Weijs, Cynthia Lang, Rebecca Lorenzetti, Diane L Milaney, Katrina Figueiredo, Rafael Smith, Leonard B McLaren, Lindsay B
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association)
Early childhood dental decay or caries (ECC) is common, often painful and costly to the health care system, yet it is largely preventable. A public health approach is needed, especially as socially vulnerable children most at risk for ECC are less likely to access conventional treatment. Exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) in the family rep...
Lang, Rebecca Lorenzetti, Diane L Milaney, Katrina Figueiredo, Rafael Weijs, Cynthia Smith, Leonard B McLaren, Lindsay
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association)
Early childhood dental decay or caries (ECC) is common, often painful and costly to the health care system, yet it is largely preventable. A public health approach is needed, especially as socially vulnerable children most at risk for ECC are less likely to access conventional treatment. Exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) in the family rep...
Wyatt, Chris C L Kawato, Takayuki
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association)
This study aimed to examine the oral health status of seniors residing in Providence Health Care (PHC) long-term care facilities in 2002 and 2012. Staff dentists with the University of British Columbia Geriatric Dentistry Program made a complete oral health assessment of 799 elderly residents of 7 long-term care PHC facilities in 2002 and 381 resid...
Wyatt, Chris C L Kawato, Takayuki
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association)
This study aimed to examine the oral health status of seniors residing in Providence Health Care (PHC) long-term care facilities in 2002 and 2012. Staff dentists with the University of British Columbia Geriatric Dentistry Program made a complete oral health assessment of 799 elderly residents of 7 long-term care PHC facilities in 2002 and 381 resid...
Tikhonova, Svetlana Aggarwal, Neha Girard, Felix
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association)
Bonnet, Colin Rabbani, Rasheda Moffatt, Michael E K Kelekis-Cholakis, Anastasia Schroth, Robert J
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association)
There is conflicting evidence regarding the association between vitamin D and periodontal disease. The purpose of this study was to explore that relation. This cross-sectional study used data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey for respondents 13-79 years of age. Vitamin D status was determined by measuring plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D)...
VanMalsen, Jacqueline R Figueiredo, Rafael Rabie, Heidi Compton, Sharon M
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association)
The use of hospital emergency departments (EDs) for non-traumatic dental problems places a significant strain on the health care system and resources. The objective of this scoping review was to identify factors associated with patients' use of EDs for such problems. Embase, Medline-Ovid, Scopus and Web of Science databases were searched, and prima...
Jessani, Abbas Brondani, Mario A
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association)
To conduct an environmental scan and categorize the scope of medical and oral health care services for people living with HIV (PLWHIV) across the province of British Columbia (BC). Data were collected using online search engines such as Google and Yahoo, as well as the websites of health services agencies and community/not-for-profit organizations ...
Mago, Anjali Brondani, Mario A MacEntee, Michael I Frankish, Charles J
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association)
This study aimed at developing a model pathway to use of oral health care by homeless people based on their own perceptions and experiences with oral health care and related services in Vancouver. We applied Gelberg-Andresen's behavioural model for vulnerable populations to predict health care use and interviewed 25 homeless adults (18 men and 7 wo...
Carrillo, Camila Russell, Jennifer Judd, Peter Casas, Michael J
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association)
This study aimed to examine the oral health status of seniors residing in Providence Health Care (PHC) long-term care facilities in 2002 and 2012. Staff dentists with the University of British Columbia Geriatric Dentistry Program made a complete oral health assessment of 799 elderly residents of 7 long-term care PHC facilities in 2002 and 381 resid...
