Association of changes in income with self‐rated oral health and chewing difficulties in adults in Southern Brazil
ConclusionsOverall, SROH and CD were adversely influenced by negative changes in income during adulthood in a short period of 3 years. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - April 26, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Elaine Raupp Di Bernardi, Georgios Tsakos, Aubrey Sheiham, Karen Glazer Peres, Marco Aurélio Peres Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

The efficacy of remote screening for dental caries by mid ‐level dental providers using a mobile teledentistry model
ConclusionA new smartphone‐based mobile teledentistry model used by mid‐level dental providers shows potential for remote screening of dental caries. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - April 24, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Mohamed Estai, Yogesan Kanagasingam, Boyen Huang, Hellen Checker, Lesley Steele, Estie Kruger, Marc Tennant Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Association of changes in income with self ‐rated oral health and chewing difficulties in adults in Southern Brazil
ConclusionsOverall, SROH and CD were adversely influenced by negative changes in income during adulthood in a short period of 3 years. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - April 24, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Elaine Raupp Di Bernardi, Georgios Tsakos, Aubrey Sheiham, Karen Glazer Peres, Marco Aur élio Peres Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

The efficacy of remote screening for dental caries by mid‐level dental providers using a mobile teledentistry model
ConclusionA new smartphone‐based mobile teledentistry model used by mid‐level dental providers shows potential for remote screening of dental caries. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - April 24, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Mohamed Estai, Yogesan Kanagasingam, Boyen Huang, Hellen Checker, Lesley Steele, Estie Kruger, Marc Tennant Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Causal inference from observational data
This study provides an overview of state‐of‐the‐art methods specifically designed for causal inference in observational data, including difference‐in‐differences (DiD) analyses, instrumental variables (IV), regression discontinuity designs (RDD) and fixed‐effects panel data analysis. The described methods may be particularly useful in dental research, not least because of the increasing availability of routinely collected administrative data and electronic health records (‘big data’). (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - April 24, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Stefan Listl, Hendrik Jürges, Richard G. Watt Tags: Commentary Source Type: research