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Delivery, management and promotion of oral health and dental care

Section edited by Rodrigo Jose Marino

This section aims to publish research on the costs, policies and regulations affecting dental care, the effectiveness of oral health promotion, the experience of vulnerable groups and the psychological aspects of dental care (e.g. dental fear)

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  1. Decades of epidemiological studies have documented high rates of early childhood caries (ECC) among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate if a motiva...

    Authors: Christine M. Blue, Michelle C. Arnett, Hiwet Ephrem, Scott Lunos, Chen Ruoqiong and Robert Jones

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:90

    Content type: Research article

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  2. The tiered sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax was implemented in Thailand to encourage industries to reduce sugar content in beverages, and consequently reduce sugar consumption in the population. The aim of t...

    Authors: Nipaporn Urwannachotima, Piya Hanvoravongchai, John Pastor Ansah, Piyada Prasertsom and Victoria Rui Ying Koh

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:76

    Content type: Research article

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  3. Early childhood caries (ECC) affects millions of children up to 6 years old. Its treatment positively impacts the quality of life of children and their families. However, there is no consensus on how to treat ...

    Authors: Patrícia Corrêa-Faria, Karolline Alves Viana, Daniela Prócida Raggio, Marie Therese Hosey and Luciane Rezende Costa

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:75

    Content type: Research article

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  4. The Filling Children’s Teeth: Indicated Or Not? (FiCTION) randomised controlled trial (RCT) aimed to explore the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of managing dental caries in children’s primary teeth. The tria...

    Authors: Sarab El-Yousfi, Nicola P. T. Innes, Richard D. Holmes, Ruth Freeman, Kathryn B. Cunningham, Elaine McColl, Anne Maguire, Gail V. A. Douglas, Janet E. Clarkson and Zoe Marshman

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:69

    Content type: Research article

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  5. In this study, we conducted a quantitative analysis of the clinical parameters of crown and gingival morphology (CGM) of the maxillary anterior teeth (MAT). We also analyzed the correlation of these parameters...

    Authors: Xiao-jie Yin, Bang-yan Wei, Xiu-ping Ke, Ting Zhang, Meng-yang Jiang, Xia-yan Luo and Hui-qiang Sun

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:59

    Content type: Research article

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  6. Evidence concerning periodontal practice in Eastern European countries is scarce. The aim of the present study was to investigate periodontal risk knowledge, patient management and self-perceived confidence am...

    Authors: Jolanta Aleksejūnienė, Alina Pūrienė, Arunas Rimkervicius, Corneliu Amariei, Roxana Oancea, Tatiana Porosencova, Egor Porosencov, Julijana Nikolovska, Elena Mirnaya, Aleksandra Serova-Papakul and Kenneth A. Eaton

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:47

    Content type: Research article

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  7. A three-arm parallel group, randomised controlled trial set in general dental practices in England, Scotland, and Wales was undertaken to evaluate three strategies to manage dental caries in primary teeth. Chi...

    Authors: Tara Homer, Anne Maguire, Gail V. A. Douglas, Nicola P. Innes, Jan E. Clarkson, Nina Wilson, Vicky Ryan, Elaine McColl, Mark Robertson and Luke Vale

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:45

    Content type: Research article

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  8. Many factors influence how a person experiences oral health and how such experiences may facilitate supportive oral health behaviours. Women in particular face different challenges due to their environment, re...

    Authors: Kaley Butten, Newell W. Johnson, Kerry K. Hall, Maree Toombs, Neil King and Kerry-Ann F. O’Grady

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:35

    Content type: Research article

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  9. This study, by using a variable-controlled survey model, sought to compare clinical decisions made by dentists with different clinical backgrounds in South Korea regarding teeth with apical periodontitis and t...

    Authors: Junghoon Lee, Sumi Kang, Hoi-In Jung, Sunil Kim, Bekir Karabucak and Euiseong Kim

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:23

    Content type: Research article

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  10. This systematic review aimed to investigate whether non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT) can reduce systemic inflammatory levels and improve metabolism in patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD) and/or perit...

