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Abstract –This study provides new information on the assessment of toothbrushing skills in preschoolchildren. 420 children aged 2–4 years were given a single lesson on toothbrushing. Their levels of toothbrushing skills, in terms of the locations of the tooth surfaces brushed, were recorded before and after the lesson. The number of skills per child possessed before the lesson (innate skills) and the number acquired from the lesson, both increased with age. A high correlation was found between the proportion of children innately possessing a particular skill and the proportion who subsequently learned it from the lesson. An effectiveness index was devised to help compare the relative difficulty and utility of teaching different skills at different a

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01877.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract –It was the aim to study orthodontic treatment experience and past and present perceived need for treatment in 30‐year‐old Danes who, at adolescence, had no access to organized orthodontic care. In order to identify the malocclusion traits which elicited treatment or need for treatment, the findings were related to the occurrence of various I rails which had been registered in the same individuals 15 years earlier. From questionnaires (response rate 86%,n= 841) it appeared I hat 10% had received treatment and 20% perceived need for treatment either in childhood or at present. At adolescence, the subjects who had subsequently received treatment, displayed relatively high frequencies of ectopic eruption, anterior cross‐bite, extreme maxillary overjet, deep bile, and crowding; among those who perceived need for treatment, extreme maxillary overjet, mandibular overjet and crowding were relatively pr

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01878.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract –The aim of this study was to analyze the factors that affected the choice between public and private dental services in 1979, when 9% of adults had received their dental services in a public health center. In September 1979 the National Board of Health conducted a telephone interview among Finnish adults over 15 yr old. When a representative sample of 1992 adults was drawn, the response rate was 90.4%. All subjects over 17 yr of age who had used dental services within the last 5 yr were included in the study, making a final sample of 1368. According to the logistic function, the greatest differences were between rural and urban areas. Of the subjects living in urban areas, 18% had visited public health centers; and of those living in rural areas, 45% had visited health centers. Of the adults living in an urban selling, 70% and in rural areas 49% visited private dentists. Of the subjects who had used private dental services, nearly half were managers and upper white‐collar workers; while of those using communal services, less than one third worked in such jobs. In urban areas managers and upper white‐collar workers used private services twice as often as they used public services. In an urban setting, subjects who had visited a dentist during the last 2 yr had received treatment mainly in the private sector; and in a rural setting, subjects had been treated mainly in health ce

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01879.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract –The aim of this study was to analyze the present state of occupational dental care in Finland. In addition, the viewpoints of employees and employers concerning possibilities for developing occupational dental care were evaluated. Five percent of employers had arranged dental services for their employees. Twenty‐four firms either had their own dentist or had made an agreement with a dentist about dental care for their employees. Most of these dentists delivered all kinds of dental treatment to employees, and the costs of treatment were usually paid from the worker's sickness benefit funds. Many such funds also subsidized the costs of dental treatment delivered in other dental offices. In 1978 about 49% of the workers covered by such funds received subsidies for their dental expenses. The most important means of developing adult dental care in Finland was considered to be widening the scope of public dental care. The second means was widening the scope of the national health insurance system. In third place, the employers supported development of private dentistry. Employees, however, preferred to include dental care in agreements made by collective bargain

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01880.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract –The political nature of fluoridation is due in part to public misconceptions about its purpose, and about its efficacy and practicality in preventing tooth decay as compared with other preventive practices. This paper describes a public opinion survey conducted in Portland, Oregon in May 1980, immediately following a referendum that repealed an earlier vote to fluoridate Portland's water supply. A household interview survey was conducted of 313 Portland residents aged 18 and over. The primary objectives of the survey were to: 1) determine attitudes on fluoridation; 2) gauge the effectiveness of several pro‐ and antifluoridation arguments; 3) determine key target populations for fluoridation education efforts; arid 4) determine the relative impact of different sources of information about fluoridation. Among the significant findings of the survey were: 1) preventive practices involving fluorides were rated less important to dental health than other preventive practices; 2) 71% of respondents knew the purpose of fluoridation; 3) newspapers were the predominant source of information about fluoridation; and 4) the “loss of freedom of choice” was by far the most powerful argument against fluor

