BACKGROUND Inequality in oral health is a major challenge. Oral diseases and their risk factors accumulate throughout life. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to examine the association of longest job with oral health status and oral health behavior among older Japanese. METHODS Subjects were a total of 23,191 (11,310 males and 11,881 females) community-dwelling individuals aged ...

background: oral diseases are common chronic diseases that are affected by human health behavior. one-way to promote health behaviors can be achieved through education. the present study aims to assess the effect of an oral health education program using motivational interviewing (mi) method on oral health status of preschool children. materials and methods: this study recruited 222 volunteer c...

evaluation of periodontal status by cpitn among (35-44) – year – old population in khoramabad (2002) dr. f. haghighati* - dr. sh. salehi** - dr. r. valizadeh*** * - associate professor of periodontics dept. - faculty of dentistry – tehran university of medical sciences. **-assistant professor of periodontics dept. - faculty of dentistry – tehran university of medical sciences. ***- dentist. bac...

Introduction: Given growing elderly population and high prevalence of oral and dental diseases in this age group, this study was conducted to investigate oral health status and related quality of life among older adults in Yazd located in central Iran. Methods: The cross sectional study was carried out on 210 elderly people aged ≥ 60 years under the guise of Yazd health care centers who...

introduction: it is important to evaluate the orodental health status in preschool children. the aim of this study was to assess the orodental health status in preschool children in fardis in alborz province. materials  & methods: this cross-sectional/descriptive study was carried out using direct observation and examination of 940 randomly selected preschool children in fardis in alborz provin...

Relevance of the problem. Rising popularity sports activities is concentrating attention on development oral disorders associated with athletic performance. Poor health a significant issue because it can cause pain, have negative impact appearance, and qua­lity life. The environment impacted by lifestyle, individual hygiene eating habits. Aim work. purpose this literature to investi­gate status...

Introduction Oral health plays a pivotal role in the overall wellbeing of children. As children grow, there is a variation in their oral health status due to the changing trends and lifestyle. Aim To evaluate and compare the factors related to oral health status in two age groups of school going children. Materials and methods A total of 582 children aged 8 to 11 years from 3 schools were i...