Pediatric health policy articulated by the government, health professions, and child advocates is concerned with eliminating health disparities among children and increasing access to essential pediatric health services. National data are widely available on dental health status and associated disparities by income and race, but little data have been reported on dental service utilization by ch...

Objective To summarise the literature on urgent dental care and to identify research priorities on the organisation and delivery of urgent dental services. Basic research design Scoping review using Andersen's behavioural model of health service utilisation for a framework analysis of the data. Main outcome measures Gaps in the literature, defined as those factors and interactions identifie...

Background & objectives: Dental caries is one of the most common chronic diseases and affected by many determinants identified as social inequalities. So, this study explored how social determinants of health had impacts on dental health in school children of Hamadan. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted based on data related to the examination of 14858 students in Hamadan in 2016...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Effective and acceptable preventive dental services are hard to achieve in conjunction with treatment services. The Oral Health Office of Fars Province in Iran established the Oral Health Park in a deprived part of the city of Shiraz to attract families and school children to receive preventive services. No other treatment was provided in the setting. The aim of this study w...

Conventional devices used for surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion are tooth-borne. Dental fixation entails a number of possible drawbacks such as loss of anchorage, skeletal relapse during and after the expansion period, cortical fenestration and buccal root resorption. A bone-borne titanium device with interchangeable expansion modules, used with a callous distraction policy, is presen...

Widespread use of fluoride has been a major factor in the decline in the prevalence and severity of dental caries (i.e., tooth decay) in the United States and other economically developed countries. When used appropriately, fluoride is both safe and effective in preventing and controlling dental caries. All U.S. residents are likely exposed to some degree to fluoride, which is available from mu...