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

open access: yesCommunity 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining Disability in Oral Health Policy and Practice in the UK

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives In the United Kingdom (UK), disabled people face barriers accessing dental care, leading to poor oral health. To understand these barriers, the present study examined how disability is defined and conceptualised in UK oral health policy documents, and explored the implications of these framings for the provision of dental care for ...
K. Rijhwani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Determinants and the Limits of the Clinical Model in Periodontal Disease

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Periodontitis remains one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide and is strongly socially patterned. However, contemporary disease classifications and guideline‐based management largely emphasise individualised, clinically intensive, long‐term maintenance approaches.
Fábio R. M. Leite   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kā pao te tōrea: Opportunities to Improve Oral Health Services for Māori

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Colonisation continues to shape Indigenous health outcomes today. Māori are the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, and experience barriers to accessing care and a greater prevalence of dental caries, periodontal diseases, and tooth loss compared with non‐Māori.
J. Kuramaiki Lacey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Ethnography of Teeth Whitening Industry: How Professional Power Becomes Commercial Power in Dentistry

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to demonstrate how power is exercised, and by whom, to expand the practice of teeth whitening in dentistry and the resultant consequences for the public. Methods Institutional ethnography (IE) conducted in England that included 100 h of observations at cosmetic dentistry conferences, training and treatments; five ...
Rizwana Lala   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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