school dentistry

..CONCLUSION: The fluoridated school milk scheme, as configured in Knowsley. Merseyside, did not reduce caries within the primary dentition and, at best, had a small clinical impact on the permanent dentition up to 8 years of age...

..0001) from the DMFT of the control group (2.38). Fifteen-year-old children in Mokonyama had 75.2 percent fewer caries than their counterparts in the control group...

..In conclusion, high-caries-risk children have been shown to have significantly less caries after participating in a supervised toothbrushing programme with a fluoridated toothpaste...

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..Time trends in the decreasing caries prevalence are related to various organizational events and preventive measures. Moreover, the possible influence of general changes in living conditions and health behavior is pointed out...

..ART has become one of the treatment modalities available to oral health workers in managing dental caries...

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..An analysis of possible reasons for this reaction follows. The paper concludes with some observations about how such a situation might be approached to minimize similar controversy in the future...

..The aim of this study was to examine the occurrence and behaviour of approximal enamel lesions in permanent teeth among children in Western Australia and test the effect of easily measured factors on the rate of lesion progression...

..The result of active fluoride therapy combined with a change in criteria for when to place restorations led to a marked reduction in the need for restorations...

..05). The school-based OHE programs had some positive effect improving children's oral hygiene; in certain circumstances children may benefit from using polyol-containing chewing gum in terms of reduced dental caries...

..They were later examined back on the island in 1966 by Dr John Fisher and in 1982 a school fluoride supplementation programme was introduced...

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..Hence, the plaque fluoride levels in 8 to 9-year-old Bangladeshi children were increased by both rinsing and tablet programs, but the effect was not detectable 3 days later...

..To conclude, school-based F varnish treatment every 6 months in 13- to 16-year-olds is excellent to prevent approximal caries in medium and high caries risk areas...

..It may be concluded that motivation and proper oral hygiene should be emphasised. Secondly, implementation of school-based oral health promotion and prevention programmes is urgently needed...

..All students receive, when aged 6-12 years, a uniform annual dental examination and oral health education programme...

..To provide a basis for choosing best outcomes to develop public health policy and implement future programmes...

..The rate of caries-free children decreased with age. CONCLUSIONS: Caries prevalence among this population was higher than levels reported in Israel and abroad. There is a clear need for oral health promotion among this community...

..In 1987, 1995 and 2003 dental surveys were carried out in the Gdansk region of Poland investigating the prevalence of dental caries in 12-year-old school children...

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..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...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a 6-year oral health education programme in primary schoolchildren...

..To assess oral health outcomes of a school-based oral health education (OHE) programme on children, mothers and schoolteachers in China, and to evaluate the methods applied and materials used...

..Children who had no sealants had significantly poorer dental health than children who had all four first permanent molars sealed...

..Furthermore, children who had sealants had significant protection from occlusal decay up to grade 5...

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..If sealant costs decreased to $6.00 (reported cost for school programs), TARGET dominated SN for caries increments exceeding 0.007 surfaces, and SA dominated TARGET for caries increments exceeding 0.034 surfaces...

..4 and 3 years later 0.9 in both the participating and control schools. In conclusion, the present study shows that the implemented school-based OHE programme did not result in significant reductions of the clinical parameters measured...

..This study proves that supervised daily tooth brushing using fluoridated toothpaste is successful in controlling dental caries in children...

..Dental disease is one of the leading causes of school absenteeism for children. This article describes the creation and evolution of the St. David's Dental Program, a mobile school-based dental program for children...

..Consequently, there is a need for more and larger scale comparative analytical studies to increase our understanding of diffusion and adoption of innovations in dentistry...

..20 Pts (US$ 2.26) with fluoride mouthrinses; and 1498 Pts (US$ 11.09) with supervised toothbrushing. The feasibility of the programs in Catalonia and their educational values for the target population are considered...

..This study strongly indicates that long-term rinsing with fluoride has a positive effect on teeth status...

..1 chronic disease of childhood, the need for intervention no later than the time a child enrolls in primary school may be a way to reduce the oral health problem before it becomes emergent...

..This study investigated the effectiveness of fissure sealants in a community-based programme and the relationship between fissure sealants effectiveness and exposure to fluoridated water...

..There is a need for studies evaluating oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children in developing countries...

..This combined approach has proven to be effective on a large majority of the children. To ensure uniform dental health promotion, information protocols are used in these promotion activities within Flevoland...

..05) at the final registration. Considering the time and efforts spent, the results did not seem to justify a school-based intervention with lactobacillus counts as a sugar-motivating tool in an adolescent low-caries population...

..Within the social context of the United States, water fluoridation is probably the most significant step we can take toward reducing the disparities in dental caries. It therefore should remain as a public health priority...

..School dental screening delivered according to 3 different models was not effective at reducing levels of active caries and increasing attendance in the population under study...

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..e., a publicly funded, school-based selective program...

..Health literacy programs for children will need to be developed and administered through collaboration between education and health professionals. (J. Oral Sci. 49, 53-59, 2007)...

..2). The instrument designed to measure the teachers' perception of oral health status would be valid. It would be desirable to enlarge the sample and determine criterion validity by comparison with other instruments...

..To describe the school dental screening process in Community Dental Services across England and Wales. Basic research..

..99, p = 0.027). For the late-mineralizing enamel no single independent variable was identified as a significant predictor of dental fluorosis...

..Although some criteria, such as patient age, are logical the importance of other factors on tooth survival has not been established...

