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The relationship between oral status and healthy aging in Chinese older adults: A community cohort study J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Maitixirepu Jilili, Yan Cheng
ObjectivesIn recent years, there has been a growing academic interest in investigating the determinants of healthy aging. The main objective of this study was to investigate the association between oral status, as defined by tooth loss and denture use, and healthy aging among Chinese older adults over a four‐year duration.MethodsThe data were derived from the 2014 and 2018 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal
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Parents' perspectives on dental team as advisors to promote HPV vaccination among Spanish adolescents J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Alejandro Ismael Lorenzo‐Pouso, Sergio González‐Palanca, Gerardo Palmeiro‐Fernández, Juan Carlos Dominguez‐Salgado, Mario Pérez‐Sayáns, Ernesto J. González‐Veiga, Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio, Ellen M. Daley
PurposeHuman papillomavirus (HPV) is a prevalent sexually transmitted infection responsible for many anogenital and oropharyngeal cancers. Dental care providers have the potential to influence vaccine uptake, yet little is known about how patients perceive their role in HPV education and prevention.MethodsParents of adolescents aged 9 to 17 years (n = 375) were recruited from Valdeorras District Hospital
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A scoping review of the economic impact of family oral health: Implications for public health, research, and policy J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Jill Boylston Herndon, Marcie S. Rubin, Colin Reusch, Burton L. Edelstein
To summarize evidence on the impact of oral health on individual and family economic outcomes, describe trends in the literature, and identify areas for additional research to inform public health research and practice.
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Association between dental visits during pregnancy and setting for prenatal care J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Divesh Byrappagari, Lisa Cohn, Lindsay Sailor, Sarah Clark
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) may be well positioned to facilitate dental visits during pregnancy for low-income women. We sought to compare receipt of dental visits during pregnancy for women who received prenatal care at an FQHC versus a non-FQHC setting.
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Leveraging technology to increase the disseminability of evidence-based treatment of dental fear: An uncontrolled pilot study J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Richard E. Heyman, Kelly A. Daly, Amy M. Smith Slep, Mark S. Wolff
U.S. and global estimates indicate that over 30% of adults fear receiving dental care, including over 20% who have visited a dentist in the last year, leading to avoidance and degraded oral and systemic health. Although evidence-based cognitive-behavioral treatments for dental fear (CBT-DF) exist, they have little impact on the millions who seek dental care annually because they are not disseminable
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Does oral health goal setting during medical visits improve parents' oral health behaviors? J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Sneha Talla, Cherith Flowerday, Miriam Dickinson, Patricia A. Braun
The Rocky Mountain Network for Oral Health (RoMoNOH) promotes the delivery of preventive oral health services (POHS) to children receiving care at community health centers (CHCs) in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. One POHS is oral health goal setting (OHGS). This study aimed to evaluate the effect of OHGS during medical visits on parent/caregiver-reported oral health behaviors (OHBs).
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Food deserts and dental care utilization in the United States J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Alexander Testa, Rahma Mungia, Alexandra van den Berg, Daphne C. Hernandez
Although food deserts are known to impact health and healthcare utilization, no research has investigated the relationship between food deserts and dental care utilization. This study aimed to fill this gap by assessing the relationship between living in a food desert and self-reported dental care utilization in the past year.
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The impact of dentition status and barriers to dental care services on perceived oral health of medicare beneficiaries J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Kyeonghee Kim, Marjorie A. Rosenberg
To examine the association among barriers to dental care services, dentition groups, and self-reported oral health status for Medicare beneficiaries.
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Australian dental practitioners experience of burnout J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 M. S. Hopcraft, R. McGrath, N. Stormon, G. Tavella, G. Parker
The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with burnout in Australian dental practitioners.
