Factors that influence delivery of tobacco cessation support in general dental practice: a narrative review
ConclusionOrganizational changes in dental practices to encourage more team working and professional time for lifestyle support may influence delivery. Dental professionals who are smokers may require training to develop their beliefs about the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - February 29, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Rizwana Lala, Julia Csikar, Gail Douglas, Jenni Muarry Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The role of negative and positive memories in fear of dental treatment
ConclusionsThe importance of negative memories suggests an avenue for intervention against dental fear that focuses on restructuring those memories to emphasize positive aspects. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - February 29, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: S øren Risløv Staugaard, Marit Jøssing, Christina Krohn Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Dentists' and dental students' attitudes, knowledge, preparedness, and willingness related to treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS in China
ConclusionIt is imperative that knowledge of HIV/AIDS and attitudes toward PLWHA be further improved during dental training to increase the access to and effectiveness of dental care of PLWHA in China and to enhance their quality of life. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - February 29, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Cliff Lee, Yuehong Fan, Jacqueline R. Starr, I. Leon Dogon Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
A policy review of after‐hours emergency dental care responsibilities
ConclusionsCurrent after‐hours emergency guidelines are nonspecific and open to interpretation. Variability between state guidelines likely contribute to unnecessary hospital emergency visits and increased healthcare costs, undermining the goal of establishing and maintaining dental homes. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - February 29, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Erica A. Brecher, Martha Ann Keels, Rocio B. Quiñonez, Michael W. Roberts, William Clay Bordley Tags: Brief Communication Source Type: research
The associations of socioeconomic status and social capital with gingival bleeding among schoolchildren
ConclusionThe results indicate that the socioeconomic status and features of social capital are associated with the levels of gingival bleeding among schoolchildren. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - February 29, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Fernanda Tomazoni, Mario Vianna Vettore, Fabricio Batistin Zanatta, Simone Tuchtenhagen, Carlos Heitor Cunha Moreira, Thiago Machado Ardenghi Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
A novel staging system for caries severity in the primary dentition
ConclusionOur new metric is useful for quantifying disease burden from caries for high‐risk children. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - February 29, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Lawrence D. Robertson, Eugenio Beltrán‐Aguilar, Ananda Dasanayake, Kathy R. Phipps, John J. Warren, Thomas W. Hennessy Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Impact of South Carolina's Medicaid fluoride varnish reimbursement policy on children's receipt of fluoride varnish in medical and dental settings
ConclusionsA policy designed to increase access to FV treatments from physicians and dentists for children up to forty‐seven months of age was not successful for physicians; however, the positive findings for dentists were promising. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - February 29, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Christine N. Veschusio, Janice C. Probst, Amy B. Martin, James W. Hardin, Nathan L. Hale Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Dental insurance and dental care among working‐age adults: differences by type and complexity of disability
ConclusionsThere are significant disparities in having dental insurance and receiving dental care for adults with disabilities, especially those with multiple types of disabilities, after controlling for socioeconomic and demographic differences. Further, disparities in care were apparent even when controlling for presence of dental insurance. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - February 29, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Willi Horner‐Johnson, Konrad Dobbertin Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Travel distances by Wisconsin Medicaid enrollees who visit emergency departments for dental care
ConclusionsThis study demonstrates that distance is a barrier to making NTDC‐related visits to EDs. Rates of NTDC visits decreased as travel distance to the nearest ED increased for Medicaid enrollees. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - January 21, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Christopher Okunseri, Rabeea Vanevenhoven, Thomas Chelius, Kirsten M. M. Beyer, Elaye Okunseri, William K. Lobb, Aniko Szabo Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Differences in 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and sugar consumption may help explain socioeconomic and racial/ethnic oral health disparities among US older adults
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Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - December 9, 2015 Category: Dentistry Authors: William B. Grant Tags: LETTER TO THE EDITOR Source Type: research
Establishing a speaker's bureau to teach dental public health curriculum in predoctoral dental and dental hygiene programs
Abstract
The opening of new dental schools and dental hygiene programs in the past decade has further exacerbated the shortage of faculty, including those with dental public health (DPH) expertise to teach. Therefore, one of the aims for the American Association of Public Health Dentistry's (AAPHD) Predoctoral Dental Public Health Competencies and Curriculum Project (Project), to develop DPH competencies and curriculum, was to establish a speakers bureau of interested dental professionals to teach the curriculum in dental schools and dental hygiene programs at the predoctoral level. This paper describes the process for est...
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - December 2, 2015 Category: Dentistry Authors: Vinodh Bhoopathi Tags: SUPPLEMENT ARTICLE Source Type: research
Pilot testing a predoctoral dental public health curriculum: reporting process and outcomes
ConclusionsThe curriculum was successfully utilized in varied formats and well received. Through AAPHD, this standardized DPH core curriculum is now available for widespread use at dental schools and dental hygiene programs. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - December 2, 2015 Category: Dentistry Authors: Vinodh Bhoopathi, Kathryn Ann Atchison Tags: SUPPLEMENT ARTICLE Source Type: research
Developing a flexible core Dental Public Health curriculum for predoctoral dental and dental hygiene schools
ConclusionA flexible curriculum is available at the AAPHD website to enable the incorporation of DPH topics into the curriculum. (Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry)
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - December 2, 2015 Category: Dentistry Authors: Kathryn Atchison, Ana Karina Mascarenhas, Vinodh Bhoopathi Tags: SUPPLEMENT ARTICLE Source Type: research
Developing core dental public health competencies for predoctoral dental and dental hygiene students
Abstract
Dental professionals are an “underutilized” workforce, when it comes to advocating for prevention and wellness in populations. The goal of this HRSA‐funded project is to develop dental public health (DPH) competencies and curriculum for US predoctoral dental and dental hygiene programs. These competencies and accompanying curriculum are designed to better prepare the oral health workforce to meet the needs of the entire population, including the chronically underserved, those challenged by poor health literacy, or communities encountering barriers to accessing oral health care. By increasing the DPH competen...
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - December 2, 2015 Category: Dentistry Authors: Ana Karina Mascarenhas, Kathryn Ann Atchison Tags: SUPPLEMENT ARTICLE Source Type: research
Role of AAPHD in the dissemination of the public health dentistry competencies and curriculum for dental and dental hygiene students
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Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - December 2, 2015 Category: Dentistry Authors: David P. Cappelli Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research
