Oral disorders affect school children globally. Acceptability of the School Health Program by parents is a vital domain that can positively impact its sustainability. This study investigates parental perspective Asnani Program. An online questionnaire survey was conducted from April to May 2019 among 418 in public schools. 32% rated SOHP as excellent, 31% it very good, 23% 10% average, and only...

WHO goals for oral health 2020 target to reduce the number of edentulous persons and to increase the individuals with functional dentition. Health Impact Profile is an instrument including conceptual dimensions of OHRQoL (3) giving greater weight to psychological and behavioral outcomes. Our aim was to assess oral health impacts related to the Oral Health Impact Profile in edentulous patients w...

There is increasing evidence that oral health is a critical component of overall health and that poor oral health may lead to initiation or exacerbation of chronic inflammatory diseases/conditions and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Added to this is an increasing awareness that among non-dental health care professions curricula (e.g., medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health) there is an appa...

AIMS To assess pregnant women's opinions on and perceptions of oral health and their relationship to oral hygiene and dental care practices. METHODS Questionnaire survey on perceived oral health, oral hygiene and utilization of dental services among 649 nulliparae attending for antenatal care at all public antenatal clinics in Adelaide, South Australia. RESULTS Women rated their general hea...

PURPOSE Dietary variation is important for health maintenance and disease prevention among older adults. However, oral health deficits impair ability to bite and chew foods. This study examines the association between oral health and foods avoided or modified in a multiethnic rural population of older adults. It considers implications for nutrition and medical service provision to this populati...

* MSc, Pos-Graduate student, Department of Preventive and Operative Dentistry, North Paraná University, Londrina, PR, Brazil. ** Professor, Dental School, North Paraná University, Londrina, PR, Brazil. *** Professor, Dental School, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. **** Professor, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil. ***** Professor, Dental School, State...

BACKGROUND Psychological stress appears to contribute to poor oral health systemically in combination with other chronic diseases. Few studies directly examine this relationship. METHODS Data from a cross-sectional study of 2,412 participants between the ages of 25-64 years old living in the City of Toronto between 2009 and 2012 were used to examine the relationship between current stress and...