BACKGROUND A prospective Aboriginal Birth Cohort (ABC) study has been underway in Australia's Northern Territory since 1987. Inclusion of oral epidemiological information in a follow-up study required flexible and novel approaches with unconventional techniques. Documenting these procedures may be of value to researchers interested in including oral health components in remotely-located studies...

OBJECTIVE Estimate the prevalence of dental caries based on clinical examinations and self-reports and compare differences in the prevalence and effect measures between the two methods among 18-year-olds belonging to a 1993 birth cohort in the city of Pelotas, Brazil. METHOD Data on self-reported caries, socio-demographic aspects and oral health behaviour were collected using a questionnaire ...

Impetus for action To conduct a user-friendly questionnaire survey of the oral health and service needs of adults with learning disabilities. Solution Researchers collaborated with local self-advocacy services to develop a questionnaire adapted from one used in a regional postal survey. The questionnaire, which covered dental status, oral health and dental services use, was sent to a random s...

needs communities in northern Manhattan, Washington Heights/Inwood and Harlem. Recognizing the community’s dire need for services, the Dental School reconsidered its mission to include community service as a major new responsibility and established the Community DentCare project to bring needed services into the community. Community DentCare was launched in 1995 to deal with anecdotal reports f...

OBJECTIVES To compare two surveys across seven states for the prevalence of dental caries among Mexican schoolchildren. STUDY DESIGN Analysis of two cross-sectional surveys: Schoolchildren from 6 to 10 years of age were examined in the 1988-1989 survey and 6- to 10-year-old and 12-year-old students were included in the 1998-2001 survey. The baseline data of seven states were available for ana...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate indicators of prevalence and severity of dental caries and treatment needs in adolescents. METHODS Data were obtained from oral health epidemiological surveys carried out in the state of Sao Paulo with adolescents from 12 to 18 years old. Dental caries experience was assessed using DMFT Index and the need for treatment was assessed using World Health Organization criteri...

Historically, predoctoral dental education programs have focused on the restoration of implants in the clinical environment; however, given the increase in dental implant therapy being performed by general dentists, the need to incorporate surgical implant training is becoming evident. This article describes a predoctoral surgical implant selective at the University of Texas Health Science Cent...

In 2004, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) proposed several major strategies to improve the recruitment, retention, and development of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in the dental profession. One of the strategies was the establishment of the ADEA Minority Dental Faculty Development (ADEA MDFD) Program. This report presents key early lessons from the ADEA MDFD program. It als...

BACKGROUND The European Community respiratory health survey is examining the prevalence of asthma and risk factors for asthma. AIM As part of this multinational survey, a study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of asthma and asthma-like symptoms in young adults living in Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich using a postal questionnaire. METHOD A previously validated symptom questionnaire...