    Authors: Hui Yue, Xinxin Xu, Qin Liu, Xiaozhi Li, Yiting Xiao and Bo Hu

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:18

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  11. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dentists’ knowledge and practice regarding HIV positive individuals’ oral care in Rio de Janeiro State.

    Authors: Carina Maciel Silva-Boghossian, Brenda Azzariti Berrondo Boscardini, Claudia Maria Pereira and Edson Jorge Lima Moreira

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2020 20:13

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  13. The relational continuity of care is an essential function of primary health care. This study reports on the perspectives of Cree communities and their primary health care providers regarding the barriers and ...

    Authors: Richa Shrivastava, Yves Couturier, Stefanik Simard-Lebel, Felix Girard, Nadia Verenna Bendezu Aguirre, Jill Torrie and Elham Emami

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:287

    Content type: Research article

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  17. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonize the stomach and are considered an etiological agent of gastric cancer. The oral cavity is a transmission route to the stomach, but the exact site of colonization has not y...

    Authors: Komei Iwai, Isao Watanabe, Toshiro Yamamoto, Nagato Kuriyama, Daisuke Matsui, Ryota Nomura, Yuko Ogaya, Fumishige Oseko, Keiji Adachi, Shigeta Takizawa, Etsuko Ozaki, Teruhide Koyama, Kazuhiko Nakano, Narisato Kanamura, Ritei Uehara and Yoshiyuki Watanabe

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:267

    Content type: Research article

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  19. Interest in aqueous silver diamine fluoride (SDF) has been growing as a treatment for caries arrest. A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify factors associated with caregiver acceptance of SDF treatm...

    Authors: Anjali Kumar, Dana Cernigliaro, Mary E. Northridge, Yinxiang Wu, Andrea B. Troxel, Joana Cunha-Cruz, Jay Balzer and David M. Okuji

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:228

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  20. This study evaluated the relationship between enrolment in a school-based oral health prevention program (SOHP) and: 1) children’s dental health status and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), and 2) ...

    Authors: Aishah Alsumait, Mohamed ElSalhy, Sahar Behzadi, Kim D. Raine, Rebecca Gokiert, Ken Cor, Sabiha Almutawa and Maryam Amin

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:202

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  21. Periodontal disease is an inflammatory disease in which pathogenic infections trigger a series of inflammatory responses and redox regulation. The hypothesis of this study was that a host’s redox regulation, a...

    Authors: Chang-Yu Lee, Chia-Huang Chang, Nai-Chia Teng, Hung-Ming Chang, Wan-Ting Huang and Yung-Kai Huang

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:201

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  22. Antibiotic prophylaxis before invasive treatments, including dental extractions, is still recommended for patients at high risk of infective endocarditis. However, the risk from self-extraction of teeth in dai...

    Authors: Soichiro Kawase, Yoshiyuki Okada, Kazushige Isono, Hitoshi Iwasaki, Takashi Kuno, Kohei Matsumura, Yiwen Fu, Yorikazu Harada and Tadashi Ogasawara

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:200

    Content type: Case report

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  23. Radioiodine (RI) treatments can destroy the cellular components of salivary glands (SG) and disrupt their function. This study investigated whether fucoidan could attenuate radioiodine-induced SG dysfunction i...

    Authors: Young-Mo Kim, Jeong Mi Kim, Ji Won Kim, Mi Eun Choi, Seok-Ki Kim and Jeong-Seok Choi

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:198

    Content type: Research article

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  25. More than 90% of all infections in the head and neck region can be traced back to an odontogenic origin. In rare cases they can lead to sepsis, which may pose a vital threat to the patient. The purpose of this...

    Authors: H. Weise, A. Naros, C. Weise, S. Reinert and S. Hoefert

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:173

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  26. Early childhood caries is a common chronic childhood disease and maternal oral health is a risk factor. Improving the oral health behaviours of pregnant women/young mothers can positively influence the oral he...

    Authors: Ajesh George, Mariana S. Sousa, Ariana C. Kong, Anthony Blinkhorn, Tiffany Patterson Norrie, Jann Foster, Hannah G. Dahlen, Shilpi Ajwani and Maree Johnson

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:172

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  27. The incidence of human papilloma virus (HPV)-related oral cancer has recently increased worldwide. The role of dentists is of prime importance in the early detection of oral cancer which would result in a favo...

    Authors: Malik Sallam, Esraa Al-Fraihat, Deema Dababseh, Alaa’ Yaseen, Duaa Taim, Seraj Zabadi, Ahmad A. Hamdan, Yazan Hassona, Azmi Mahafzah and Gülşen Özkaya Şahin

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:171

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  28. Interprofessional education (IPE) is an important part of the landscape of modern education. However, there is a significant deficiency of studies that evaluate IPE in dentistry. The aim of this article is to ...

    Authors: Azita Khanbodaghi, Zuhair S. Natto, Martha Forero and Cheen Y. Loo

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:170

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  29. Individual child-level risk factors for Early Childhood Caries (ECC) have been studied, but broader family- and community-level influences on child oral hygiene behaviors are less well understood. This study e...

    Authors: Tracy L. Finlayson, MarkJason Cabudol, Jenny X. Liu, Jeremiah R. Garza, Stuart A. Gansky and Francisco Ramos-Gomez

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:166

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  30. The present study investigated and evaluated the efficacy and safety of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) in patients during bilateral mandibular third molars extraction by systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Authors: Xu Xiang, Ping Shi, Ping Zhang, Jun Shen and Jian Kang

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:163

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  31. There is a paucity of research concerning paediatric dental consultations in primary care. This is potentially due to the difficulty of measuring the communication behaviours in the complex triadic consultatio...

    Authors: Siyang Yuan, Gerry Humphris, Lorna MacPherson, Al Ross and Ruth Freeman

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:162

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  32. Medical-dental collaboration expands patients’ access to health services, improves healthcare outcomes, and reduces the burden and cost of care, especially for those with chronic diseases. The aim of the prese...

    Authors: Diah Ayu Maharani, Stacia Ariella, Intan Detrianis Syafaaturrachma, Indriasti Indah Wardhany, Armasastra Bahar, Shinan Zhang, Sherry Shiqian Gao, Chun Hung Chu and Anton Rahardjo

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:147

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  33. The direct and indirect bonding techniques are commonly used in orthodontic treatment. The differences of the two techniques deserve evidence-based study.

    Authors: Yanxi Li, Li Mei, Jieya Wei, Xinyu Yan, Xu Zhang, Wei Zheng and Yu Li

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:137

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  35. The present study evaluated the effect of two educational interventions on the knowledge and self-reported practice of primary school teachers regarding emergency management of traumatic dental injuries (TDIs).

    Authors: Samaneh Razeghi, Simin Zahra Mohebbi, Mahdia Gholami, Mahgol Mashayekhi, Bita Maraghehpour and Ebrahim Rahnama

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:130

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  36. User satisfaction represents a patient-centered measure that should be used to assess the quality of oral health services. This study investigated the differences in user satisfaction with public oral health s...

    Authors: Leonardo de Paula Amorim, Maria Inês Barreiros Senna, Gizelton Pereira Alencar, Lorrany Gabriela Rodrigues, Janice Simpson de Paula and Raquel Conceição Ferreira

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:126

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Oral Health 2019 19:221

  37. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of a 980-nm diode and 10.6-μm CO2 laser accompanied by tricalcium phosphate-5% sodium fluoride (fTCP) and casein phosphopeptide amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) for th...

    Authors: Elham Soltanimehr, Ehsan Bahrampour and Zeynab Yousefvand

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:121

    Content type: Research article

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  38. Bioactive glasses which degrade in aqueous solutions may release bioactive ions such as fluoride (F-) and support fluoride bioavailability in saliva. We investigated how these effects would be apparent in an in v...

    Authors: Ella A. Naumova, Moritz Staiger, Ouafaa Kouji, Jakov Modric, Thessa Pierchalla, Maya Rybka, Robert G. Hill and Wolfgang H. Arnold

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:119

    Content type: Research article

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  39. Dentists, who advocate for Community Water Fluoridation (CWF), can help decrease the dental caries disparity gap between low and high socioeconomic groups. Advocating for CWF, a cause that promotes oral health...

    Authors: Vinodh Bhoopathi, Anna Vishnevetsky and Jennifer Mirman

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:115

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  40. The aim of the current study was to explore the factors influencing dental caries among 3–5-year-old children in Sichuan Province and the interrelationship between these factors using structural equation model...

    Authors: Yuandong Qin, Rui Zhang, Bo Yuan, Ting Xu, Hong Chen, Yingming Yang and Tao Hu

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:102

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  41. In Iowa from 2014 to 2017, there were 2 separate public dental benefit programs for Medicaid-enrolled adults: one for the Medicaid expansion population called the Dental Wellness Plan (DWP), and one for the tr...

    Authors: Julie C. Reynolds, Susan C. McKernan, Peter C. Damiano and Raymond A. Kuthy

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:89

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  42. Visual impairment is an important disability affecting a substantial proportion of people globally. The aim of this study was to assess the oral health status of visually impaired schoolchildren in northeast C...

    Authors: Lu Liu, Ying Zhang, Wei Wu, Mu He, Zhenfu Lu, Kaiqiang Zhang, Jian Li, Shuang Lei, Shibo Guo and Yuyu Zhang

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:63

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  43. Dental anxiety is one of the most common fears that can eventually lead to avoidance of dental care. Knowing how students will respond to dental treatment will aid in increasing their awareness of oral health ...

    Authors: Reham AL Jasser, Ghaida Almashaan, Haya Alwaalan, Najla Alkhzim and Abdulrhman Albougami

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:56

    Content type: Research article

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  44. Whereas the incidence of cancers increases, overall survival of cancerous patients improves. Preventing the onset of second primary cancer is a new public health challenge and requires a special attention from...

    Authors: Elyette Broly, Philippe Barthélémy, Saïd Ciftci, Christian Borel, Martin Broly, Catherine-Isabelle Gros, Luc Marcellin and Fabien Bornert

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:54

    Content type: Case report

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  45. In the Republic of Ireland (RoI), fluoridation has been effective and efficient for caries prevention at population level, regardless of income status; however, at individual level it still has limitations. Th...

    Authors: Makiko Nishi, Virginia Kelleher, Michael Cronin and Finbarr Allen

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:44

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  46. Oral health inequalities are profound worldwide. Despite major improvements in oral health, inequalities exist for many racial and ethnic groups, by socioeconomic status, gender, age, and geographic location. ...

    Authors: Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Guido Bendezu-Quispe, Diego Azañedo and Marilina Santero

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:39

    Content type: Research article

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  47. In recent years, several state dental programs, researchers and the Dental Quality Alliance (DQA) have sought to develop baseline quality measures for dentistry as a way to improve health outcomes, reduce cost...

    Authors: Enihomo M. Obadan-Udoh, Jean M. Calvo, Sapna Panwar, Kristen Simmons, Joel M. White, Muhammad F. Walji and Elsbeth Kalenderian

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:38

    Content type: Debate

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  48. Most studies of tooth brushing behaviors rely on self-report or demonstrations of behaviors conducted in clinical settings. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of objective assessment of tooth brushi...

    Authors: Molly Martin, Genesis Rosales, Anna Sandoval, Helen Lee, Oksana Pugach, David Avenetti, Gizelle Alvarez and Anabelen Diaz

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:35

    Content type: Research article

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  49. Oral health is one of the greatest unmet health needs of migrant farmworkers and many migrant workers lack basic oral health knowledge. This paper presents evaluation results for an oral health education progr...

    Authors: Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez, Allen Cheadle, Gino Aisenberg and Laura Flores Cantrell

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:30

    Content type: Research article

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  50. It is widely accepted that oral health plays an important role in overall health. Both dental and medical students are expected to possess good oral health awareness and work together for public oral health pr...

    Authors: Ke Yao, Yufei Yao, Xin Shen, Changqing Lu and Qiang Guo

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2019 19:26

    Content type: Research article

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