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..The purpose of this study was to describe the nutritional status of children with severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) using several clinical measurements...

..To determine if self-weighting of the items in an oral health-related quality of life questionnaire improves its psychometric properties...

..This paper describes the developmental process, compares the discriminative properties of the resulting four short-forms and evaluates their precision relative to the original CPQ11-14...

..Verifying this claim requires further qualitative studies of the outcomes of oral disorders as perceived by patients and persons, and the concurrent use of measures that more explicitly address the issue of quality of life...

..Dental status was associated with chewing capacity only. The results suggest that xerostomia has an important influence on the well-being and quality of life of this population...

..However, careful selection of patients and teeth for sealant placement is required to ensure cost-effectiveness...

..Deprivation measures have a major role to play in research that examines features of people and places, and how they promote and/or damage both oral and general health...

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..The aim of this study was to assess the validity of single-item parental ratings of child oral heath...

..This study aimed to investigate the referents and meanings that underlie self-ratings of oral health and to determine whether they vary by participants' characteristics...

..These results indicated that both psychological and conditioning variables contributed to the development of dental anxiety in this population of young adults...

..This paper compares the performance of the GOHAI and the OHIP-14 as measures of the oral health-related quality of life of the compromised elderly...

..This paper compares the prevalence of psychological disorders among dentally anxious and non-anxious groups drawn from the general population...

..The associations between psychosocial impacts, dental anxiety scale (DAS) scores and other severe fears were explored...

..Of particular interest was the relationship between general health and changes in oral functioning...

..These results indicate that pain is as much a cognitive and emotional construct as a physiological experience. They also have implications for dentists' behaviour when providing dental care...

..Factors which predict the patterns of change identified by this study need to be explored in order to enhance our understanding of changes in the chewing ability of this population as it ages...

..To assess socioeconomic disparities in the oral health-related quality of life in a group of Canadian children...

..Using the item-impact method, we developed an alternative short-form Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) that has good psychometric properties and minimal floor effects...

..To assess the association between scores on the Child Perceptions Questionnaire for 11-14 year olds (CPQ11-14) and clinical and self-perceived measures of malocclusion...

..The aim of the study reported here was to assess the relationship between self-rated oral health and satisfaction with oral health in two studies of older adult populations...

..Those that do use ad hoc sets of questions rather than standardized and validated measures of the functional and psychosocial impacts of oral disorders...

..To assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of 11- to 14-year-old children with orofacial conditions...

..This study used a quantitative approach in order to identify these referents...

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..This study aimed at assessing the performance of negatively and positively worded items in questionnaires to measure child and parent perceptions of child oral health-related quality of life...

..To determine the prevalence of traumatic injury to the anterior dentition in Grade 8 children in six Ontario communities...

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..Health promotion programmes to reduce the incidence of injury among lower socioeconomic groups are needed since these have high rates of injury and the lowest rate of receipt of treatment...

..This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a targeted school-based dental screening program in terms of the proportion of children with dental care needs it identified...

..To determine the prevalence and causes of injuries to the mouth and teeth among adults aged 18 to 50 years in Ontario, Canada...

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..The data also suggest that instruments such as the GOHAI and OHIP-14 are measuring aspects of life that these individuals regard as being important...

..CONCLUSION: The study suggests that improvements in the oral health of older adults depend upon access to comprehensive dental treatments which can address fully their clinical and self-perceived needs...

..These results suggest that poor self-perceived oral health and relatively poor quality of life co-exist in the same subgroup of older adults...

..Nevertheless, the measurement of change in oral health status is complex and controversial and no approach is universally accepted. Consequently, the decision as to which strategy to adopt is far from simple...

..This study used the Gelberg-Andersen Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations to identify predictors of dental care utilization by working poor Canadians...

..In this respect, the subjective measures assessed here can themselves be interpreted as indicators of need which complement conventional clinical measures of needs for dental care...

..On all measures except ability to chew, younger subjects were as likely to be compromised by oral conditions as older subjects...

..This suggests that the impact of tooth loss on health status may be positive or negative depending upon the condition of the teeth lost...

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..In both cases, the predictive power of the models was poor but improved marginally when baseline root caries experience was also entered as an independent variable...

..The purpose of this study was to present the development and evaluation of the CPQ for 8- to 10-year-olds (CPQ8-10)...

..Given its prevalence and effects, oral dryness constitutes an important health issue among older adults...

..Role ambiguity, under-utilization of skills and low self-esteem emerged as important issues. These results are of interest theoretically and have important implications for the way dental practice and dentistry are organized...

..05) and overall well-being (p < 0.01). The Cronbach's alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient for the CPQ(11-14) were 0.91 and 0.90, respectively. These results suggest that the CPQ(11-14) is valid and reliable...

..Since these programs cease at age 13 or 14 years, barriers to accessing the private dental care sector may mean that the residual inequities and inequalities evident in the data widen as these individuals age...

..These results indicate that response rates lower than those conventionally regarded as acceptable do not necessarily compromise the results of epidemiological studies...

..This may be related to dental disease and treatment factors, or changing psychological states during significant life transitions...

..Moreover, it identified variations in measures of oral health that were independent of household income, and the region of the province in which subjects lived...

..Both aversive conditioning experiences and pre-existing psychological states appear to be associated with the development of anxiety about dental treatment in this adult population...