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Perceived social status, socioeconomic status, and preventive dental utilization among a low-income Medicaid adult population J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Jennifer M. C. Sukalski, Natoshia M. Askelson, Julie C. Reynolds, Peter C. Damiano, Wei Shi, Xian Jin Xie, Susan C. McKernan
Perceived Social Status (PSS) is a measure of cumulative socioeconomic circumstances that takes perceived self-control into account. It is hypothesized to better capture social class compared to socioeconomic status (SES) measures (i.e., education, occupation, and income). This study examined the association between PSS and dental utilization, comparing the strength of associations between dental utilization
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Childhood caries is associated with poor health and a faster pace of aging by midlife J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Begoña Ruiz, Jonathan M. Broadbent, W. Murray Thomson, Sandhya Ramrakha, Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi, Richie Poulton
Childhood caries is associated with poorer self-rated general health in adulthood, but it remains unclear whether that holds for physical health and aging. The aim of this study was to identify whether age-5 caries is associated with (a) biomarkers for poor physical health, and (b) the pace of aging (PoA) by age 45 years.
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Oral health risk factors and overall dental treatment needs for incoming air force recruits J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 J. Brett Ryan, Thayer Scott, Robert McDonough, David Schindler, Scott P. Irwin, Victor M. Badner
To determine if relationships exist between the total dental treatment needs of incoming Air Force recruits and non-clincal demographic and oral-health related factors.
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Dental caries incidence and associated factors in young adults J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-30 Chukwuebuka Ogwo, Grant Brown, John Warren, Daniel Caplan, Steven Levy
To assess the caries incidence from late adolescence to early adulthood and to identify the factors associated with caries incidence.
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Disseminating oral health educational content and evaluating its use on non-dental safety net clinic websites J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Hannah R. Archer, Zachary Brian, Brady Blackburn, Jane A. Weintraub
Safety net clinics (SNC) provide healthcare to vulnerable populations and SNC websites are an important information source. In North Carolina (NC), all 100 counties are Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas, yet 91 of 317 SNCs are non-dental (ND-SNC). Our goals were to: (1) assess the presence and type of oral health (OH) information on ND-SNC websites; (2) develop and distribute an OH education
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Socioeconomic, behavioral, and psychological factors related to oral health in Myanmar: A cross-sectional study J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Kaung Myat Thwin, Wa Than Lin, Sachiko Takehara, Hiroshi Ogawa
This study aims to evaluate the effects of socioeconomic, behavioral, and psychological factors on oral health status and oral health-related quality of life in Myanmar adults.
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Effectiveness of telehealth in providing preventive oral health care: A pilot evaluation of patient, carer, and clinician experience J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Carrie Tsai, Aylin Savran, Yvonne Chau, Lloyd Hurrell, Cathryn Forsyth, Harleen Kumar
This pilot study aimed to characterize the experience, satisfaction, and views on feasibility of an oral health primary prevention telehealth service at a public dental hospital's department of pediatric dentistry, from the viewpoint of patients, carers, and clinicians.
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Factors associated with dental implant loss/complications in the Veterans Health Administration, 2015–2019 J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Geneva M. Wilson, Jessina C. McGregor, Gretchen Gibson, M. Marianne Jurasic, Charlesnika T. Evans, Katie J. Suda
Twelve percent of the U.S. population has a dental implant. Although rare, implant loss/complications can impact quality of life. This study evaluated indicators for implant loss/complications.
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Dental Health Services Victoria value-based health care principles for oral health models of care J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Clare Elizabeth Lin, Tan Minh Nguyen, Roisin McGrath, Amy Patterson, Martin Hall
Efforts to progress oral healthcare reform can be challenging with competing interests of governments and service providers to achieve the intended outcomes. The value-based health care approach has been adopted in many areas of healthcare but has had limited applications to oral healthcare systems. Dental Health Services Victoria, an Australian state government funded entity, commenced its journey
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Exposure to household dysfunction at childhood and later number of teeth among older Japanese adults: A life course study from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Hazem Abbas, Kenji Takeuchi, Sakura Kiuchi, Katsunori Kondo, Ken Osaka
The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to investigate the life course association between exposure to two household dysfunctions (father violence against mother and parental divorce) at childhood (≤18 years) with later number of remaining teeth (≥65 years) in functionally independent older Japanese population. This was the first study to investigate this research question in the Asian context
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Preventive dental care utilization and dental caries for Medicaid-enrolled adolescents in Oregon J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Kimia Imani, Lloyd A. Mancl, Courtney M. Hill, Donald L. Chi
This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between preventive dental care utilization and untreated dental caries for Medicaid-enrolled adolescents and to determine if the relationship is moderated by chronic conditions (CC).
