Health care provision in Ireland has developed into a complex mixture of public and private provision. The extent of fee paying within the system and strong differentiation between public and private patients has led many to question the degree to which the delivery of health care across those with different financial means is equitable. This paper analyses the extent of equity of health servic...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected health care systems around the world. Dentistry is one of most closely related to production aerosols or droplets. Minimal visits a dental clinic hospital are highly recommended except in emergency cases. government's recommendation use teledentistry conduct diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring diseases. oral medicine field fully charge this activi...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the cost-effectiveness of a medical office-based preventive oral health program in North Carolina called Into the Mouths of Babes (IMB). DESIGN Observational study using Medicaid claims data (2000-2006). SETTING Medical staff delivered IMB services in medical offices, and dentists provided dental services in offices or hospitals. PARTICIPANTS A total of 209 285 child...

Pediatric dental caries is the most common chronic disease among children. Above 40% of the U.S. children aged 2-11 years have dental caries; more than 50% of them come from low-income families. Under dental services of the Medicaid program, children enrolled in Medicaid must receive preventive dental services. However, only 1/5 of them utilize preventive dental services. The purpose of this ov...

aCCordINg to data from the Behavioral riSk FacTor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a statewide health behavior survey, in 2008 and 2010, more than a quarter of Rhode Island adults aged 21–64 years are estimated to be without any dental insurance coverage (26.7%, 95% confidence interval=25.2%–28.3%). Adults with limited or no dental insurance coverage are more likely to avoid routine dental care, de...

AIM This is a retrospective study to review the treatment and management of patients presenting with odontogenic infections in a large urban teaching hospital over a four-year period, comparing the number and complexity of odontogenic infections presenting to an acute general hospital in two periods, as follows: Group A (January 2008 to March 2010) versus Group B (April 2010 to December 2011). ...

In 1947, Pediatric Dentistry was formally recognized as a specialty in dentistry. There are currently over 7000 members of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Despite this large number, many people are unaware of the role they serve as health care providers [1]. The purpose of this article is to give a clearer understanding of the educational process of becoming a Pediatric Dentist, th...

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...

THE PRIVATE HEALTH insurance industry in the United States is made up of three broad categories: Blue Cross and Blue Shield associations, commercial insurance companies, and independent plans. In 1970 these private health insurance organizations provided some protection to approximately four-fifths of the civilian population-against the costs of hospital care and surgical care. For 72 percent o...