The Children's Oral Health Initiative (COHI) is a federally funded community-based preventive dental program for children and their caregivers living in geographically isolated Canadian Aboriginal communities. The goal of the program is to improve access to preventive dental services for children of 0-7 years of age. It utilises community health workers in collaboration with dental therapists t...

D. E. Peterson1, C. B. Boers-Doets2, R. J. Bensadoun3 & J. Herrstedt4, on behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Committee* Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, Program in Head and Neck Cancer and Oral Oncology Program, Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, UConn Health, Farmington, USA; Department of Clinical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden and IM...

background: perinatal asphyxia is a common cause of infant morbidity and mortality and long-term neurological disabilities. due to the high costs of admission, a large proportion of births and neonatal deaths occur in non-hospital settings. this study aimed to evaluate the incidence rate of perinatal asphyxia before and after the implementation of the health improvement program. methods: this d...

Introduction: Oral health is an important public health issue that influences general health and quality of life. Mothers are key persons in families paying attention to whom not only guarantees their oral health, but also the oral health of the family members. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the dental service demand status and its related factors among mothers in Yazd city. Mater...

medicaid programs are particularly interested in dental care because oral health problems, such as dental caries, are more prevalent and severe among children from low-income families. RIte Smiles, Rhode Island’s managed oral health program, was designed to increase access to dental services, promote the development of good oral health behaviors, decrease the need for restorative and emergency ...