Introduction: Oral health is an important public health issue that influences general health and quality of life. Mothers are key persons in families paying attention to whom not only guarantees their oral health, but also the oral health of the family members. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the dental service demand status and its related factors among mothers in Yazd city. Mater...

OBJECTIVE To determine why patients attend dental-care facilities in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and to improve understanding of the capacity of oral health-care services in urban west Africa. METHODS We studied a randomly selected sample of patients attending 15 dental-care facilities in Ouagadougou over a 1-year period in 2004. Data were collected using a simple daily record form. FINDINGS ...

BACKGROUND The Taiwan government adopted National Health Insurance (NHI) in 1995, providing universal health care to all citizens. It was financed by mandatory premium contributions made by employers, employees, and the government. Since then, the government has faced increasing challenges to control NHI expenditures. The aim of this study was to determine trends in the provision of dental serv...

BACKGROUND Access to, and use of, dental health services in Brazil have improved since 2003. The increase of private health care plans and the implementation of the "Smiling Brazil" Program, the largest public oral health care program in the world, could have influenced this increase in access. However, we do not yet know if inequalities in the use of dental health services persist after the im...

India is the second most populous country in the world with an extensive rural population (68.8%). Children less than 18 years constitute about 40% of the population. Approximately, 23.5% of the urban population resides in urban slums. The extensive rural population, school children and the urban slum dwellers are denied of even the basic dental services though there is continuous advancement i...

The Taiwanese government has implemented National Health Insurance (NHI) for nine years since March 1, 1995. The government began to have deficits since March of 1998 because medical expenditures exceeded income to the insurance program. Political problems have prevented increasing the funding for the NHI. In order to control medical expenditures, the government began to implement the Global Bu...

This chapter will describe the role and evolution of the scope of clinical practice of dental hygienists, dental therapists and oral health therapists. These three groups of allied oral health professionals are playing an increasingly important role in the provision of oral health services and it is therefore important to understand how they are utilised as part of the dental team. Historically...

BACKGROUND Regular utilization of dental services is key to the attainment of optimal oral health state, an integral component of general health and well being needed for effective productivity by working personnel. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the rate and pattern of dental service utilization among civil servants and their attitudes towards its regular use. METHODOLOGY A multi-stage samp...

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between recent use of dental services, socioeconomic factors and oral health measures among elderly Brazilians. METHODS The sample consisted of elderly individuals aged 65 to 74, who participated in the Brazilian Oral Health Survey in 2010 (Brazil SB-2010). The dependent variable was "recent use of dental services" (last dental visit ≤ 2 years). The indepen...

BACKGROUND Disparities in utilization of oral healthcare services have been attributed to socioeconomic and individual behavioral factors. Parents' socioeconomic status, demographics, schooling, and perceptions of oral health may influence their children's use of dental services. This cross-sectional study assessed the relationships between socioeconomic and psychosocial factors and the utiliza...