24]. Improvement in oral health status can have a significant positive impact. For example, older people with more natural, intact teeth have reported a perceived greater quality of life, positive
Measures early literacy skills, specifically phonological and print awareness, and allows examiners to easily track development How is it given? Examiner reads items from an easel stimulus book and the examinee provides nonverbal response How long does it take?
It is possible that adults with higher levels of education have greater awareness of self-health, health literacy, access to resources, and understanding of how to navigate the health care system. One study has also noted the association of higher education level with better oral health status [...
There is a lack of evidence for effective management of dental caries (decay) in children’s primary (baby) teeth and an apparent failure of conventional dental restorations (fillings) to prevent dental pain and infection for UK children in Primary Care. UK dental schools’ teaching has been ba...
oral health status, it is important to identify such beliefs to dismantle false information and increase awareness of the importance of oral health during pregnancy. Therefore, this systematic review aimed to identify commonly held unfavourable beliefs about oral health and dental treatment during ...
Despite the effectiveness in promoting primary healthcare among their Indigenous communities, a paucity in awareness by other healthcare workers, employers and organisations of their broad skillset may have contributed to the limited opportunity for training and career development [29]. Thus, the role...
Within the limitations of this study, it can be concluded that individuals with special needs have limited access to oral health care, poor oral health status, and a general lack of awareness in regard to oral health. Therefore, nationwide surveys should be carried out to ascertain the actual ...
The effects of OHL were analyzed in 7 articles [3,10,18,20,21,22,23], 5 of which suggested that OHL could influence oral health outcomes by altering oral health behaviors and awareness [3,10,18,20,21], while 12 studies concluded that OHL had a direct impact on oral health outcomes ...
The literature search was conducted through the Scopus and PubMed search engine and ended in May 2022. The combination of the following keywords was used to search for the articles: awareness, knowledge, beliefs, oral health literacy, perception (“What do”); mothers, fathers, caregivers, ...
healthcare Article Oral Health in Pregnant Chinese Women in Singapore: A Call to Go beyond the Traditional Clinical Care Preethi Balan 1, Hong-Gu He 2, Fengchunzhi Cao 2, Mun Loke Wong 1, Yap-Seng Chong 3,4, Violeta Lopez 2, Shu-E. Soh 3,5 and Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne 1,*...