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Section edited by Morenike Folayan
This section aims to publish research on the social determinants of oral health, and the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of oral health, oral health related quality of life and disease
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Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a multidimensional construct that refers to an individual’s self-perceived well-being. This study used the revised Wilson and Cleary HRQOL model to investigate the ass...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:119
Published on: 22 August 2017
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Dental esthetics, chewing and speech should be preserved in a dentition denominated functional and are closely related to satisfaction with oral health (SOH), impacts caused by oral problems and have a possible a...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:112
Published on: 11 July 2017
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Periodontal disease associates with systemic diseases but corresponding links regarding apical periodontitis (AP) are not so clear. Hence our aim was to study association between AP and the prevalence of syste...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:107
Published on: 11 July 2017
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In the present study, we explored the link between vitamin D receptor (VDR) BsmI, TaqI, ApaI and FokI gene polymorphisms with deciduous tooth decay in Chinese children.
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:111
Published on: 11 July 2017
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The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and clinical effects of untreated dental caries in Pakistani children residing in orphanages using the DMFT and PUFA index; association of decay and un...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:108
Published on: 11 July 2017
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This study aimed to assess the difference in serum levels of leptin and adiponectin in patients with periodontitis and in periodontally healthy individuals and evaluate the changes in circulating leptin and ad...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:104
Published on: 29 June 2017
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Oral health greatly affects well-being throughout the different stages of life from childhood to late adulthood. Loss of teeth due to poor oral health hinders mastication, leading to poor nutrition absorption,...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:101
Published on: 23 June 2017
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Dentists’ and dental healthcare providers’ professional knowledge and attitude towards the prevention of oral diseases may have an impact on the oral health of the general population. The aim of this study was...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:76
Published on: 12 April 2017
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China has undergone a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition with fast ecomonic development since the 1980s. Oral health is becoming a major public health problem as the prevalence of non-communicabl...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:74
Published on: 11 April 2017
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Previous surveys have indicated that a majority of Indonesian children have poor oral health. However, little detailed information is available on underlying causation and none that examine impacts of oral hea...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:65
Published on: 21 March 2017
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Assessment of the adverse effects of oral health problems on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is essential to ensure the well-being of children. The Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:60
Published on: 28 February 2017
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A previous study has shown deficient knowledge of caries risk factors/indicators in a Japanese adult population regarded to have a high interest in preventive dentistry. No prior research has investigated cari...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:55
Published on: 16 February 2017
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Odontogenic tumor (OT) comprises a large heterogeneous group of lesions arising from tooth producing tissues or its remnants. Studies on OTs are scarce in Ethiopia. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the ...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:54
Published on: 16 February 2017
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Numerous studies have reported a relationship between depression and temporomandibular disorders (TMD), but the conclusions remain undefined. The aim of this article was to examine the temporal relationship be...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:50
Published on: 1 February 2017
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Body mass index (BMI) has been found to associate with different parameters of chronic periodontal disease in previous studies. It is reasonable to expect that central adiposity measures, such as waist circumf...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:48
Published on: 18 January 2017
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Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) has been used to describe the consequences of oral health conditions and treatments in children. A better understanding of OHRQoL and its relationship with dental f...
BMC Oral Health 2017 17:47
Published on: 16 January 2017
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BMC Oral Health 2017 17:42
Published on: 13 January 2017
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There have been inconsistent conclusions regarding the levels of inflammatory mediators in saliva and serum among people with or without periodontal disease. Although pre-conception has been put forward as the...
BMC Oral Health 2016 16:131
Published on: 15 December 2016
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Early childhood caries (ECC) is a public health problem in developed and developing countries. The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) an...
BMC Oral Health 2016 16:128
Published on: 7 December 2016
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The present study aimed to elucidate the associations among self-rated oral health, clinical oral health status, oral health behaviors, subjective oral symptoms, and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL...
BMC Oral Health 2016 16:127
Published on: 30 November 2016