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Effect of CDC adjustment of state-reported data on community water fluoridation statistics J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Erin K. Hamilton, Susan O. Griffin, Lorena Espinoza
Advancing community water fluoridation (CWF) coverage is a national health objective. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began adjusting state-reported data to calculate CWF coverage in 2012, and then modified methods in 2016. We evaluate improvements attributable to data adjustment and implications for interpreting trends.
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Motivations and experiences among dentists in rural private practice: A qualitative study J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-18 Zachary Prouty, Julie C. Reynolds, Natoshia Askelson
Despite the critical importance of access to dental care for rural residents and concerns about a shrinking rural dentist workforce, few studies have examined rural dentist motivations to practice in rural areas. The aim of this study was to explore practicing rural dentists' motivations and experiences qualitatively through semi-structured interviews to help inform and guide recruitment and retention
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Cost-related avoidance of oral health service utilization among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in Canada J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Amit Gupta, Travis Salway, Abbas Jessani
This study estimates the frequency of cost-related oral health service avoidance (CROHSA) among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals in Canada relative to heterosexual persons.
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Exploring factors associated with parent-reported early childhood caries with Alaska's childhood understanding behaviors survey data J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Laura Grage, Frances Wise, Jennifer Meyer
Early Childhood Caries (ECC) can negatively impact the lives of young children, despite being preventable. The purpose of this study was to utilize available data in Alaska to describe changes in parent reports of ECC, and identify factors related to ECC.
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Effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride in arresting dental caries in residents living in nursing homes: A randomized controlled trial J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Hala Shakir, Rochisha Singh Marwaha, Pankil Shah, Suman Challa
The primary objective of this randomized controlled trial was to determine the effectiveness of a single application of 38% silver diamine fluoride (SDF) solution in arresting and controlling active accessible caries compared to no treatment among adults aged 18 years and older residing in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. Many patients cannot receive standard-of-care dental treatment due
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Social support and oral health among working-age and older adults in the United States J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-11 Nadia Laniado, Megan Cloidt, Parth Shah
The purpose of this study was to examine the association of social support with untreated dental caries and severe tooth loss in adults in the United States.
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Stressful life events, oral health, and barriers to dental care during pregnancy J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Alexander Testa, Dylan B. Jackson, Lisa Simon, Kyle T. Ganson, Jason M. Nagata
Poor oral health during pregnancy poses risks to maternal and infant well-being. However, limited research has documented how proximate stressful life events (SLEs) during the prenatal period are associated with oral health and patterns of dental care utilization.
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric Medicaid dental claims in Arizona J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Katherine Mommaerts, Indrakshi Roy, Denise Muesch Helm
To examine the role COVID-19 had on access to dental services among children in Arizona by comparing paid pediatric dental claims made before and during the pandemic.
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A certain protective effect of vitamin D against dental caries in US children and youth: A cross-sectional study J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-02 Rui Pu, Mengdie Fu, Na Li, Zhiwei Jiang
Recent studies reported that evidence of the association between caries and vitamin D was inconclusive. We investigated the relationship between dental caries and serum vitamin D levels in US children and youth aged 5–19 years through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The purpose of this study was to analyze the relations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D [25(OH)D] level
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Building effective public dental care programs: The critical role of implementation evaluation J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Anna Durbin, Ariel Root, Herenia P. Lawrence, Sara Werb, Stephen Abrams, Janet Durbin
There are significant income-related inequities in oral health and access to oral health care. Public dental programs generally aim to increase access to oral health care for individuals with financial barriers through government payments for appointments. Low engagement from both oral health care providers and intended patients are common challenges in delivery of public dental programs, and are impediments
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Association between oral health knowledge, perceived oral health related quality of life, perceived oral health status and emergency department and/or urgent care visit: Results from the multi-site oral health literacy study J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Folasayo Adunola, Mark D. Macek, Kathryn Atchison, Aderonke Akinkugbe
To assess the link between oral health knowledge (OHK), self-perceived oral health, and emergency room (ER)/urgent care utilization for a dental problem.
