Incidence rates and trends for oral and pharyngeal cancer in North Carolina: 1990-1999John R Elter
Department of Dental Ecology, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7450, USA
Oral Oncol 41:470-9. 2005
..With a few specific exceptions, NCCCR rates were similar to SEER rates. North Carolina continues to have substantial OPC incidence and substantial racial disparities persist...
- Adequacy of training in oral cancer prevention and screening as self-assessed by physicians, nurse practitioners, and dental health professionals
Lauren L Patton
Department of Dental Ecology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7450, USA
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 102:758-64. 2006
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- Third molars associated with periodontal pathology in older Americans
John R Elter
School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 63:179-84. 2005
..The relationship between third molars and periodontal disease pathogenesis deserves further study using longitudinal data...
- North Carolina dental hygienists' oral cancer knowledge and opinions: implications for education
Tanya E Ashe
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450, USA
J Cancer Educ 21:151-6. 2006
..CONCLUSION: Increased OC education content in dental hygiene curricula and training programs for practicing hygienists is needed to enhance early detection of OC...
- Knowledge of oral cancer risk factors and diagnostic concepts among North Carolina dentists. Implications for diagnosis and referral
Lauren L Patton
Department of Dental Ecology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill 27599 7450, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 136:602-10; quiz 682. 2005
..Dentists play a critical role in the early detection of oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC). The authors administered a survey that assessed the level of knowledge among dentists regarding risk factors and diagnostic concepts...
- North Carolina dental hygienists' assessment of patients' tobacco and alcohol use
Tanya E Ashe
Department of Dental Ecology, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
J Dent Hyg 79:9. 2005
..Future interventions might include educational programs for currently practicing dental hygienists and increased tobacco and alcohol cessation education in the professional entry-level dental hygiene curricula...
- Periodontal disease is associated with renal insufficiency in the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study
Abhijit V Kshirsagar
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 45:650-7. 2005
..Given the numerous shared risk factors for CVD and chronic kidney disease (CKD), we hypothesized that periodontitis also is associated with renal insufficiency in the Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study...
- Relationship of periodontal disease and tooth loss to prevalence of coronary heart disease
John R Elter
Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7450, USA
J Periodontol 75:782-90. 2004
..Studies relating periodontal disease to coronary heart disease (CHD) have provided equivocal results using tooth loss and/or clinical signs of periodontal disease as measures of periodontal exposure...
- Incidence of occlusal dental caries in asymptomatic third molars
Daniel A Shugars
Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7450, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 63:341-6. 2005
..The presence of caries in first/second molars at baseline was highly predictive of the development of third molar caries during the ensuing 3 years...
- Oral cancer knowledge and examination experiences among North Carolina adults
Lauren L Patton
Department of Dental Ecology, CB 7450, Room 388, Dental Office Building, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7450, USA
J Public Health Dent 64:173-80. 2004
..This study assesses knowledge of oral cancer risk factors, clinical signs, and oral cancer examination experience among North Carolina adults...
- Evidence for periodontitis as a tertiary vascular infection
Steven Offenbacher
Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases UNC School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7455, USA
J Int Acad Periodontol 7:39-48. 2005
..This review discusses the evidence for systemic inflammatory responses to oral organisms and the potential role of chronic vessel pathology as a manifestation of tertiary periodontal infections...
- Third molars associated with periodontal pathology in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
John R Elter
School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 62:440-5. 2004
..The relationship between third molars and periodontal disease pathogenesis deserves further study using longitudinal data...
- Relationship of clinical depression to periodontal treatment outcome
John R Elter
Department of Dental Ecology, School of Dentistry, UNC Chapel Hill, USA
J Periodontol 73:441-9. 2002
..CONCLUSION: Clinical depression may have a negative effect on periodontal treatment outcome in this group model HMO population...
- Prevention and early detection of oral and pharyngeal cancer in veterans
Hae-Young Kim
Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 102:625-31. 2006
..Most VA OPC patients were diagnosed by physicians, rather than by dentists. CONCLUSIONS: A considerable knowledge deficit on OPC was found among North Carolina veterans. Use of tobacco was a risk factor for OPC in this population...
- Incidence of periodontal attachment loss over 5 years among older South Australians
W Murray Thomson
Department of Oral Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Clin Periodontol 31:119-25. 2004
..Most ALOSS in older people manifests as increases in GR, rather than PD. Diabetics should be targeted for intensive primary and secondary prevention of periodontal disease...
