Background: Health care spending by households can be a great indicator of a society's commitment to good health stewardship and the efficiency of institutions responsible for managing health costs. Equitable and appropriate distribution of dental services is a challenging issue for realising universal health coverage. This study aimed to evaluate Iranian households' per capita dental expenditure (DE) according to their socioeconomic status (SES).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMethods And Materials: Cone beam computed tomography records of 35 patients (70 quadrants) from maxilla were evaluated. The images were analyzed using the NNT viewer software (version 23). The measurements were made on axial sections at 2, 4, 6, and 8 mm from CEJ.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The socioeconomic status (SES) is as a symbol of social determinants of health which has a dominant influence on population health. The purpose of this study was collecting, weighing, and determining the most relevant SES measurement items in Iran.
Results: The SES health studies conducted in Iran was searched from 2007 to 2017.
J Dent (Shiraz)
December 2017
Statement Of The Problem: Lifestyle has a key role in having a life with quality. This is much more critical in academic community. Elite students are the scientific capital of each community; therefore, improvement of their life-style is a very crucial issue and is a way of esteeming them.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Int Soc Prev Community Dent
April 2016
Objectives: Musculoskeletal problems (MSPs) are a major complication for practitioners in the field of dentistry. The present study is designed to define the prevalence of MSPs among Iranian dentists.
Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey conducted on 600 dentists.