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  1. It would be useful to have psychometrically-sound measures of dental fear for Hispanics, who comprise the largest ethnic minority in the United States. We report on the psychometric properties of Spanish-langu...

    Authors: Trilby Coolidge, Mark A Chambers, Laura J Garcia, Lisa J Heaton and Susan E Coldwell

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:15

    Content type: Research article

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  2. studies on the relationship between children's malocclusion and its psycho-social impacts are so far largely unexplored in low-income countries. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of malocclusion, repor...

    Authors: Matilda Mtaya, Anne N Astrom and Pongsri Brudvik

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:14

    Content type: Research article

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  3. How smokeless tobacco contributes to non-neoplastic oral diseases is unclear. It certainly increases risk of oral mucosal lesions, but reviewers disagree as to other conditions. In some areas, especially South...

    Authors: Gerd Kallischnigg, Rolf Weitkunat and Peter N Lee

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:13

    Content type: Research article

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  4. Human bites in the maxillofacial region compromise function and aesthetics, resulting in social and psychological effects. There is paucity of information regarding human bite injuries in Tanzania. The aim of ...

    Authors: Farrid M Shubi, Omar JM Hamza, Boniphace M Kalyanyama and Elison NM Simon

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:12

    Content type: Research article

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  5. The purpose of this study was to make a cross-culturally adapted, Dutch version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP), a 49-item questionnaire measuring oral health-related quality of life, and to examine i...

    Authors: Marylee J van der Meulen, Mike T John, Machiel Naeije and Frank Lobbezoo

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:11

    Content type: Research article

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  7. The literature is scarce on the social and geographic inequalities in the access to and implementation of the fluoridation of public water supplies. This study adds knowledge to the Brazilian experience of the...

    Authors: Marilisa CL Gabardo, Wander J da Silva, Marcia Olandoski, Simone T Moysés and Samuel J Moysés

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:9

    Content type: Research article

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  8. Latino children experience a higher prevalence of caries than do children in any other racial/ethnic group in the US. This paper examines the intersections among four societal sectors or contexts of care which...

    Authors: Judith C Barker and Sarah B Horton

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:8

    Content type: Research article

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  9. Older people are increasingly retaining their natural teeth but at higher risk of oral disease with resultant impact on their quality of life. Socially deprived people are more at risk of oral disease and yet ...

    Authors: Elena Borreani, Desmond Wright, Sasha Scambler and Jennifer E Gallagher

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:7

    Content type: Technical advance

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  10. The physiology of swallowing is characterized by a complex and coordinated activation of many stomatognathic, pharyngeal, and laryngeal muscles. Kinetics and electromyographic studies have widely investigated ...

    Authors: Annalisa Monaco, Ruggero Cattaneo, Alessandro Spadaro and Mario Giannoni

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:6

    Content type: Research article

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  11. Xylitol chewing gum has been shown to reduce Streptococcus mutans levels and decay. Two studies examined the presence and time course of salivary xylitol concentrations delivered via xylitol-containing pellet gum...

    Authors: Christine A Riedy, Peter Milgrom, Kiet A Ly, Marilynn Rothen, Gregory Mueller, Mary K Hagstrom, Ernie Tolentino, Lingmei Zhou and Marilyn C Roberts

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:5

    Content type: Research article

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  12. Preventive dentistry has traditionally emphasized improvement of oral hygiene. School-based programs, often delivered by dental hygienists or other health educators, are usually limited to dental knowledge pro...

    Authors: Alon Livny, Yuval Vered, Liat Slouk and Harold D Sgan-Cohen

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:4

    Content type: Research article

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  14. The Cognitive Vulnerability Model proposes that perceptions of certain characteristics of a situation are critical determinants of fear. Although the model is applicable to all animal, natural environment and ...

    Authors: Jason M Armfield, Gary D Slade and A John Spencer

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:2

    Content type: Research article

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  15. Exploring the stability of self-reports over time in observational studies may give valuable information for the planning of future interventions. The aims of the present study were: 1) to explore the consiste...

    Authors: Erik Skaret, Ivar Espelid, Marit S Skeie and Ola Haugejorden

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2008 8:1

    Content type: Research article

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  16. Scotland has high levels of untreated dental caries in primary teeth. The Hall Technique is a simplified method of managing carious primary molars using preformed metal crowns (PMCs) cemented with no local ana...

    Authors: Nicola P Innes, Dafydd JP Evans and David R Stirrups

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:18

    Content type: Research article

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  18. New graduates in the UK presently spend one year in training as Vocational Dental Practitioners (VDPs) in preparation for primary dental care. There is a growing recognition that the emerging workforce has ver...

    Authors: Jennifer E Gallagher, Wendy Clarke, Kenneth A Eaton and Nairn HF Wilson

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:16

    Content type: Research article

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  20. One of the important factors of the demineralization and remineralization equilibrium of enamel is the pH of the surrounding solutions. Effort has been laid in the formulation of different fluoride compounds a...

    Authors: Wolfgang H Arnold, Anabel Haase, Julia Hacklaender, Zeno Gintner, Jolan Bánóczy and Peter Gaengler

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:14

    Content type: Research article

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  22. Dental anxiety is a public health problem but no epidemiological study has been undertaken in France to evaluate its prevalence. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence, severity and associations ...

    Authors: Emmanuel Nicolas, Valérie Collado, Denise Faulks, Brigitte Bullier and Martine Hennequin

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:12

    Content type: Research article

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  24. The oral health status of rural residents in the People's Republic of China has not been extensively studied and the relationship between poor oral health and esophageal cancer (EC) is unclear. We aim to repor...

