Oral health-related quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition affecting the quality of life. Due to a worsening of oral health in PD patients with the progression of the disease, oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) could be impaired as well. Objectives: To assess whether PD patients in The Netherlands experience worse OHRQoL...

Socio-economic inequality in oral health in childhood to young adulthood, despite full dental coverage

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess differences in caries experience according to socio-economic status (SES) in a health-care system with full coverage of dental costs for children up to the age of 18 yr. In 2011 and 2014, by performing hurdle negative binomial models, we obtained data on 3,022 children and young adults aged 5,...

De restauratieve verzorgingsgraad bij de jeugd 1. Patiëntgebonden factoren. [The restorative care index in children 1. Factors concerning the child]

In 2007 a study was undertaken of the restorative care index of the teeth of children under the age of 18. The aim of this study was to gain insight into the factors associated with the restorative care index in children. Factors investigated were (post-) brushing, inspection frequency, sweets-consumption frequency, socio-economic status and...

The oral health status of dentate patients with chronic renal failure undergoing dialysis therapy

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the oral health status of chronic renal failure (CRF) patients on renal replacement therapy with a matched reference population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS: Forty-two dentate CRF patients - aged 25-52 years old - were matched with a reference group of 808 dentate subjects. METHODS: The...

Mondzorg in verpleeg- en verzorgingshuizen en instellingen voor verstandelijk gehandicapten [Oral health care in nursing and old people's homes and institutions for the mentally handicapped]

Staff members and residents of nursing homes and old people's homes were interviewed about the facilities and provision of oral health care. Clinical examinations were performed to obtain data about the oral health status of the institutionalised elderly. Results show that in most cases the oral health care facilities were insufficient to give...

Are there differences in oral health and oral health behavior between individuals with high and low dental fear?

Epidemiological studies of the relationship between dental fear, use of dental services, and oral health in different age groups in a common population are scarce. Dental fear and its relationships are usually described in individuals with high dental fear only. The purposes of this study were to describe the prevalence of dental fear in the...

Mondgezondheid van thuiswonende ouderen 2: Het subjectieve aspect van mondgezondheid [Oral health of community-dwelling elderly 2. The subjective aspect of oral health]

In this study oral health of elderly persons as perceived by the subjects was evaluated. Phenomena often mentioned were problems with chewing and biting, dry mouth, retention of food particles between teeth or below the prosthesis, (in edentates) sensitivity of teeth for warm or cold foods and (in edentates) lack of retention of the lower...

Gebitstoestand en tandheelkundige zorg bij kinderen van asielzoekers [Oral health and dental care in refugee children]

An epidemiological study was performed on caries, fluorosis and plaque in children of refugees 8, 9 and 10 years of age. Tooth brushing habits and dental attendance were evaluated with a questionnaire. Of the 87 children participating (response rate 89%), 85% showed caries experience, 17% fluorosis and 46% clearly visible plaque. Only 14% of the...

Mondgezondheid van thuiswonende ouderen 1: Gebitstoestand, verleende professionele tandheelkundige zorg en mondygiënisch gedrag [Oral health of home living elderly persons 1 Oral health status, professional dental care and and oral hygiene habits]

With the aim to get information on oral health, professional dental care and oral hygiene habits a study was performed on persons aged 60 up to 79 years in Haarlem, the Netherlands. After an interview an oral examination was performed, using a mirror and a pocket lamp. Of all persons approached, 376 (38%) participated in the clinical part of the...

The impact of response bias on estimates of health care utilization in a metropolitan area: The use of administrative data

Background. Surveys among the general population are an important method for collecting epidemiological data on health and utilization of health care in that population. Selective non-response may affect the validity of these data. This study examines the impact of response bias on estimates of health care utilization and on risk estimates for...

Dental prevention among Turkish and Moroccan parents in The Hague

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which dental prevention among Turkish parents differs from that among Moroccan parents in one of the large cities in the Netherlands. Design: Turkish and Moroccan mothers with a child of approximately six months old, who visited the well baby clinics in the Schilderswijk area of The...

Bijzondere tandheelkundige hulp. Een evaluatie van de herziene regeling 1990[Special dentistry assistance. An evaluation of the revised ruling 1990]

Public Health insurance provision of dental care for patients with a physical, mental, dental or medical handicap has been reorganized in 1990. In order to evaluate this reorganization, general dental practitioners, dentists in hospital clinics or institutions for the handicapped as well as dentists employed as advisors to local health insurance...

Ethnicity and maternal education as risk indicators for dental caries, and the role of dental behavior.

The aim of this study was to assess differences in dental health between socioeconomic and ethnic groups in a cohort of 5-yr-old children born in 1982 and in a cohort of 11-yr-old children born in 1976. A further aim was to evaluate the putative role of dental behaviors as intervening factors between ethnicity and maternal education on the one...

Etniciteit en het Besluit TJZ [Ethnicity and the TJZ decision]

The aim of this study was to assess differences in oral health and dental behaviour in a cohort of five-year-old children born in 1982 and a cohort of eleven-year-old children born in 1976, in different ethnic and socio-economic groups, in the period from 1987 to 1990. To this end a secondary analysis was performed on data collected in a study...

Tandheelkunde in Turkije en Marokko [Dentistry in Turkey and Morocco]

Some information is given on the number of dentists in Turkey and Morocco and the dental condition of the inhabitants. This information concerns prevention, caries, periodontic diseases as well as other dental diseases and diseases of the mouth.

Tandheelkundige hulp jeugdige ziekenfondsverzekerden: een onderzoek naar mondgezondheid na effectuering van het besluit TJZ. Beginmeting 1987