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Patient-based assessment of the outcomes of implant therapy: a review of the literatureD Locker
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Int J Prosthodont 11:453-61. 1998..This paper reviews the literature on patient-based assessments of implant therapy...- Self-perceived oral health status, psychological well-being, and life satisfaction in an older adult populationD Locker
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
J Dent Res 79:970-5. 2000..These results suggest that poor self-perceived oral health and relatively poor quality of life co-exist in the same subgroup of older adults... - Geographic variations in dental services provided to older adults in Ontario, CanadaD Locker
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 27:275-82. 1999..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... - Oral health status of Canadian-born and immigrant adolescents in North York, OntarioD Locker
Community Dental Health Services Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 26:177-81. 1998..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... - Diagnostic categories of dental anxiety: a population-based studyD Locker
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ont, Canada
Behav Res Ther 37:25-37. 1999..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... - Does dental care improve the oral health of older adults?D Locker
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Community Dent Health 18:7-15. 2001..To assess the relationship between self-perceived change in oral health status and the provision of dental treatment in an older adult population... - Issues in measuring change in self-perceived oral health statusD Locker
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 26:41-7. 1998..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... - Using subjective oral health status indicators to screen for dental care needs in older adultsD Locker
Department of Community Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 24:398-402. 1996..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... - Psychological disorder, conditioning experiences, and the onset of dental anxiety in early adulthoodD Locker
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Dent Res 80:1588-92. 2001..These results indicated that both psychological and conditioning variables contributed to the development of dental anxiety in this population of young adults... - Clinical correlates of changes in self-perceived oral health in older adultsD Locker
Community of Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 25:199-203. 1997..This suggests that the impact of tooth loss on health status may be positive or negative depending upon the condition of the teeth lost... - Subjectively reported oral health status in an adult populationD Locker
Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 22:425-30. 1994..On all measures except ability to chew, younger subjects were as likely to be compromised by oral conditions as older subjects... - Comparison of the GOHAI and OHIP-14 as measures of the oral health-related quality of life of the elderlyD Locker
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 29:373-81. 2001..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... 
Predictors of dental care utilization among working poor CanadiansV E Muirhead
Faculty of Dentistry, Division of Oral Health and Society, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 37:199-208. 2009..This study used the Gelberg-Andersen Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations to identify predictors of dental care utilization by working poor Canadians...- Questionnaire for measuring oral health-related quality of life in eight- to ten-year-old childrenAleksandra Jokovic
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Dent 26:512-8. 2004..The purpose of this study was to present the development and evaluation of the CPQ for 8- to 10-year-olds (CPQ8-10)... - Subjective reports of oral dryness in an older adult populationD Locker
Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 21:165-8. 1993..Given its prevalence and effects, oral dryness constitutes an important health issue among older adults... - Psychological disorders and dental anxiety in a young adult populationD Locker
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, 124 Edward Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 29:456-63. 2001..This paper compares the prevalence of psychological disorders among dentally anxious and non-anxious groups drawn from the general population... - Clinical correlates of dental anxiety among older adultsD Locker
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 20:372-5. 1992.... - Evaluation of an area-based measure as an indicator of inequalities in oral healthD Locker
Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 22:80-5. 1994..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... - Oral hygiene knowledge of high-risk Grade One children: an evaluation of two methods of dental health educationR J Hawkins
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 28:336-43. 2000..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... - Work stress, job satisfaction and emotional well-being among Canadian dental assistantsD Locker
Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 24:133-7. 1996..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... - Incidence of root caries in an older Canadian populationD Locker
Department of Communicty Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 24:403-7. 1996..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... - Patterns of and reasons for tooth extractions in general dental practice in Ontario, CanadaH Murray
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 24:196-200. 1996.... - Differences in oral health status between institutionalized and non-institutionalized older adultsG D Slade
Department of Community Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 18:272-6. 1990..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... - Deprivation and oral health: a reviewD Locker
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 28:161-9. 2000..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... - Onset of and patterns of change in dental anxiety in adolescence and early adulthood: a birth cohort studyD Locker
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Health 18:99-104. 2001..This may be related to dental disease and treatment factors, or changing psychological states during significant life transitions... - Dental fear and anxiety in an older adult populationD Locker
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 19:120-4. 1991..Possible explanations of higher dental anxiety scores among younger persons and the edentulous are reviewed... - Disability days in Canada associated with dental problems: a pilot studyC Quinonez
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Int J Dent Hyg 9:132-5. 2011..The aim of this study was to explore disability days, or bed days and cut-down days, associated with dental problems in Canada... - Who is dentally anxious? Concordance between measures of dental anxietyD Locker
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 24:346-50. 1996..The results of the study suggest the need to revisit the issue of measurement in studies of dental anxiety... - Response and nonresponse bias in oral health surveysD Locker
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Public Health Dent 60:72-81. 2000.... - Effects of non-response on estimates derived from an oral health survey of older adultsD Locker
Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 21:108-13. 1993..These results indicate that response rates lower than those conventionally regarded as acceptable do not necessarily compromise the results of epidemiological studies... - Work-related stress and its predictors among Canadian dental assistantsD Locker
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 17:263-6. 1989..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... - Validity and reliability of a questionnaire for measuring child oral-health-related quality of lifeA Jokovic
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, 124 Edward Street, ON, Canada M5G 1G6
J Dent Res 81:459-63. 2002..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... - How well do parents know their children? Implications for proxy reporting of child health-related quality of lifeA Jokovic
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Qual Life Res 13:1297-307. 2004.... - Toothbrushing competency among high-risk grade one students: an evaluation of two methods of dental health educationR J Hawkins
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, 124 Edward Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1G6
J Public Health Dent 61:197-202. 2001..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... - Oral self-care behaviours in older dentate adultsB J Payne
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 20:376-80. 1992.... - Psychological factors and perceptions of pain associated with dental treatmentJ Maggirias
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 30:151-9. 2002..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... - Canadian dental students' perceptions of stress and social supportV Muirhead
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Eur J Dent Educ 12:144-8. 2008..Further studies are needed to elucidate the role of social support and proxy measures as potential dental school stress alleviators... 
Need and demand for sedation or general anesthesia in dentistry: a national survey of the Canadian populationB Chanpong
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Anesth Prog 52:3-11. 2005..001). In conclusion, this study demonstrates that there is significant need and demand for sedation and GA in the Canadian adult population...- Association of symptoms and signs of TM disorders in an adult populationD Locker
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 17:150-3. 1989..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... - Prevalence of symptoms associated with temporomandibular disorders in a Canadian populationD Locker
Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 16:310-3. 1988..The proportion in need of treatment varied from 3.5% to 9.7% according to the case definition used... - Prevention. Part 8: The use of pit and fissure sealants in preventing caries in the permanent dentition of childrenD Locker
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Br Dent J 195:375-8. 2003..However, careful selection of patients and teeth for sealant placement is required to ensure cost-effectiveness... - Sensory and affective components of orofacial pain: is it all in your brain?H C Tenenbaum
Department of Dentistry, Wasser Pain Management Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Crit Rev Oral Biol Med 12:455-68. 2001..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... - Associations between xerostomia and health status indicators in the elderlyDavid W Matear
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada
J R Soc Promot Health 126:79-85. 2006..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... - Prevention. Part 7: professionally applied topical fluorides for caries preventionR Hawkins
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Br Dent J 195:313-7. 2003..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... - Changes in chewing ability with ageing: a 7-year study of older adultsD Locker
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
J Oral Rehabil 29:1021-9. 2002..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... - A general dental practice research network: impact of oral health in general dental practice patientsE J Kay
Dental Health Services Research, University of Manchester Dental Hospital and School, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M5 6FH
Br Dent J 194:621-5; discussion 611. 2003.... - The mouth-body split: conceptual models of oral health and their relationship to general health among ethnic minorities in South Thames Health RegionM Corrigan
Department of Dental Public Health and Oral Health Services Research, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Community Dent Health 18:42-6. 2001..This finding has important implications both for the design of measures which seek to assess oral health related quality of life, and for the development of health promotional materials... - Changes in parent-assessed oral health-related quality of life among young children following dental treatment under general anaestheticP E Malden
Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 36:108-17. 2008.... - Cross-cultural adaptation of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) for the Malaysian adult populationR Saub
Department Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Community Dent Health 24:166-75. 2007..The aim of this project was to develop an oral health related-quality of life measure for the Malaysian adult population aged 18 and above by the cross-cultural adaption the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP)... - The impact of oral conditions on the quality of life of the Malaysian adult population: preliminary resultsR Saub
Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia 61:438-46. 2006..The preliminary results revealed that a substantial proportion of the sample included in this study experienced frequent psychosocial impacts associated with oral conditions... - An evaluation of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire in the UKZ Marshman
Department of Oral Health and Development, School of Clinical Dentistry, Sheffield, UK
Community Dent Health 22:151-5. 2005..To assess the reliability and validity of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ11-14), an oral health related quality of life measure for 11-14 year old children, for use in the UK... - Validation of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ 11-14)L A Foster Page
Department of Oral Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, PO Box 647, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Dent Res 84:649-52. 2005..Children in the worst 25% of the DMFS distribution had higher CPQ(11-14) scores overall and for each of the 4 subscales. The construct validity of the CPQ(11-14) appears to be acceptable... - Variations in restorative treatment decisions: an international comparisonE J Kay
Turner Dental School, University of Manchester, England
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 24:376-9. 1996..The dentists' action thresholds also differed. However, methodological issues mean that the data from the study need to be interpreted with caution... - Reduced neuropsychologic measures as predictors of treatment outcome in patients with temporomandibular disordersM L Grossi
PUCRS Dental School, Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil
J Orofac Pain 15:329-39. 2001..CONCLUSION: We conclude that various neuropsychologic, psychosocial, and some clinical parameters may provide pretreatment prediction of treatment outcome in an idiopathic TMD population... - The self-assessed oral health status of individuals from White, Indian, Chinese and Black Caribbean communities in South-east EnglandJ T Newton
Division of Dental Public Health and Oral Health Services Research, Guy s Hospital, Guy s, King s, and St Thomas Dental Institute, London SE1 9RT, UK
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 31:192-9. 2003.... - Is dental health education effective? A systematic review of current evidenceE J Kay
Department of Oral Health and Development, Tumer Dental School University of Manchester, England
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 24:231-5. 1996..The results of this analysis suggest that further efforts to synthesise current information about dental health education, in a systematic way, are required, along with maintenance of rigorous scientific standards in evaluation research... - A general dental practice research network--philosophy, activities and participant viewsE J Kay
Dental Health Services Research, University of Manchester Dental Hospital and School, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH
Br Dent J 194:545-9. 2003..Once the practitioners had acquired the relevant skills, they undertook a research project, which will be reported in a later paper...