Jose Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes

..The objective of this study was to assess trends in cancer mortality by educational level in Barcelona from 1992 to 2003...

..Children with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) exhibit impaired dental status, which can affect their quality of life. This study assessed the oral health-related quality of life of these patients and associated factors...

..Despite evidence that health and disease occur in social contexts, the vast majority of studies addressing dental pain exclusively assessed information gathered at individual level...

..To examine contextual and individual determinants of dental caries experience, documenting levels of the disease in Brazil...

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..To appraise the association between dental care utilisation and gingival status in the Brazilian context, controlling for covariates on socio-demographic characteristics and dentofacial anomalies (12-year-old children)...

..To evaluate the results of the 2004 oral cancer prevention and early diagnosis program carried out in conjunction with the annual flu vaccination campaign for the elderly in the state of São Paulo, Brazil...

..This study sought to compare the age-specific mortality (65 years or older) before and after the onset of yearly vaccination, and to assess the impact of the intervention on health inequalities in relation to inner-city areas...

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..To evaluate the association between gingival health conditions and dental service utilization...

..Fostering reflection on methodological strategies to assess socioeconomic status in epidemiologic studies can contribute to the promotion of health and social justice...

..The objective of this study was to compare socioeconomic inequalities in male mortality by oral and pharyngeal cancer in two major cities of Europe and South America...

..The continuous monitoring of inequalities in health may contribute to the concurrent promotion of well-being and social justice...

..To examine whether denture use and recurrent sores caused by ill-fitting dentures are associated with intra-oral squamous cell carcinoma (IO-SCC) in individuals exposed to tobacco...

..To document the process of concurrent decline and polarization of dental caries distribution in the Brazilian context...

..Notwithstanding its beneficial overall effect, antiretroviral therapy was also reported as a factor for the increase in socioeconomic inequalities in health, because AIDS patients have unequal access and adherence to these medications...

..To describe trends in the mortality of children aged 12-60 months and to perform spatial data analysis of its distribution at the inner city district level in São Paulo from 1980 to 1998...

..To examine the association between tooth decay and dental treatment needs in 5-12-year-old schoolchildren in São Paulo with area-level indicators of social development...

..Medical publications kept records of the interventions, which have allowed the author to identify the first position as the stronger one, which has brought up relevant consequences for the sanitary food control...

..This study assesses disparities in the oral health status of Brazilian black and white children...

..The drop of rates in Nordic and Western European countries indicates a progress in cancer control that, regrettably, does not hold for the whole Continent...

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..We observed the absence of significant discrepancies indicating work-attributable risk for dentists. This observation suggests that dentistry can be considered a safe profession, at least regarding exposure to systematic risk of death...

..68). The factors associated with a higher incidence of caries are similar to those in the general population. This evidence can potentially be used to develop an effective oral health promotion program for these patients...

..003), anterior maxillary overjet > or =3 mm (P < 0.001), and private school as a socio-economic proxy indicator (P = 0.048)...

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..Public resources destined to dental assistance contributed to reducing inequities in oral health by allowing an incorporation of restorative dental treatment more equitably distributed between girls and boys...

..The better-off children were less likely to have used the public service. Clinical, socioeconomic, and psychosocial factors were strong predictors for the utilization of dental care services by schoolchildren...

..39, 95% confidence interval 0.16-0.94, P = 0.037). This observation may have pharmacological implications for clinical medication of these cancers and is relevant to programs aimed at reducing the burden of disease...

..This study aimed to assess the survival and life quality evolution of patients subjected to surgical excision of oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma...

..To assess the prevalence of untreated dental caries in children with cerebral palsy and to assess socio-demographic, behavioural, and clinical covariates...

..This study aimed at assessing the immediate impact of primary surgery on the health-related quality of life for these patients...

..8%) and the mean for DMF-T was 0.9 (± SD 1.5). Inequalities in the distribution of dental caries were observed and socioeconomic factors were found to be strong predictors of the prevalence of oral disease in children of this age group...

..This highlights the importance of fluoridation for the reduction of caries rates, as well as to attenuate the impact of socioeconomic inequalities on the prevalence of dental caries...

..This study described the prevalence of periodontal conditions and assessed its association with social, economical and behavioral variables in adults aged 35 to 44 years old, residents in the city of Guarulhos, State of Sao Paulo, 2006...

..To describe the prevalence of untreated caries among adolescents in Brazil and to analyze the association between caries and individual and contextual factors in the municipalities where these adolescents live...

..Average cost per inhabitant/year for 2003 was R$ 0.08 (USD 0.03). The accumulated cost for 18 years of implementation and maintenance of the fluoridation system was R$ 1.44 (USD 0.97) per capita...

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..Caries prevalence was higher in rural schoolchildren than in their urban counterparts. Analysis of the results aims to improve planning of dental care...

..The current article concludes that use of the SB Brazil 2003 database is a reliable and relevant application of epidemiology to oral health...

..To describe the prevalence of dental caries in children with deciduous teeth in urban and rural areas in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and to identify associated factors...

..The knowledge of prognostic factors for nutritional depletion in cancer patients can instruct nutritional interventions in the context of planning treatment protocols aimed at improving quality of life...

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..These findings suggest that there is a non-negligible scope for the prevention of oral cancer through the improvement of diet...

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..076) did not reach statistical significance. This study represents an in vivo indication that this treatment should be further considered as an effective alternative to therapeutic regimens for herpes labialis lesions...

..005) and those in which predominant vegetation cover was Type V forest (p < 0.001). This analysis reinforces the hypothesis that L. migonei is a vector for Leishmania in São Paulo State...

..21 days (p = 0.01). In public services, 69% of patients in the cancer group were sent to the emergency service. Dental services were accessible for scheduling clinical examinations among patients suspected of having oral cancer...

..This study assessed the association between socioeconomic status and head and neck cancer, aiming to explore how this association is related to differences of tobacco and alcohol consumption across socioeconomic strata...