..This supports previous findings that behavioral factors play an important role in periodontal disease...

..001) was shown between increased caries experience and dental injuries. This should focus attention on possible common-risk factors such as health-related behavioral problems that may affect both dental disease and dental injuries...

..Younger subjects were more likely to be categorized as type I, while older subjects were more likely to be categorized as type III. Overall, the results indicate that dental anxiety is a complex fear with a number of components...

..These findings suggest that antecedent, sociodemographic factors prior to institutionalization are responsible for the higher probability of oral disease in this group of older adults...

..Results suggest a classroom-based lesson combined with small-group sessions is a more effective method of improving oral hygiene knowledge among high-risk Grade One students compared to a single classroom-based lesson...

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..The Family Impact Scale had good technical properties. Its evaluative properties need to be tested in longitudinal studies...

..9% of those who said that their job was not at all stressful (P less than 0.0001). These findings have implications for the way in which dental practice is organised and managed...

..Restoration of injured teeth improved aesthetics and social interactions but functional deficiencies persisted as a result of periodontal or pulpal pain...

..This study explored oral health disparities associated with food insecurity in working poor Canadians...

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..Possible explanations of higher dental anxiety scores among younger persons and the edentulous are reviewed...

..The aim of this study was to explore disability days, or bed days and cut-down days, associated with dental problems in Canada...

..Studies of computer-aided learning (CAL) in orthodontics have documented both objective and subjective outcomes; however, to date, no studies have attempted to correlate these 2 outcome measures...

..The results of the study suggest the need to revisit the issue of measurement in studies of dental anxiety...

..Since patient-reported outcomes were better in the communities with higher volumes of provision, further research concerning the patient and dentist factors influencing treatment provision is warranted...

..001). In conclusion, this study demonstrates that there is significant need and demand for sedation and GA in the Canadian adult population...

..CONCLUSIONS: Mandibular overdentures retained by two implants provide elderly patients with better OHQOL. General health-related quality of life improved in the implant group...

..To evaluate the effectiveness of two methods of dental health education (DHE) for improving toothbrushing competency among grade one students at high risk for dental diseases...

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..Women discussed actual strategies to address these barriers, such as collective efforts to buy nutritious foods and recommendations to create greater access (e.g., increase health professionals' training in disability issues)...

..The proportion in need of treatment varied from 3.5% to 9.7% according to the case definition used...

..g. demographic and health status indicators). This paper aims to report on the severity of xerostomia in the elderly population and investigate the relationship with other aspects of perceived health...

..This paper reviews the literature on patient-based assessments of implant therapy...

..Further studies are needed to elucidate the role of social support and proxy measures as potential dental school stress alleviators...

..A cleaning, or prophylaxis, is not necessary before the application of topical fluoride for caries prevention. In conclusion, when used appropriately, PATFs are a safe, effective means of reducing caries risk among high-risk populations...

..These changes may be quite subtle and require sophisticated approaches, such as functional MRI, to study them, as is now being done. New findings obtained therefore may lead to more rational and reliable treatment for orofacial pain...

..To review the development of dental therapy in Canada...

..This forms one component of the Child Oral Health Quality of Life Questionnaire (COHQOL)...

..To explore the nature of emergency department (ED) visits for dental problems of nontraumatic origin in Canada's largest province, Ontario...

..This study aimed to assess the ability of the Child Oral Health Quality of Life Questionnaire (COHQoL) to detect change following provision of orthodontic treatment...

..To determine if psychosocial factors explain the socioeconomic disparities in self-perceived oral health that persist after controlling for oral status variables...

..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between self-esteem and oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in a sample of children seeking orthodontic treatment in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

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..The aim of this study was to inform policy leaders of the opinions of Canada's major dental care service provider regarding publicly financed dental care...

..To assess the agreement between mothers and children concerning the child's oral health-related quality of life...

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..Overall, students' responses to the questionnaire were positive with an overall mean level of agreement for all ten responses of 4.5 out of 5 (90 percent)...

..This ecological study assessed the feasibility and predictive ability of readily available educational indicators as proxy measures of school dental treatment needs in York Region elementary school children, Canada...

..The goal of this study was to compare the costs and patient acceptability of two methods of PATF (foam and varnish)...

..To assess the functional and psychosocial impact of oligodontia in children aged 11-14 years...

..There is now concern among policy leaders whether the practice is acceptable to Canadians. As a result, this study asks: What are public opinions on CWF?..

..This study highlights the negative effects of student debt, the necessity for staff training and the need for further studies exploring relations among stress, psychological well-being and academic performance...

..To fill an information gap for dental care policy stakeholders in Canada, this pilot study explored the nature of day surgery (DS) visits for dental problems in Ontario, the country's largest province...

..To explore the constructs children incorporate in the responses to global ratings of their oral health (OH) and OH-related overall well-being (OWB)...

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..These results indicate that salivary flow and cortisol may be useful markers of functional dependence; however, the ability of these markers to predict functional decline cannot be confirmed until longitudinal studies are conducted...

..Validity tests showed a sensitivity of 81.4% and a specificity of 48.3%. When "false" positives and "true" positives were compared, the former were found to be significantly less likely to report pain...

..To investigate the frequency of use of mouthguards among a representative sample of Ontario schoolchildren, the type of mouthguard most commonly used and reasons for noncompliance during sporting activities...