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The association between adverse childhood experiences and oral health: A systematic review J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Lina Bahanan, Solafa Ayoub
It is well established that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) negatively affect health and are associated with health-risk behaviors. This study aimed to provide a systematic review of the studies that examine the relationship between ACE exposure and oral health among adults aged 18 years and older.
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Dental opioid prescription patterns in academic and community settings J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-11 Douglas R. Oyler, Marcia V. Rojas-Ramirez, Aisaku Nakamura, Dana Quesinberry, Craig S. Miller
Reports of interventions to improve dental opioid prescribing have come primarily from academic settings, but most opioid prescriptions are written by community dentists. This analysis compares prescription characteristics between these two groups to inform interventions to improve dental opioid prescribing in community settings.
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Auxiliary delivered school based oral health promotion among 12–14-year-old children from a low resource setting–A cluster randomized trial J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Vivek Narayan, Susan Thomas, Mary shimi S. Gomez, Bindu V. Bhaskar, Arun Krishna Rao
This community intervention study compared the changes in oral health knowledge, attitude, practices (KAP), and oral health indicators among 12–14-year-old children who received a school based oral health promotion delivered by auxiliaries in a rural setting in India.
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Engaging new partners in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine promotion: Considerations for training private practice dental professionals in HPV vaccine promotion J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Natoshia Askelson, Grace Ryan, Susan McKernan, Aaron Scherer, Eliza Daly, Lejla Avdic
With rates of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination remaining low and rates of oropharyngeal cancer rising, engaging new partners to promote vaccination is necessary. We aimed to identify dental hygienists' and dentists' knowledge about HPV, the HPV vaccine, and preferences for continuing education.
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An interprofessional school-based initiative to increase access to oral health care in underserved Florida counties J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Elías M. Morón, Richard Singer
To examine and describe the effect of an oral health education program on school-based nurses' acquisition of oral health knowledge.
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Racial/ethnic disparities in preventive dental services use and dental caries among children J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Huabin Luo, Mark E. Moss, Wanda Wright, Michael Webb, Vanessa Pardi, Suzanne Lazorick
To assess disparities in preventive dental service use in four major racial/ethnic groups and assess whether racial/ethnic and income-related disparities among children were reduced from 2016 to 2020.
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Trends in dental insurance claims in the United States in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: A 3-year perspective (2019–2022) J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Gerardo Maupome, Allison C. Scully, Juan F. Yepes, George J. Eckert, Timothy Downey
We showed in a previous analysis the patterns of disruption for private dental insurance claims in the United States caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2020. The present report examines trends during 2020 and 2021, that is, contrasting perspectives during 2019 with the acute phase of the pandemic in 2020, and 2021.
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The future of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander oral health lies in the footprints of the past: Re-framing oral health discourse J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-04 Brianna Poirier, Joanne Hedges, Lisa Jamieson
The history of oral health research and dental care provision for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples has been framed by oppressive colonial values and wrought with maltreatment and unethical behavior. This commentary aims to collate evidence regarding the healthy history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander oral health, the implications of colonization on oral health, and the current
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Adverse outcomes associated with opioid prescription by dentists in the Veterans Health Administration: A national cross-sectional study from 2015 to 2018 J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Pooja A. Solanki, Colin C. Hubbard, Linda Poggensee, Charlesnika T. Evans, Katie J. Suda
Opioids prescribed by dentists have been associated with serious adverse events, including opioid-related overdose and mortality. However, the downstream outcomes of opioids prescribed by dentists to Veterans who are at high risk for opioid misuse and overdose have yet to be determined.
