AIM The aim of our study is to compare incidence of orthodontic malocclusion based on occlusal indices and Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN), and to evaluate the most commonly used method among the dentists for orthodontic treatment in Sarajevo. MATERIAL AND METHODS The sample consisted of 110 (31 female and 79 male)subjects older than 16 years with complete permanent dentition. Subj...

introduction: health care industry consists of an unexpected and confusing environment in which quality events play the important role. in such conditions, the necessary changes should be made. excellence models are general oriented frameworks that are able to achieve the above intention. materials & methods: this study is a descriptive cross-sectional study. data gathered by a standard checkli...

Sundquist et al present a care need index for allocation of primary health care resources. Unfortunately, their paper rests on an erroneous description of the allocation model presently used in Stockholm, a blurred conception of need, and a mistake in the handling of data. The model used by Stockholm County Council to distribute funds between areas to purchase health care consists of four diffe...

BACKGROUND Inequalities in geographic access to health care result from the configuration of facilities, population distribution, and the transportation infrastructure. In recent accessibility studies, the traditional distance measure (Euclidean) has been replaced with more plausible measures such as travel distance or time. Both network and raster-based methods are often utilized for estimatin...

ARIATRIC SURGERY can take weight off and keep it off, but it is not a cure, and it is not for everyone. Nevertheless, given the increasing prevalence of obesity and the limited effectiveness of diet therapy in morbidly obese people, there has been tremendous public interest in surgery for obesity. As a result, primary care physicians are encountering more patients who are contemplating or have ...

oral health problems, among the most prevalent comorbidities related to addiction, require more attention by both clinicians and policy-makers. our aims were to review oral complications associated with drugs, oral health care in addiction rehabilitation, health services available, and barriers against oral health promotion among addicts. drug abuse is associated with serious oral health proble...

results the findings of this study showed that in most selected countries, primary care services were provided by the private sector and the public sector has been mostly functioning as a supervisor in this area, but in iran, primary care services were provided by the government. the findings of this study also showed that hospital services in iran and selected countries (second and third level...