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01881.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract –It is accepted that emotional stress causes various kinds of degenerative physiological changes. We have assumed that it is important to study the relationship between anxiety and dental caries. Anxiety and personality of children were investigated and oral examinations and questionnaires about their life style were performed. There was statistically a significant relationship between dental caries and anxiety which may be overridden by keeping regular hours. To prevent dental caries, we conclude that more attention should be paid to psychosomatic responses which may cause dental carie

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01882.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract –The work which has monitored caries progression in posterior approximal enamel surfaces by reference to the size of radiolucency seen on bitewing radiographs is reviewed. There are wide variations in the degree of standardisation achieved, in the composition of the study groups and in the duration of the studies. There is a paucity of information relating to adults, the elderly, groups with low caries prevalence, and fluoridated communities. The results indicate that for the majority approximal caries progresses slowly, and large numbers of lesions remain unchanged for long periods. The available results are compared using the mathematical model of a negative exponential. The ‘mean’ lime during which a lesion remains radiographically confined to the enamel is of the order of 3–4 yr, although in caries active individuals much shorter limes are reported. Some clinical implications are suggested and the need for further research using comparable methods is s

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01883.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract –Scores for three malocclusion indices (HLD, TPI and OI) and Orthodontist Judgment (OJ) were available for the 100 orthodontic study models utilized in the development of SASOC, the Social Acceptability Scale of Occlusal Conditions. The ability of SASOC to predict need for treatment using OJ as a standard was compared to the ability of HLD, TPI and OI to predict OJ's decisions. In addition, determinations of need for treatment of each of the 100 models using HLD, OI and OJ were compared to SASOC's rankings for the public's perceptions of aesthetic, acceptability. Finally, the agreement of HLD, OI and OJ with each other in assessing need for treatment was compared. Results indicated: 1) that SASOC's, HLD's, TPI's and OI's “hit rate” in predicting OJ ranged between 73% and 81 %; 2) HLD's, OI's and OJ's assessment of malocclusion paralleled lay perceptions of aesthetic acceptability (SASOC), and 3) there were differences of agreement among HLD, OI and OJ as to which cases had a definite need for treatment. There was more agreement on cases which didnothave a definite need for treatment than on those whichdid.A tool which assesses only the aesthetic component of occlusal configurations was judged to be more suitable in the study of the social and psychological impact of malocclusion than indices and orthodontist judgment which include professional criteria as well as aesthetics in their assessments of maloccl

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01884.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract –Geographic effects on caries prevalence have been noted in studies in the United States, Australia and South Africa. Australia, because of its large land mass, is a useful standpoint from which 10 gauge such effects, particularly since countrywide data From the School Dental Service is processed centrally, and since the Australian Bureau of Statistics has recently conducted a nationwide survey of adult dental health status. Both studies reveal a distinct impact of geographical factors on dental morbidity. DMF scores in 12‐yr‐old children are higher in the southern states, and rates of edentulousness in 35–44‐yr‐olds in Tasmania (latitude 40deg;‐45deg;S) are double those for the more nor

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01885.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract –Incidence of gingival recession in the mandibular Central incisor region was examined in a sample of 1336 male and female Saudi schoolchildren aged from 10–15 yr. Gingival recession was found in 9.88% with no significant difference in the‐ affected teeth by age (p>0.8361). There was a significant difference in the mean clinical crown length between the affected and adjacent teeth (p<0.0001). The highest significant association of gingival recession was found with inflammation (p<0.0001), anterior crowding (p<0.0009) and frenal involvement (p<0.0001). The results of this investigation suggest that future studies should be made to evaluate the effect of miswak as a cleansing agent for the gingival tissues among the Saudi popul

ISSN:0301-5661    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01886.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY