disparities in Access to Oral Health Care.

open access: yesAnnual Review of Public Health, 2020
In the United States, people are more likely to have poor oral health if they are low-income, uninsured, and/or members of racial/ethnic minority, immigrant, or rural populations who have suboptimal access to quality oral health care.
M. Northridge   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparative Clinical Study Testing the Effectiveness of School Based Oral Health Education Using Experiential Learning or Traditional Lecturing in 10 Year-Old Children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background School based oral health education through traditional lecturing has been found successful only in improving oral health knowledge, while has low effectiveness in oral hygiene and gingival health.
Angelopoulou, Matina V.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Personality and oral health [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean 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
openaire   +3 more sources

Socio-demographics, Oral Health Behavior, and Physical Activity: Factors in Caries Experience Among 19–59 Years Old Adults in a Malaysian Population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Dental caries is one of the common diseases that are attributed by many factors. Many from the adult population are afflicted with dental caries. This study aimed to determine the predictors of developing dental caries among adults.
Kaur, S. (Satvinder)   +1 more
core   +6 more sources

Oral health literacy, knowledge and perceptions in a socially and culturally diverse population: a mixed methods study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Poor oral health literacy has been proposed as a causal factor in disparities in oral health outcomes. This study aims to investigate oral health literacy (OHL) in a socially and culturally diverse population of Australian adults visiting a ...
Shalinie King   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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