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Calibration and reliability testing of a novel asynchronous photographic plaque scoring system in young children J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 David M. Avenetti, Molly A. Martin, Stuart A. Gansky, Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez, Susan Hyde, Rebecca Van Horn, Bonnie Jue, Genesis F. Rosales, Nancy F. Cheng, Caroline H. Shiboski
The Simplified Oral Hygiene Index for Maxillary Incisors (OHI-MIS) is a novel plaque scoring system adapted for young children. This study describes calibration training and testing used to establish the inter- and intra-rater reliability for OHI-MIS measured from clinical photographs.
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Topical fluoride hesitancy among caregivers: Development of a content-valid topical fluoride hesitancy identification item pool J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Todd C. Edwards, Adam Carle, Darragh Kerr, Richard M. Carpiano, Daisy Patiño Nguyen, Joshua C. Orack, Donald L. Chi
To develop a content-valid set of items to characterize different types of topical fluoride hesitancy among caregivers. We will use this information to develop and test tailor-made interventions directed to caregivers with varied types and levels of topical fluoride hesitancy, to ultimately improve child oral health.
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Explaining income inequities in tooth loss among Brazilian adults J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Rafael Aiello Bomfim, Helena Mendes Constante, Andreia Morales Cascaes
To determine the extent to which individual and contextual variables explain income inequities in tooth loss in Brazilian adults.
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Food insecurity and consumption of cariogenic foods in mothers and their two-year-old children in Appalachia J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-25 Deesha Bhaumik, Casey D. Wright, Teresa A. Marshall, Katherine Neiswanger, Daniel W. McNeil, Andrew D. Jones, John R. Shaffer, Mary L. Marazita, Betsy Foxman
To describe the association between household food insecurity and intake of cariogenic foods that increase risk of dental caries.
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Participation in the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund policy by dentists in South Carolina's safety net J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Julie L. Marshall, Amah Riley, Amy B. Martin
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act appropriated $100 billion to the Provider Relief Fund, allowing for direct payments to health care providers due to COVID-19. Few studies have evaluated participation in the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), and none have specifically looked at dental providers in the safety net.
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Latino dentists in the U.S. Census from 1980 to 2019: Implications for dental care access J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Paul Hsu, David E. Hayes-Bautista
This study describes the supply of Latino dentists in the United States from 1980 to 2019, as tabulated by the Census. The number of Latino dentists per 100,000 Latino population was compared to the number of non-Hispanic White (NHW) dentists per 100,000 NHW population. These four-decade comparisons were made for the entire country as well as the five states having the largest Latino populations.
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American Board of Dental Public Health diplomate survey, 2021: Competency domains and practice J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Mark D. Macek, Athanasios Zavras, Scott L. Tomar, David Cappelli, Susan McKernan, Peggy Timothe, Christopher Okunseri
To describe current Dental Public Health diplomates and list the competency domains that diplomates considered either essential or optional elements of their practice.
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Association between cash transfer programs and oral health—A scoping review J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Beatriz Carriconde Colvara, Ankur Singh, Adyya Gupta, Roger Keller Celeste, Juliana Balbinot Hilgert
The aims of this scoping review are to assess the literature investigating the association between cash transfer programs and oral health; and to identify the theoretical frameworks applied to guide this literature.
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of fissure sealants for caries prevention in children J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Edibe Egil, Emine Yaylali
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of resin-based and glass ionomer-based fissure sealants compared with no intervention for children.
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Refining the process: Safety net dental professionals' experiences with teledentistry implementation during the first year of COVID-19 J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Caroline D. McLeod, Lisa J. Heaton, Katherine Chung-Bridges, Sarah E. Raskin
Teledentistry helped dentistry adapt to pandemic-era challenges; little is known about dental professionals' teledentistry experiences during this time. This analysis sought to understand professionals' pandemic teledentistry experiences and expectations for the modality's future.
