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AbstractPlacing crowns to prevent tooth fracture is thought to be a common but infrequently documented treatment procedure. Two studies are described that provide information about dentists’ use of crowns to prevent tooth fracture. North Carolina general dentists indicated that 44% of the crowns they placed were for the principal reason of fracture prevention. However, when groups of dentists examined the same patients, there was little agreement about which teeth should be crowned due to risk of fracture. These results suggest that the placing of crowns to prevent fracture merits a careful determination of effectiveness and appropriatenes

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00812.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

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AbstractA field study was conducted to investigate the psychological characteristics of dissatisfied denture patients using validated personality inventories. In the present study dissatisfied denture patients are patients that keep complaining about their dentures and are referred to a psychologist because it was suspected that their complaints may also be due to psychological factors. The results show that these patients feel more inhibited in their social contacts and more often have the opinion that wearing dentures is unacceptable. Also these patients are high on neuroticism, less social adequate, more rigid, have less self‐esteem and are more externally oriente

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00813.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

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AbstractThe present study was carried out to compare the ability of different methods of periodontal assessment to identify those subjects in a population who had suffered the worst periodontal breakdown. Comparisons were made between full mouth approximate attachment loss (CAL) assessment and methods relying on pocket probing depth (PPD) evaluation or on partial recording of CAL or PPD. Both of the latter types of assessment are commonly used in epidemiological surveys. 202 workers at an electronics factory aged between 20 and 40 yr were examined for approximate PPD and CAL, excluding third molars. The data were used to determine which individuals had the worst periodontitis based on CAL at several thresholds. Further analysis was carried out to determine which of these subjects would have been identified on the basis of the presence of deep (6 mm) pocketing, or by using one of a battery of partial recording subsets. CAL was frequently present in the absence of deep pocketing. A subset made up of four approximate sites around each of the 10 index teeth recommended by the WHO for partial recording (two molars in each quadrant and maxillary right and mandibular left central incisors) and a subset comprising maxillary buccal and mandibular lingual sites (“Pritch‐ard” sites) performed best of the subsets considered in identifying the subjects who had been found by full mouth assessment to have at least one or at least two approximate sites with CAL at thresholds of 2, 3 or 4 mm. It was concluded that measurements of CAL using either of these subsets should reduce problems of under‐recording of the prevalence of periodontitis associated with the use of PPDs alone or on CAL assessment at other partial recording

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00814.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis paper presents selected results of two recent representative cross‐sectional studies of oral health in the German population, conducted by the IDZ (Institute of German Dentists) for the old Federal States (the former Federal Republic of Germany) in 1989 (n=174l) and the new Federal States (the former German Democratic Republic) in 1992 (P=1519). Each epidemiological study reported both clinical and sociological data. The following average DM FT values were determined: for the children aged 8/9 yr: 1.4; for the adolescents aged 13/14 yr: 4.9; for the adults aged 35–44 yr: 16.1; and for the adults aged 45–54 yr: 17.9. These are the overall averages for “Germany West” and “Germany East” combined. The overall results for periodontal health in adults were as follows: CPITN 0: 4.9%; CPITN 1: 11.2%; CPITN 2: 24.6%; CPITN 3: 42.7%; and CPITN 4: 16.6% for the adults aged 35–44 yr and CPITN 0: 2.4%; CPITN 1: 8.1%; CPITN 2: 20.4%; CPITN 3: 46.8%; and CPITN 4: 22.3% for the adults aged 45–54 yr. The following average tooth loss figures were calculated for Germany as a whole: age group 35–44 yr: 3.9 missing teeth; age group 45–54 yr: 7.7 missing teeth. In addition, all the morbidity data determined have been analysed for statistical significance in the comparison between “West” and “East” Germany. The prevalences presented are also differentiated according to the socioeconomic status (SES) of the subjects, with the lower social strata as a whole showing higher morbidity prevalences. Comparisons show that caries has declined significantly among children and adolescents in Germany in the last 10–15 yr. Finally, the authors recommend the inclusion of qualitative research techniques when studying the differential causation of the inverse correlation between o

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00815.x

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年代:1996

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AbstractTo investigate the relationship between salivary How and tooth loss, SIS randomly selected dentate people aged 65 and older and living in North Carolina were administered a dental health interview and examination. A single parafinstimulated whole saliva sample of 3 ml was collected and flow rate was calculated. Three years later, 490 people were re‐examined and tooth loss was determined. Thirty‐five percent of the participants had salivary flow rates of 1.0 ml/min or less at baseline and 41% lost at least one tooth over the 3‐yr follow‐up. A logistic regression model controlling The marital status, race, and socioeconomic status showed that those with low salivary flow were more likely to lose at least one tooth during the 3‐yr study period than were those with normal How (odds ratio=1.52, 95% CI= 1.02–2.24). Results from this representative study of community‐dwelling older adults support the concept that compromised salivary How is related to tooth loss. This finding should be considered in the management and prevention of

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00816.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

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AbstractThis study set out to predict the intention to drink non‐sugared mineral water and the performance of this behavior in a group of Norwegian adolescents using the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior. The empirical data stem from The Norwegian Longitudinal Health Behavior Study, and a comprehensive questionnaire survey was performed in September and October 1992. The study group comprised 970, 15‐yr‐old adolescents, considered to be representative of this age group in the county of Hordaland. After a 4‐week period actual behavior was assessed in a subgroup (n= 170). The theories posit that a person will probably perform a behavior if she/he intends to perform the behavior and has actual control with its performance. Behavioral intention is in turn governed by three types of predictors: altitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. Multiple regression analysis showed that the intention to drink non‐sugared mineral water was primarily governed by perceived behavioral control and altitudes while subjective norms had less impact. Invention alone turned out to be The immediate determinant of drinking of non‐sugared mineral water, which implies that performance of this behavior presents few problems regarding act

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DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00817.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis study is a two‐center clinical trial with the aim to assess the treatment effects of implant‐retained mandibular overdentures versus conventional complete dentures. Treatment had been assigned according to a balanced allocation method. The following criteria were used to enhance the comparability of the treatment groups: age, gender, the edentulous period of the mandible, the number of previously made mandibular dentures, the number of years having worn the present mandibular denture and the symphyseal bone height. 151 patients with severely resorbed mandibles participated in the study, they were treated at two centers. Ninety‐one patients received an implant‐retained mandibular overdenture (IRO) and 60 patients a conventional complete denture (CD). Since some patients refused the allocated treatment the “Intention To Treat” principle was applied. This implies that patients are evaluated in the originally allocated treatment group regardless of the actual treatment they received. Patient's experiences were evaluated before treatment and I yr after insertion of the new dentures. Results before treatment showed that both treatment groups were comparable: they were dissatisfied with their mandibular denture and they could hardly chew tough or hard foods. One year after insertion of the new dentures the IRO‐group was satisfied with their mandibular denture, whereas only one third of the CD‐group was satisfied. With respect to the chewing ability the IRO‐group scored significantly better than the C

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00818.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00819.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

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DownerMC, GelbierS, GibbonsDE, GallagherJE. Introduction to dental public health.Child oral health care in Denmark. E. Friis‐Hasché, edsThe Oral Health Promotion Research Group: Turning strategy into action. E. J. Kay,

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00820.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00821.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY