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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Miska Simanainen
BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown that the use of dental care services has a significant socioeconomic gradient. Lower income groups tend to use dental care services less, and they often have poorer dental health than higher income groups. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how an increase in income affects the use of dental care services among a low-income population. METHODS: The study examines the causal effect of increasing cash transfers on the use of dental care services by utilizing unique register-based data from a randomized field experiment conducted in Finland in 2017-2018...
April 22, 2024: BMC Health Services Research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lisa Bennett Johnson, Alex Samuel Reznik, Alessandro Villa
Oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) signs and symptoms may be first identified by dental hygienists during routine extra and intra-oral examinations. A comprehensive extra-oral and intra-oral examination during regular dental hygiene assessment is paramount to identifying oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) and cancerous lesions for timely referral and treatment. Integrating a systematic list of questions during the medical and dental assessment along with careful visual and tactile examinations is critical to identifying OPMDs and cancerous lesions...
April 2024: Journal of Dental Hygiene: JDH
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gabriela Manco Machado, Ana Clara Falabello Luca, Renata Paz Leal Pereira, Ana Yne Fernandez, Lucas Gabriel Santini Rodrigues, Isabella Petroline Leite, Maximiliano Sergio Cenci, Tatiana Pereira Cenci, Ana Paula Pires Santos, Branca Heloisa Oliveira, Paulo Nadanovsky, Marina Deus Moura Lima, Marcoeli Silva Moura, Edson Hilan Gomes Lucena, Tathiane Larissa Lenzi, Ana Carla Crispim, Fernanda Campos Almeida Carrer, Mariana Gabriel, Claudia Cazal Lira, Carla Vecchione Gurgel, Helder Henrique Costa Pinheiro, Gilberto Alfredo Pucca, Fábio Carneiro Martins, Paola Gondim Calvasina, Maria Fernanda Montezuma Tricoli, Camila Menezes Costa Castelo Branco, Raiza Dias Freitas, José Carlos Pettorossi Imparato, Daniela Prócida Raggio, Tamara Kerber Tedesco, Fausto Medeiros Mendes, Mariana Minatel Braga
BACKGROUND: Important evidence has been constantly produced and needs to be converted into practice. Professional consumption of such evidence may be a barrier to its implementation. Then, effective implementation of evidence-based interventions in clinical practice leans on the understanding of how professionals value attributes when choosing between options for dental care, permitting to guide this implementation process by maximizing strengthens and minimizing barriers related to that...
April 19, 2024: BMC Oral Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dana Jafarpour, Nesma El-Amier, Jocelyne Feine, Christophe Bedos, Samer Abi-Nader, Shahrokh Esfandiari, Tibor Shuster, Elizabeth Zimmermann, Raphael de Souza
BACKGROUND: Complete tooth loss is a significant global oral health issue, particularly impacting older individuals with lower socioeconomic status. Computer-assisted technologies enhance oral healthcare access by the elderly. Despite promising in vitro reports on digital denture materials, evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) is lacking to verify their performance. This cross-over RCT will investigate whether 3D-printed implant-retained mandibular overdentures (IMO) are more satisfactory for edentulous seniors than those made through traditional methods...
April 16, 2024: Trials
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REVIEW
Pablo Silveira Santos, Filipe Colombo Vitali, Gabriela Fonseca-Souza, Lucianne Cople Maia, Mariane Cardoso, Juliana Feltrin-Souza, Fabian Calixto Fraiz
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of dentin hypersensitivity (DH) and toothache in patients with Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH); and evaluate whether patients with MIH have greater likelihood of presenting DH/toothache than controls. DATA: Studies evaluating DH/toothache in patients with MIH were included. Studies focusing on other enamel defects were excluded. SOURCES: Eight databases, including grey literature, were searched in January 2024...
April 4, 2024: Journal of Dentistry
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REVIEW
A L Cope, I G Chestnutt
OBJECTIVES: To synthesize and appraise the evidence regarding the relationship between food insecurity and behaviours associated with dental caries development in adults and children in high-income countries. METHODS: A systematic review including observational studies assessing the association between food insecurity and selected dietary (free sugar consumption) and non-dietary factors (tooth brushing frequency; use of fluoridated toothpaste; dental visiting; oral hygiene aids; type of toothbrush used; interdental cleaning frequency and mouthwash use) related to dental caries development in adults and children in high-income countries...
April 3, 2024: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
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REVIEW
Marco Guevara-Vega, Bruno Silva Andrade, Lucas Sousa Palmeira, Sttephany Silva Bernardino, Elisa Borges Taveira, Leia Cardoso-Sousa, Douglas C Caixeta, Thulio M Cunha, Luiz R Goulart, Ana Carolina Gomes Jardim, Robinson Sabino-Silva
OBJECTIVES: This narrative review addresses relevant points about Chapare virus (CHAV) entry in oral cells, CHAV transmission, and preventive strategies in dental clinical settings. It is critical in dentistry due to the frequent presence of gingival hemorrhage occurred in CHAV-infected patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Studies related to CHAV were searched in MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, and Web-of-Science databases without language restriction or year of publication...
April 3, 2024: Clinical Oral Investigations
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Siri Christine Rødseth, Hedda Høvik, Espen Bjertness, Rasa Skudutyte-Rysstad
OBJECTIVES: To investigate socioeconomic inequality in caries experience in an adult Norwegian population. METHODS: This population-based study included 4549 dentate participants aged 25-94 years from the cross-sectional HUNT4 Oral Health Study conducted in Central Norway in 2017-2019. Participants were randomly sampled from the larger HUNT4 Survey and answered questionnaires and underwent clinical and radiographic examinations. Caries experience was measured as numbers of decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT index) and socioeconomic position was denoted by education and household income...
April 2, 2024: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Swetha Ramanathan, Connie Yan, Katie J Suda, Charlesnika T Evans, Tumader Khouja, Ronald C Hershow, Susan A Rowan, Alan E Gross, Lisa K Sharp
OBJECTIVES: While factors contributing to dental antibiotic overprescribing have previously been described, previous work has lacked any theoretical behavior change framework that could guide future intervention development. The purpose of this study was to use an evidence-based conceptual model to identify barriers and facilitators of appropriate antibiotic prescribing by dentists as a guide for future interventions aimed at modifying antibiotic prescribing. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with dentists from the National Dental Practice Based Research Network (PBRN) exploring patient and practice factors perceived to impact antibiotic prescribing...
April 1, 2024: Journal of Public Health Dentistry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shalika Hegde, Susan McKee, Deborah Cole, Zoe Wainer
ObjectiveThis study aimed to describe the development and implementation of a co-designed value-based healthcare (VBHC) framework within the public dental sector in Victoria.MethodsA mixed-method study was employed. Explorative qualitative design was used to examine patient, workforce and stakeholder perspectives of implementing VBHC. Participatory action research was used to bring together qualitative narrative-based research and service design methods. An experience-based co-design approach was used to enable staff and patients to co-design services...
March 28, 2024: Australian Health Review: a Publication of the Australian Hospital Association
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REVIEW
Tao Li, Yinli Shen, Yingjie Leng, You Zeng, Long Li, Zijiang Yang, Siyu Wang, Yunlan Jiang
BACKGROUND: In recent years, oral frailty was proposed as a new concept regarding dental and oral health in older adults. Poor oral health is linked to preserving general health and has become a geriatric public health problem that deeply affects healthy aging. While in present, evidence on the prevalence associated with oral frailty in older adults remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To systematically evaluate the prevalence of oral frailty among older adults, stratified by relevant factors such as gender, source, study design, region, and the evaluation scales for oral frailty and provide an evidence-based foundation for healthcare professionals and policymakers to formulate relevant measures...
March 25, 2024: European Geriatric Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alaa Alhomsi, Hala Aldoss, Abeer A Aljoujou, Ammar Mahmoud Mashlah, Mohammad Y Hajeer, Amr Alyafi, Imad Addin Almasri
BACKGROUND: Social media has been widely utilized to spread health-related information, which has led to the possibility of spreading medical misinformation. The extent of the issue is unknown, even though policymakers, researchers, and medical professionals agree that health misinformation must be controlled and combated. OBJECTIVE: A cross-sectional study was conducted by the faculty of dentistry at Damascus University. METHODS: This quantitative cross-sectional study used a voluntary questionnaire distributed online in social media groups...
March 2024: Curēus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anne E Sanders, Kimon Divaris, Tewodros R Godebo, Gary D Slade
BACKGROUND: Fluoridation of public water systems is known as a safe and effective strategy for preventing dental caries based on evidence from non-randomized studies. Yet 110 million Americans do not have access to a fluoridated public water system and many others do not drink tap water. This article describes the study protocol for the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) of fluoridated water that assesses its potential dental caries preventive efficacy when delivered in bottles. METHODS: waterBEST is a phase 2b proof-of-concept, randomized, quadruple-masked, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial designed to estimate the potential efficacy of fluoridated versus non-fluoridated bottled water to prevent dental caries incidence in the first 4 years of life...
March 5, 2024: Trials
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rebecca Ridout
UNLABELLED: This systematic review aims to explore the literature surrounding awareness of oral health implications following oral/perioral piercings, and evaluate potential oral complications following these piercings. DATA SOURCES: Searches were carried out across scientific databases including PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane and Google Scholar for all studies published until April 2023. STUDY SELECTION: Primary research including cross-sectional, cohort, and case-control studies that met the inclusion criteria were included in the systematic review...
February 27, 2024: Evidence-based Dentistry
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Anne E Sanders, Tewodros R Godebo, Kimon Divaris, Gary D Slade
Background : Fluoridation of public water systems is known as a safe and effective strategy for preventing dental caries based on evidence from non-randomized studies. Yet 110 million Americans do not have access to a fluoridated public water system and many others do not drink tap water. This article describes the study protocol for the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) of fluoridated water that assesses its potential dental caries preventive efficacy when delivered in bottles. Methods : waterBEST is a phase 2b proof-of-concept, randomized, quadruple-masked, placebo controlled, parallel group, trial designed to estimate the potential efficacy of fluoridated versus non-fluoridated bottled water to prevent dental caries incidence in the first four years of life...
February 12, 2024: Research Square
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lucinda K Bell, Huy V Nguyen, Diep H Ha, Gemma Devenish-Coleman, Rebecca K Golley, Loc G Do, Jane A Scott
Foods and beverages high in free sugars can displace healthier choices and increase the risk of weight gain, dental caries, and noncommunicable diseases. Little is known about the intake of free sugars across early childhood. This study aimed to examine the longitudinal intake from 1 to 5 years of free sugars and identify the independent maternal and child-related predictors of intake in a cohort of Australian children participating in the Study of Mothers' and Infants' Life Events Affecting Oral Health (SMILE)...
February 2, 2024: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Matina V Angelopoulou, Kyriaki Seremidi, Vasiliki Benetou, Andreas Agouropoulos, Christos Rahiotis, Sotiria Gizani
PURPOSE: To collect and evaluate the available evidence on existing tools used in research and clinical practice to assess and analyse the diet of children and adolescents for its cariogenicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Multiple databases were searched up to October 2022, with no date, publication, or language restrictions, followed by a manual search. Study screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment were performed in duplicate. Dietary assessment tools and dental clinical parameters tested were retrieved for qualitative assessment and synthesis...
January 15, 2024: Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anne H Blaes, Maysa M Abu-Khalaf, Catherine M Bender, Susan F Dent, Chunkit Fung, Sophia K Smith, Samantha Watson, Sweatha Katta, Janette K Merrill, Shawna V Hudson
PURPOSE: The American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Survivorship Committee established a task force to determine which survivorship care services were being denied by public and private payers for coverage and reimbursement. METHODS: A quantitative survey instrument was developed to determine the clinical practice-reported rates of coverage denials for evidence-based cancer survivorship care services. Additionally, qualitative interviews were conducted to understand whether coverage denials were based on payer policies, cost-sharing, or prior authorization...
February 17, 2024: Supportive Care in Cancer
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ben B Levy, Jade Goodman, Erin Watson, Melanie Gilbert, Nick Blanas, Christopher W Noel, Pabiththa Kamalraj, Frances C Wright, Jonathan C Irish, Lesley Gotlib Conn, Antoine Eskander
BACKGROUND: Dentists serve a crucial role in managing treatment complications for patients with head and neck cancer, including post-radiation caries and oral infection. To date, dental services for head and neck cancer patients in Ontario, Canada have not been well characterized and considerable disparities in allocation, availability, and funding are thought to exist. The current study aims to describe and assess the provision of dental services for head and neck cancer patients in Ontario...
February 13, 2024: BMC Oral Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Guy Goffin, Nigel Carter, Armelia Sari Widyarman, Tri Erri Astoeti, Humayun Kabir Bulbul, Paapa Puplampu, Latifa Berrezouga, Hoang Trong Hung
Nowadays, the link between oral health and general health is clearly understood and supported by many global bodies, including the World Health Organisation. Yet, oral diseases remain prevalent worldwide, necessitating a practical approach. This opinion paper seeks to clarify the role of teledentistry as an adjunct for improving oral health when access to oral care services is one of the major concerns.While prevention is the best option, many people lack regular oral care access, missing vital maintenance for mouth and body health...
February 2024: British Dental Journal
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