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Safe, supportive neighborhoods: Are they associated with childhood oral health? J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Elizabeth Crouch, Joni Nelson, Elizabeth Radcliff, Melinda A. Merrell, Amy Martin
There has been limited examination of how community-level supports may influence oral health metrics among children. The purpose of our study is to examine the association between two types of community-level positive childhood experiences and oral healthcare and oral health outcomes among children ages 6 to 17 years of age.
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Patterns of fluoride intake from 6 to 17 years of age: The Iowa Fluoride Study J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Pradeep Bhagavatula, Carissa L. Comnick, John J. Warren, Steven M. Levy
This article reports on estimated daily fluoride intake from water, other beverages and selected foods, dentifrice, and dietary fluoride supplements by both individual sources, and all sources combined, among 787 children participating in the Iowa Fluoride Study (IFS) from 6 to 17 years of age.
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Development of quality measures to assess tooth decay outcomes from electronic health record data J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Ryan G. Brandon, Suhasini Bangar, Alfa Yansane, Ana Neumann, Joanna M. Mullins, Elsbeth Kalenderian, Muhammad F. Walji, Joel M. White
To develop outcomes of care quality measures derived from the dental electronic health record (EHR) to assess the occurrence and timely treatment of tooth decay.
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Estimation of oral disease burden from claims and self-reported data J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Christopher Okunseri, Julie Frantsve-Hawley, Madhuli Thakkar-Samtani, IIya Okunev, Lisa J. Heaton, Eric P. Tranby
To compare the use of Medicaid and commercial claims data with self-reported survey data in estimating the prevalence of oral disease burden.
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Dentist attitudes toward an annual benefit maximum in Iowa's adult Medicaid program J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Morgan Scholtes, Carissa Comnick, Julie C. Reynolds, Aparna Ingleshwar, Susan C. McKernan, Peter C. Damiano
The Dental Wellness Plan (DWP) provides dental coverage for adult Medicaid enrollees in Iowa. In September 2018, a $1000 annual benefit maximum (ABM) was implemented in the DWP program. The aim of this study was to explore private dentists' attitudes toward ABMs and factors associated with ABM attitudes.
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The impact of dentists' availability in delivering dental care in Florida Elementary Schools J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Simin Ma, Nicoleta Serban, Amin Dehghanian, Scott L. Tomar
This study evaluates the dentists' availability to deliver preventive dental care to children in schools and the impact of school-based programs on access.
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Opioid prescribing by oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the United States, 2016–2019 J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-09 Tumader Khouja, Deborah E. Polk, Katie J. Suda
To describe opioid prescribing trends among oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMFS).
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Oral healthcare visits among sexual minority adolescents ages 14–18, 2019, USA J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-07 Stacey B. Griner, Robert A. Yockey, Caylee N. Forschner
Health disparities persist among sexual minority (SM) adolescents (i.e., bisexual, lesbian/gay) compared to heterosexual adolescents, however, research is limited on oral health. The purpose of this study was to examine reported recency of dental visits by sexual orientation among a national sample of adolescents.
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An assessment of compliance with optimal fluoride levels for oral health benefit by New Zealand drinking water suppliers J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-07 Tim Chambers, Matt Hobbs, Jonathan M. Broadbent
Community water fluoridation (CWF) has proven oral health benefits. We investigated whether drinking water suppliers are meeting New Zealand CWF targets (0.7–1.0 ppm) to ensure these benefits.
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Dental providers' perceptions of the feasibility and acceptability of implementing vaccine administration programs in dental settings: A qualitative study J. Pub. Health Dent. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-07-22 Inga Gruß, Dea Papajorgji-Taylor, Natalia P. Tommasi, Daniel J. Pihlstrom, Brian P. Hendrickson, Jana Ikeda, Walter Manning, Theresa Madden, Jeffrey L. Fellows
Involving dental offices in routine vaccinations could have a positive impact on public health. In this study, we assessed dental providers' attitudes and perceptions regarding implementing vaccination in dental settings.