摘要:

ABSTRACTThe author discusses the need for clearly stated goals in community dentistry, the choice of goals, and the chances to achieve them. Goals in community health planning should be based on the values, needs and resources of the community in question. When analyzing goals a distinction should be made between dental health and dental care. Some goals for dental care, e.g. equity of access, may concern social justice but do not necessarily lead to better dental health. It is generally agreed that good dental health for a whole community cannot be achieved by restorative treatment alone; good dental health habits are considered to be a better way to promote dental health. Existing research indicates that there are chances to attain an acceptable level of dental health if the community effort is systematically planned and executed. There are indications that a reduction in the prevalence of dental disease can be brought about by new and effective means in the future. Long‐term planning should be flexible enough to respond to new opportunitie

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00278.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

ABSTRACTAttitude changes of students participating in two community service programs at the University of Minnesota were evaluated using the semantic differential technique. Program I, a single day clinical experience at a state institution for the mentally retarded, involved 170 students; Program II, a 1‐week clinical program in dental auxiliary utilization, involved 30 students. For each program, semantic differentials were designed to elicit scaled evaluative responses toward concepts such asmental retardation and dentistrywhich were important to program objectives. Scales were administered in a pretest, post‐test design. Statistically significant differences were noted for seven of eight target concepts, and appropriate attitude changes were inferred from these differences. Design of community programs and evaluation of desired attitude change using the semantic differential were discus

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00279.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

ABSTRACTThe present study focused on possible differences with regard to sex, age, family income and dental status between those who did and those who did not attend a dental health survey. In a village in Northern Norway, all inhabitants aged 20–69 years (180 men and 178 women) were invited by mail to participate in a dental health survey. Two reminders were sent to non‐respondents. Eighty‐three percent of the target population attended for examination and interviews, and 94: % responded to a follow‐up questionnaire. Of all non‐participants, men, and particularly young men, were overrepresented. Middle‐aged people were more likely to participate than were persons under 30 and over 50 years of age. Furthermore, people belonging to the upper income groups seemed to be more willing to participate than were those at lower income levels. Apparently, inconvenient working hours and long commuting distances had affected the participation. In addition, it seemed likely that anxiety and local factors had som

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00280.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

ABSTRACTA total of 6,180 Argentinian school‐age children were examined clinically for the presence of oral congenital anomalies. The following prevalence figures were found: commissured lip pits (0.7 %), ankyloglossia (0.1 %), geographic tongue (1.5 %), localized enamel hypomaturation (2.8 %) median rhomboid glossitis (0.1 %), torus palatinus (0.3 %) and dentinogenesis imperfecta (0.3 %). Data are presented for the first time on snowcap amelogenesis imperfecta with a prevalence value of 0.1

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00281.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

ABSTRACTThe results of a survey of tooth mortality, in a group of 1,507 patients attending the Conservation Department of a dental teaching hospital in Leeds, U. K., are reported. Comparisons are drawn with the results of a previous survey carried out in 1964–65 and with a survey of a general population. The results suggest that there is a general tendency for tooth mortality to be lower in the present survey and this change is particularly noticeable for maxillary incisor and canine teeth. The significance of these results is discussed and various hypotheses are suggested to explain the

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00282.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

ABSTRACTThe prevalence of tetracycline‐stained teeth was studied in 965 5‐year‐olds attending compulsory kindergartens in West Jerusalem in 1971. In addition, demographic data were collected to determine the socioeconomic status of the children's families. The prevalence of children with stained teeth was 8.0 %, males being affected twice as often as females. The prevalence of staining was significantly higher in children of lower socioeconomic s

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00283.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

ABSTRACTInformation concerning social, medical and dental characteristics was obtained from a group comprising 406 patients, 103 men and 303 women, all with some temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder. Median age for the men was 27 years, and for the women 33 years. Individuals belonging to the middle and upper social classes were clearly overrepresented. Self‐reports on general health indicated no obvious deviation from levels which might be expected to prevail in the general population. Dental health tended to be slightly ahead of Norwegian general standards. Eighty‐two percent of the group were found to have a mandibular pain dysfunction syndrome (MDS), 11 % had chronic osteoarthritis, and 7 % suffered from other arthropathies of traumatic as well as rheumatologic origin. The proportion of patients with MDS was inversely related to age, and after the age of 40, the relative frequency of MDS also fell slightly with the lowering of social class. Presumably the social composition of the clientele reflected differences in the seeking of treatment, rather than in the “true” disease prevalences. No indication was found for assuming that dental factors had played major and independent roles in the development of the di

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00284.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

ABSTRACTClinical inspection was made of the palatal mucosa of 3,819 patients at the Royal Dental College, Copenhagen. Any occurrence of leukokeratosis nicotina palati (LNP) was recorded, as were the patients' general data and information on their smoking habits. LNP was most prevalent in 30‐ to 39‐year‐olds. Prevalence was considerably greater among males than females, even when comparing groups with the same smoking habits. LNP was found in connection with all forms of smoking. In male patients, approx. 30 % of pipe smokers had LNP compared with approx. 7 % of other smokers. The greatest single factor of importance to the prevalence of LNP, among those who smoked a pipe only, was the level of consumption. The smoking period was of no particular significance. Individual susceptibility is illustrated by the fact that even among pipe smokers with a relatively high consumption, 40 % did not exhibi

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00285.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

ABSTRACTIn three districts of India where an oral precancer registry comprising 30,000 individuals was established in 1967, regular follow‐up surveys have been conducted. This paper discusses the results of a 7‐year follow‐up study. In Bhavnagar district only one case of oral cancer was reported in this study. In the districts of Ernakulam and Srikakulam, age‐adjusted annual incidence rates for oral cancer were found to be 33 and 22 per 100,000 respectively. The significance of tobacco habits and oral submucous fibrosis as etiologic factors is di

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00286.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00287.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY