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Oral Health and Well‐Being: Insights From Personal Narratives of Losing Teeth and Living With Dentures

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To explore how individuals who have lost or have missing teeth and subsequently received dentures make sense of the factors influencing their oral health and well‐being. Methods Thematic and structural narrative analysis was used to evaluate 19 semi‐structured interview transcripts from a secondary dataset of United Kingdom adults ...
Heba Ramadan Salama, Jennifer Burr, Claire Elcock, Barry John Gibson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can a Low‐Threshold Check‐Up Motivate Older Adults to Schedule a Dental Visit? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Oral disorders are an important disability driver in adults aged 70 and older, who often experience greater tooth loss and higher levels of untreated oral disease than younger persons. Despite the importance of regular dental visits, older adults attend dental services less frequently, facing several barriers.
Aster De Vleeschauwer, Roos Colman, Peter Pype, Louise Poppe, Barbara Janssens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Our Community Needs More Information About Oral Health”: Co‐Designing a Culturally Grounded Oral Health Promotion Training With Aboriginal Health Workers and Practitioners

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Oral health is central to holistic wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, yet mainstream promotion approaches often rely on individualistic models that fail to reflect Community realities. Aboriginal Health Workers and Practitioners (AHW/Ps), as trusted Community members and the only nationally registered ...
Madison Cachagee, Ashleigh Smith, Priscilla Larkins, Michael Larkin, Dandara Haag, Eleanor Parker, Emily Minh‐An Bui, Lisa Jamieson, Brianna Poirier   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS TOOTHBRUSHES ON GINGIVAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN [PDF]

Journal of IMAB
Purpose: Comparative evaluation of manual, electric, sonic and ultrasonic toothbrush effectiveness on children's gingival status. Material and methods: The study involved 106 children aged 11 to 13 years, divided into four groups according to the type ...
Hristina Tankova, Zornitsa Lazarova
doaj   +1 more source

Screen Time, Dental Caries, and Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life in Adolescents Living in Deprived Neighbourhoods in Manaus, Brazil: A Two‐Year Follow‐Up Study

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To examine the influence of screen time and behavioural pathways on the incidence of dental caries and oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL) among adolescents living in deprived neighbourhoods. Methods A 2‐year prospective cohort study involving 323 12‐year‐old adolescents enrolled in public schools was conducted in the East ...
Iana Nogueira Rego, Maria Augusta Bessa Rebelo, Mario Vianna Vettore, Janete Maria Rebelo Vieira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of electric-powered cleaning instruments in edentulous patients with implant-supported full-arch fixed prostheses: a crossover design

International Journal of Implant Dentistry, 2019
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the plaque removal efficacies of electric toothbrushes and electric dental floss compared with conventional manual toothbrushing in cleaning the fitting surface of an All-on-4™ concept (Nobel Biocare ...
Toru Maeda, Taro Mukaibo, Chihiro Masaki, Sirapat Thongpoung, Shintaro Tsuka, Akiko Tamura, Fumiko Aonuma, Yusuke Kondo, Ryuji Hosokawa   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Achieving Universal Health Coverage for Oral Health by 2030 in Armed Conflict‐Affected Settings: Challenges and Pathways

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background In 2025, over 110 armed conflicts were reported globally, affecting an estimated two billion people. Oral health remains critically neglected in conflict‐affected settings, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), where it is deprioritised amid competing health demands.
Amal Elamin, Sara Abdullah, Mohammed Al‐Haroni, Rania Al‐Mahdi, Charlotte Jeavons, John Ansah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oral health-related quality of life in patients with stroke: a randomized clinical trial of oral hygiene care during outpatient rehabilitation

Scientific Reports, 2017
This study was to evaluate the effectiveness of oral hygiene care in improving oral health- and health-related quality of life (OHRQoL and HRQoL) among patients receiving outpatient stroke rehabilitation.
Ruoxi Dai, Otto L. T. Lam, Edward C. M. Lo, Leonard S. W. Li, Colman McGrath   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is a new sonic toothbrush more effective in plaque removal than a manual toothbrush?

, 2015
AIM: Powered or manual toothbrushes are daily-used instrument in the Western area for the control and removal of bacterial biofilm. Among powered-toothbrushes, sonic technology has shown to produce fluid turbulent activity that might assist in plaque ...
D. Battaglia, D. Augusti, G. Augusti, D. Re, A.B. Giannì   +4 more
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Evidence Synthesis on Fluoride Use in Traditional Communities and Indigenous Populations: A Systematic Review

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To synthesize the evidence on the use of fluoride in the prevention of dental caries among Indigenous populations and traditional communities through a systematic literature review. Methods An electronic search was conducted in the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS ...
Emily Souza Silva, Helene Soares Moura, Paulo Frazão   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source