Introduction: Given growing elderly population and high prevalence of oral and dental diseases in this age group, this study was conducted to investigate oral health status and related quality of life among older adults in Yazd located in central Iran. Methods: The cross sectional study was carried out on 210 elderly people aged ≥ 60 years under the guise of Yazd health care centers who...

Introduction: The discipline of oral public health is known as a science and art of dealing with populationoral health. In order to improve public awareness followed by changing people`s life style itis necessary for the society to be exposed to massive oral health information.The aim of this study was to evaluate the routes of oral health information being delivered to the Yazd population in1...

Introdouction: Oral and dental health is viewed as one of the most important domains of public health, which is of over riding importance among mothers who, with regard to their role in maintaining their health and their children’s health, are considered one of the vulnerable groups. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study in which 110 pregnant mothers referring to 15 He...

ABSTRACT COVID-19 began in December 2019 Wuhan City, China, and on March 11, 2020 it was classified by the World Health Organization as a pandemic. It is an asymptomatic infection that can progress to severe respiratory conditions. In adults, more prevalent, but also observed children, with occurrence of extra symptoms, such oral cutaneous manifestations. This literature review aims report mani...

introduction : oral health is an important aspect of public health which affects people’s quality of life. oral health related quality of life is assessed to evaluate the effect of different diseases on individual’s daily life quality. the aim of this study was to examine the oral health related quality of life in patients with head and neck tumors who received radio and chemotherapy. materials...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: In public health, health literacy (HL) is rather a new conception. In this regard, oral health as a critical public health issue that affects women’s health. The objective of the present study was to determine oral health self-care behavior and its relationship with HL.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 232 women who referred to health centers of Tabriz, Ir...