Background: Oral health status and oral health problems can affect eating habits and thus consequently the nutritional status of frail older people. Objectives: To assess older service house residents' dentition and its associations with nutritional status and eating habits, and as well as to explore the prognostic value of dentition status for mortality. Design: A cross-sectional study with a ...

Recommendations already exist on how to write a structured abstract for the INAHTA Database (http://agatha.york.ac.uk/htahp.htm). The abstract must be written in English. In 392 INTL. J. OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE 18:2, 2002 Best practice in undertaking and reporting HTA Table 15. Data To Be Included in an English Structured Abstract Title: first title in English, then original tit...

WHY: Oral health is an important contributor to the health and well-being of older adults. Recent associations between oral health and systemic disease have led to renewed interest in oral health and its contribution to health outcomes. A growing emphasis, therefore, has been placed on the inclusion of an oral health assessment as part of routine medical checkups. Part of this success relies on...

OBJECTIVE To assess the self-perception of oral health status of the elderly and to analize the clinics, subjectives and sociodemographic factors that interfer in this perception. METHODS Results are based on interviews and clinical assessment of 201 subjects aged 60 years and over, who were dentate, functionally independents and used to go to a health care center in the town of Araraquara, S...

background: mental illness is associated with physical health. oral health affects people physically and psychologically and influences how they grow, enjoy life, look, speak, chew, taste food and socialize. oral health may have lower priority in the context of mental illness and these diverse and changing client group experiences similar oral and dental problems. objective: to assess oral heal...

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relation between prosthetic status and quality of life of a group of institutionalised 65-74 year olds using the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index. Methods: In 2010, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in Iasi, Romania, among a convenience sample of 161 residents aged 65-74 years from the St. Parascheva Retirement Centre (118 [73%] females...

Background Dexmedetomidine has been used as a premedication in children primarily via nasal route. Concerns regarding bioavailability and onset of action has restricted its use via oral route. However, oral route is natural and more pleasurable compared to nasal. We compared dexemedetomidine given as a premedication via nasal and oral routes in children undergoing minor surgical procedures. Met...

BACKGROUND The use of midazolam for dental care in patients with intellectual disability is poorly documented. The purpose of this study was to determine which method of premedication is more effective for these patients, 0.15 mg/kg of intramuscular midazolam or 0.3 mg/kg of oral midazolam. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study was designed and implemented as a non-randomized retrospective study. T...

BACKGROUND Opium dependence is one of the most challenging health problems in the developing countries as well as Iran. Among several health problems due to opium dependence, there are limited reports indicating the presence of lead in opium. The aim of this study is to investigate the blood lead level (BLL) in oral and inhalational opium dependents and its association with anemia. MATERIALS ...

BACKGROUND Peer marking is an important skill for students, helping them to understand the process of learning and assessment. This method is increasingly used in medical education, particularly in formative assessment. However, the use of peer marking in summative assessment is not widely adopted because many teachers are concerned about biased marking by students of their peers. OBJECTIVE T...