background: the majority of individuals who visit the dentist are anxious. they are usually capable of controlling their anxiety. however, this fear sometimes creates great problems for the patient and dentist such as lack of visiting the dentist for treatment, incorrect diagnosis due to lack of appropriate communication between the patient and dentist, and finally, reduction of oral health lev...

Adult stem cells are multipotent and can be induced experimentally to differentiate into various cell lineages. Such cells are therefore a key part of achieving the promise of tissue regeneration. The most studied stem cells are those of the hematopoietic and mesenchymal lineages. Recently, mesenchymal stem cells were demonstrated in dental tissues, including dental pulp, periodontal ligament, ...

Community Health Centers (CHCs) are one of the principal safety-net providers of health care for low-income and uninsured populations. Co-locating dental services in primary care settings provides an opportunity to improve access to dental care. Yet this study of California CHCs that provide primary care services shows that only about one-third of them co-located primary and dental care service...

AIMS To compare the prevalence of high dental anxiety across a variety of past distressing experiences with a previously reported Dutch sample. METHOD University students from the UK (N=1024) completed an online survey containing; the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, and the Level of Exposure-Dental Experiences Questionnaire (LOE-DEQ). Adjusted odds ratios (OR) were calculated to assess the ass...

OBJECTIVES We determined how elimination of dental benefits among adult Medicaid beneficiaries in Oregon affected their access to dental care, Medicaid expenditures, and use of medical settings for dental services. METHODS We used a natural experimental design using Medicaid claims data (n = 22 833) before and after Medicaid dental benefits were eliminated in Oregon in 2003 and survey data fo...

D entistry is in the midst of a major transition. One key driver of change is the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which has many provisions relevant to the dental care sector. A key provision of the ACA is Medicaid expansion, which has the potential to reshape the dental benefits landscape considerably. Let’s first look at trends in Medicaid before ACA. For more than a decade, public health insuranc...

Aim. To assess the dental anxiety level among dental, medical, and pharmacy students of MAHSA University, Malaysia. Materials and Methods. A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among 1500 undergraduate students of MAHSA University. The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) was used to measure dental anxiety among the study population. The responses were assessed by 5-point likert s...

PURPOSE The present study investigated the effects of dental anxiety and dental visits on oral hygiene practices, which included brushing, flossing and amount of time brushing. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included a dental questionnaire developed to measure aspects of dental visits, oral hygiene and dental anxiety. A demographic questionnaire included questions pertaining to age, ethnicit...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Graduate Student (PhD degree), Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, UNESP – São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” São José dos Campos Dental School. 2DDS, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, UNESP – São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” São José dos Campos Dental School. 3DDS, MSc, PhD, Ass...

Dental students should have knowledge of geriatric dental care and positive attitudes toward elderly patients. This study assessed senior dental students' knowledge of geriatric dental care and their attitude towards elderly patients. A descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted on volunteer senior students in all dental schools (n = 512) in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The...