..To carry out a study designed to test an intervention to increase dental attendance in rural dentally-avoidant adolescents, to identify and recruit eligible adolescents...

..9% in the permanent dentition stage. CONCLUSIONS. The need for orthodontic treatment is high in Lithuania: almost half of 10-11-year-old and every third of 14-15-year-old schoolchildren need orthodontic treatment...

..In conclusion, whereas children were generally satisfied with the SDS, this study indicates that there are still areas for further improvement...

..This study aims to investigate the reliability of examinations performed by teachers and by a dental assistant in detection of cavitated surfaces...

..Children with poor oral health are 12 times more likely to have restricted-activity days. Dental health education [DHE], with the objective of improving the oral hygiene of the participants, would have obvious merits...

..The Central Massachusetts Oral Health Initiative (CMOHI) aimed to improve access to quality oral health care in central Massachusetts...

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..Five trained and calibrated dentists examined the children. Dental caries was scored using WHO diagnostic criteria...

..Neither model is perfect, but what is clear is that the facilities and workforce model that does exist in a country can have a profound impact on which children end up accessing that care and which children do not...

..Considering the high prevalence and severity of dental caries, a proposal for improvement of oral health in this population group is formulated...

..The work group also identified topics for which additional evidence review was needed...

..spent in waiting room, regular attendance, reception at dental clinic, feelings of anxiety, taking part of school dentistry, smoking, oral health factors, dental appearance and being dissatisfied 5 years previously...

..Finally, effective community-based oral disease prevention and health promotion programs are sorely needed to improve these youths' oral health...

..The authors describe and evaluate the short-term effectiveness of a community-based program for dental caries prevention in children...

..To compare the caries preventive effects of 2-year application of school-based chlorhexidine varnish, sodium fluoride gel, and dental health education programs among a high-risk group of 11- to 13-year-olds with low caries activity...

..It has been observed that the prevalence of dental caries among children has declined in the last decade in Germany. However, despite of these improvements there is still a proportion of children suffering from dental decay...

..RISK DESIGN: A follow-up study from the day sealants was applied by dental nurses, every six months over a period of 30 months...

..The findings from this study indicate that when legislative restrictions on employment settings are removed, there is a demand and demonstrable role for dental therapist-delivered services in nongovernment dental practices...

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..The evaluation of long-term effects five years after the completion of a school-based caries prevention programme combined with fluoride mouth rinse (FMR) and targeted sealant application (TS)...

..Most fluoride-associated enamel opacities were mild or very mild. They did not represent an aesthetic problem and certainly not a public health concern...

..In addition to treatment care, preventive measures should be provided by the School Dental Care Service for children with a high caries risk...

..To compare the retention of a fluoride-releasing sealant with its non-fluoride analogue in a school-based sealant program...

..The aim of this paper is to assess the costs and benefits of service delivery by students through rural training programmes...

..Measurements were made using the Quigley-Hein index before and after the program. A significant difference reduction of the plaque index of -0.6 was observed (P < 0.005)...

..A study in West Java has indicated that involvement of primary health care personnel and schoolteachers in oral health education (OHE) at primary schools is a feasible approach that is sustainable...

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..This increases the number of professionals available and is regarded as an important way forward in improving oral health...

..Grade 8 was 28.8 per cent out of the 36.8 per cent great need percentage in referred population. Therefore, it can be concluded that the ectopic canines were the driving factor for the referred population...

..This pilot study evaluated the acceptance and compliance of a xylitol chewing gum regimen by both children and classroom teachers in a Head Start program...

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..The main goal of this paper is to explore a methodology to compare programs of different nature, and critically evaluate the results...

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..Thus, this study showed that the 3-yr interruption of the NaF mouthrinse program resulted in a small, statistically non-significant increase in caries, mostly as regards the number of fillings, on approximal tooth surfaces...

..By comparing the findings with those of the early mixed dentition, we aimed to evaluate whether a change in the spectrum of malocclusions would occur...

..The purpose of this study was to compare these two techniques in an Iowa school-based sealant program...

..More than half (54.8%) were not sure of the optimal storage medium for avulsed teeth. Their attitude towards acquiring knowledge in this aspect was good (80.5%) and all would take immediate action to settle appointments for trauma cases...

..The pilot programme aimed to provide equitable and timely access to the services of a publicly funded dentist, for children living in the more economically-deprived and rural areas of Northland...

..The aim of the present study was to develop a profile of the dental therapy workforce and analyse the perceptions of therapists...

..The accomplishment of this regular school program appears to contribute to strengthen equity and could reduce the differences in oral health care among schoolchildren at different social risk...

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..To assess the prevalence of dental caries among school children in Egor local government area (district) and establish baseline data...

..No significant positive impact of the brushing programme on oral hygiene and periodontal health status of learners was observed after 18 months when compared to a control group...

..A valid systematic screening tool based on routine information sources is however indispensable, if more selective screening strategies should be developed to target the children at highest risk...

..For children with special health care needs seeing a dentist, the data is sparse but a survey of general dentists conducted in 2001 showed that only 10 percent see these children often or very often...

..We will also prepare two case studies of oral cancer patients. During the second phase of the project, NYUCD will take the lead in developing, implementing and evaluating interventions. ..

..The experimental design of this study is a randomized controlled clinical trial with two treatment groups and 250 participants per group. ..

..These points argue for a direct comparison of the medical and traditional model of care. ..