BACKGROUND Several studies have shown that parity is associated with oral health problems such as tooth loss and dental caries. In Japan, however, no studies have examined the association. The purpose of this study was to determine whether parity is related to dentition status, including the number of teeth present, dental caries and filled teeth, and the posterior occlusion, in a Japanese popu...

The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with negative self-rated oral health. Elderly subjects from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's oral health survey (2002-2003) who rated their own oral health as bad or very bad were compared to those who rated their oral health as excellent, good, or fair, using prevalence ratios based on Poisson regression. The minority (870; 17%) gav...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate the impact of mother's literacy on child dental caries based on a national oral health survey in Iran and to investigate the possibility of ecological fallacy in aggregate data analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Existing data were from second national oral health survey that was carried out in 2004, which including 8725 6 years old participants. The association of mother...

In epidemiological research the focus is on the occurrence, causes, and modifying factors of diseases and thereby their prevention. During the last decades, the epidemiology of dental caries has not dealt with the prevalence of the disease, but is measuring the past and present caries experience in terms of past and present treatment need, which does not follow the practices in epidemiology. Th...

This paper aims to place the findings of the NSW Adult and Child Dental Health Surveys in an international context. The comparator countries are the US and the UK, both of which have well-documented epidemiological dental health data. The US has a mainly private system of dental care, similar to NSW, whereas the UK has primarily a government-funded dental care program. The adult data collected ...

BACKGROUND Little research has been done on the relationship between dental caries and the personal characteristics of institutionalized residents diagnosed with schizophrenia. This study investigates the individual and treatment factors associated with the dental caries among institutionalized residents with schizophrenia in Taiwan. METHODS An oral health survey of institutionalized resident...

Many states and localities do not have the resources to conduct oral health surveys of their whole populations, but the demands for data collection continue to increase for both program administration and for Maternal and Child Health Block Grant funding. As one response to this problem, the Oral Health Program of the Michigan Department of Public Health developed an oral health surveillance sy...

This study explored the association between income inequality and use of dental services and the role that investment in health care plays in explaining that association. We pooled individual-level data from 223,299 adults, 18 years or older, in 66 countries, who participated in the World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Surveys with country-level data from different international sources...

introduction: it is important to evaluate the orodental health status in preschool children. the aim of this study was to assess the orodental health status in preschool children in fardis in alborz province. materials  & methods: this cross-sectional/descriptive study was carried out using direct observation and examination of 940 randomly selected preschool children in fardis in alborz provin...

MAKUC, DIANE M. An Analysis of Two Complex Surveys to Evaluate Dental Health Status Changes in North Carolina. (Under the direction of DENNIS B. GILLINGS.) Dental health status changes in North Carolina are investigated based on data obtained from two cross-sectional prevalence surveys carried out in 1960-63 and 1976. Edentulousness, periodontal disease, and oral hygiene status are used as meas...