Title |
The importance of preventive dental visits from a young age: systematic review and current perspectives
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Published in |
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry, March 2014
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DOI | 10.2147/ccide.s41499 |
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Authors |
Vaishnavi Bhaskar, Kathleen A McGraw, Kimon Divaris |
Abstract |
Dental caries, the most common childhood chronic disease, disproportionately affects vulnerable parts of the population and confers substantial impacts to children, families, and health systems. Because efforts directed toward oral health promotion and disease prevention are fundamentally superior to dental rehabilitation secondary to disease development, early preventive dental visits (EPDVs) are widely advocated by professional and academic stakeholders. The aim of this comprehensive review was to critically review and summarize available evidence regarding the effectiveness of EPDVs in improving children's oral health outcomes. |
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Latvia | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
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Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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United States | 1 | <1% |
Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 124 | 98% |
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Student > Bachelor | 23 | 18% |
Student > Master | 18 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 8% |
Lecturer | 8 | 6% |
Other | 28 | 22% |
Unknown | 27 | 21% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 64 | 51% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 5% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 5% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 4% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 3% |
Other | 11 | 9% |
Unknown | 30 | 24% |