    Authors: Bruce A Dye, Ru Wang, Ruth Lashley, Wenqiang Wei, Christian C Abnet, Guoqing Wang, Sanford M Dawsey, Wei Cong, Mark J Roth, Xiaojie Li and Youlin Qiao

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:10

    Content type: Research article

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  26. The study examined the relationship between oral health status (periodontal disease and carious pulpal exposure (CPE)) and preterm low-birth-weight (PTLBW) infant deliveries among Tanzanian-African mothers at ...

    Authors: Elifuraha GS Mumghamba and Karim P Manji

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:8

    Content type: Research article

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  27. Dental graduates are joining a profession experiencing changes in systems of care, funding and skill mix. Research into the motivation and expectations of the emerging workforce is vital to inform professional...

    Authors: Jennifer E Gallagher, Resmi Patel, Nora Donaldson and Nairn HF Wilson

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:7

    Content type: Research article

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  29. Tobacco use continues to be a global public health problem. Helping patients to quit is part of the preventive role of all health professionals. There is now increasing interest in the role that the dental tea...

    Authors: Vivian I Binnie, Siobhan McHugh, William Jenkins, William Borland and Lorna M Macpherson

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:5

    Content type: Research article

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  31. A harsh work environment including psychosocial job demands might cause adverse events due to medical mismanagement, but the association has not been explored. The purpose of the study was to investigate wheth...

    Authors: Akizumi Tsutsumi, Katsura Umehara, Hiroshi Ono and Norito Kawakami

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:3

    Content type: Research article

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  32. Measuring the impacts of oral conditions on quality of life is an important part of oral health needs assessment. For this purpose a variety of oral health-related quality of life instruments have been develop...

    Authors: Mojtaba Dorri, Aubrey Sheiham and Georgios Tsakos

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:2

    Content type: Research article

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  33. Based on the hypothesis that a vicious cycle of dental fear exists, whereby the consequences of fear tend to maintain that fear, the relationship between dental fear, self-reported oral health status and the u...

    Authors: Jason M Armfield, Judy F Stewart and A John Spencer

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2007 7:1

    Content type: Research article

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  34. Children receive dental general anaesthetic (DGA) care when standard dental treatment is not possible. Receipt of DGA care is resource-intensive and not without risk. This study examines trends in receipt of D...

    Authors: Lisa M Jamieson and Kaye F Roberts-Thomson

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6:16

    Content type: Research article

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  35. The aim of this study was to determine which behavioral factors to include in guidelines for the Japanese public to achieve an acceptable level of oral healthiness. The objective was to determine the relations...

    Authors: Ichizo Morita, Haruo Nakagaki, Atsushi Toyama, Matsumi Hayashi, Miho Shimozato, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Shimpei Tohmatsu, Junko Igo and Aubrey Sheiham

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6:15

    Content type: Research article

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  38. The aim of the study was to compare the prevalence and types of HIV-related oral lesions between children and adult Tanzanian patients on HAART with those not on HAART and to relate the occurrence of the lesio...

    Authors: Omar JM Hamza, Mecky IN Matee, Elison NM Simon, Emil Kikwilu, Mainen J Moshi, Ferdinand Mugusi, Frans HM Mikx, Paul E Verweij and André JAM van der Ven

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6:12

    Content type: Research article

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  41. Dental plaque is a structurally- and functionally-organized biofilm. Plaque forms in an ordered way and has a diverse microbial composition that, in health, remains relatively stable over time (microbial homeo...

    Authors: Philip D Marsh

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6(Suppl 1):S14

    Content type: Proceedings

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 6 Supplement 1

  42. The presence of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in saliva may be a biological factor that contributes to susceptibility or resistance to caries. This manuscript will review AMPs in saliva, consider their antimic...

    Authors: Beverly A Dale, Renchuan Tao, Janet R Kimball and Richard J Jurevic

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6(Suppl 1):S13

    Content type: Proceedings

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 6 Supplement 1

  43. Strains of viridans group streptococci that initiate colonization of the human tooth surface typically coaggregate with each other and with Actinomyces naeslundii, another member of the developing biofilm communi...

    Authors: Yasuo Yoshida, Robert J Palmer, Jinghua Yang, Paul E Kolenbrander and John O Cisar

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6(Suppl 1):S12

    Content type: Proceedings

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 6 Supplement 1

  44. The importance of Streptococcus mutans in the etiology of dental caries has been well documented. However, there is growing recognition that the cariogenic potential of dental plaque may be determined by the comp...

    Authors: Howard K Kuramitsu and Bing-Yan Wang

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6(Suppl 1):S11

    Content type: Proceedings

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 6 Supplement 1

  46. The number of new technologies emerging each year in the realm of dental caries management is growing at an exponential rate. Examining the patent literature, one can see that this growth rate will likely cont...

    Authors: Joel H Berg

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6(Suppl 1):S6

    Content type: Proceedings

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 6 Supplement 1

  47. New research developments frequently are neither adopted by providers nor utilized by patients. This dual problem of impacting the behaviors of providers and patients presents a challenge. This paper will pres...

    Authors: Philip Weinstein

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6(Suppl 1):S5

    Content type: Proceedings

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 6 Supplement 1

  48. Despite remarkable reduction in the prevalence of dental caries in the United States, dental caries is still a highly prevalent disease among children who are socially disadvantaged (racial/ethnic minority, po...

    Authors: Clemencia M Vargas and Cynthia R Ronzio

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6(Suppl 1):S3

    Content type: Proceedings

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 6 Supplement 1

  50. The goal of this workshop is to develop a consensus within the biomaterials/bioengineering community for a research agenda focused on creating technologies that will address the current dental caries pandemic....

    Authors: Rebecca L Slayton, James D Bryers and Peter Milgrom

    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2006 6(Suppl 1):S1

    Content type: Proceedings

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 6 Supplement 1

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