Publications by authors named "Alla Talal Alsharif"
Purpose: This study was conducted to assess adult levels of knowledge, awareness of malocclusion and barriers to the uptake of orthodontic care alongside the associated factors (sex and gender).
Methods: A convenience sample aged 18 years and above, residing in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia, was recruited. A self-administrated validated questionnaire was used to collect the data, and data descriptive and inferential statistical analysis were performed.
Objectives: We sought to analyze the economic cost of a decade of dental hospital admissions in Western Australian children under the age of 15 years and to identify socio-demographic characteristics associated with these costs.
Methods: This study analyzed the cost of 43,937 child patients under the age of 15 years hospitalized for an oral health-related condition, as determined by principal diagnosis International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10AM). The Australian Refine Diagnosis Related Group version 5.
Objectives: We sought to understand disparities in dental insurance coverage among hospitalised Western Australian children and associated factors.
Methods: This study analysed the data obtained for 43,937 child patients under the age of 15 years hospitalised for an oral-health related condition, as determined by principal diagnosis (ICD-10AM). Primary place of residency, age, gender, Indigenous status and socioeconomic status were also analysed.