Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric dental procedures in primary healthcare settings in Piracicaba, Brazil: an ecological study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant changes to dental care, which may have affected pediatric dental care offered in primary healthcare settings. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the quantity of dental procedures performed in primary healthcare for children aged 6 to 12 years, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This is an ecological study using data from the health information system of Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.

Structure and replicability of oral health-related quality of life networks across patients with schizophrenia and the general community.

Objectives: Schizophrenia is a disabling mental disorder associated with severe social dysfunction. Individuals with long-term mental conditions have poorer Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) compared to the general population, but little is known about the measurement properties of OHRQoL instruments in this group of patients. This study aimed to examine the replicability of OHRQoL networks across samples of the general community (GC) and patients with schizophrenia (PWS).

A psychometric network perspective to oral health literacy: Examining the replicability of network properties across the general community and older adults from Brazil.

Objectives: To evaluate the replicability of oral health literacy (OHL) network models across the general community and a sample of older adults from Brazil.

Methods: Data were obtained from two oral health surveys conducted with a total of 1138 participants. OHL was measured using the short form Health Literacy in Dentistry scale (HeLD-14).

Association between oral health literacy and dental outcomes among users of primary healthcare services.

This study aimed to investigate the association between Oral Health Literacy (OHL) and dental outcomes. A sample of 920 adults above 18 years of age living in areas covered by 10 Family Health Units (FHUs) in a large city in São Paulo state, Brazil, was included. OHL was assessed using the short-form Health Literacy in Dentistry Scale (HeLD-14).

Oral Health Literacy and Periodontal Disease in Primary Health Care Users.

Background: Oral health literacy (OHL) is a key factor for reducing inequalities in oral health and promoting better health outcomes, including those related to periodontal health. This study aimed to evaluate associations between OHL and periodontal disease amongst users of primary health care services.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of 250 adult users of primary health care services in Brazil.

Repercussions of the COVID-19 epidemic on Brazilian National Health System urgent dental care in Piracicaba, Brazil, 2020.

Objective: To evaluate the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on procedures performed by a public urgent dental care service (PUDS).

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, using data from the PUDS in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, prior to the pandemic (February-March 2020) and during the pandemic (March-April 2020). Differences in the care profile between the pre-COVID-19 period and the COVID-19 period, according to sex, age and dental procedures were analyzed using Pearson's Chi-square test.

Psychometric properties of the adapted instrument European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire short-short form.

Objective: to investigate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the health literacy questionnaire European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire short-short form (HLS-EU-Q6) in Brazilian adults.

Method: the instrument was translated and pre-tested in a sample of 50 individuals. Subsequently, it was applied to a sample of 783 adult individuals.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Self-efficacy Scale to Brush Teeth at Night.

This study aims to perform cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the "Self-efficacy scale to brush teeth at night" with a Brazilian adult population. Translation and cross-cultural adaptation to the Brazilian-Portuguese language were done according to the stages recommended in the literature. Construct validity was carried out by mean of exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis in a sample of 198 adult subjects.

Oral health literacy, self-rated oral health, and oral health-related quality of life in Brazilian adults.

The aim of this study was to investigate associations between oral health literacy (OHL), self-rated oral health (SROH), and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in Brazilian adults. A sample of 523 Brazilian adults completed the short-form Health Literacy in Dentistry (HeLD-14) and the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) instruments that measure OHL and OHRQoL, respectively. The prevalence ratios (PRs) for outcome variables and their 95% CIs were quantified.

Validation of the Health Literacy in Dentistry scale in Brazilian adults.

Objectives: To perform cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Health Literacy Dental scale (HeLD) in Brazilian adults.

Methods: The HeLD instrument was translated and cross-culturally adapted to the Brazilian Portuguese language to create longer (HeLD-29) and shorter (HeLD-14) versions. The reliability and validity of these versions were assessed in a sample of 603 adults living near six primary care units in the city of Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.

Influence of oral health literacy on dissatisfaction with oral health among older people.

Objective: To investigate the influence of oral health literacy (OHL) and associated factors on dissatisfaction with oral health (DOH) among older people.

Background: Oral health literacy is a recent field of research that has been considered an important mediator between socioeconomic variables and oral health outcomes. However, there are few studies with older people.

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Oral Health Literacy Assessment in Spanish and development of a shortened form of the instrument.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Oral Health Literacy Assessment in Spanish (OHLA-S) for the Brazilian-Portuguese language using robust analysis and with the results disclose possibilities to develop a shorter and more valid instrument.

Methods: OHLA-S is an oral health literacy instrument comprising a word recognition section and a comprehension section. It consists of 24 dental words.

Linoleic and α-linolenic fatty acid consumption over three generations exert cumulative regulation of hepatic expression of genes related to lipid metabolism.

The essential fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, consumed during pregnancy can benefit maternal and offspring health. For instance, they could activate a network of genes related to the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (Ppara) and sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 1 (Srebf1), which play a role in fatty acid oxidation and lipogenesis. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of diets with different omega-3/omega-6 ratio consumed over three generations on blood biochemical parameters and hepatic expression of Ppara- and Srebf1-related genes.

[Osteoradionecrosis and dental implants].

Introduction: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a severe complication of radiation therapy (RT). A triggering factor is frequently present. It is often a dental, periodental, or surgical traumatism.

Influence of gender and menstrual cycle on volatile sulphur compounds production.

The menstrual cycle has been pointed out as a factor influencing halitosis. However, this relationship has not yet been clarified. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of gender and the menstrual cycle on the production of volatile sulphur compounds (VSC) in women (n=14) across the menstrual cycle, and in men (n=17).

Gradual femoral lengthening with the Albizzia intramedullary nail.

Background: Gradual limb lengthening with currently used external fixation techniques can result in less than optimal outcomes, with complications including infection, stiffness of adjacent joints, and secondary axial deviation of the extremity. We describe a totally implantable lengthening device designed to provide results similar to those achieved with external fixation devices, with fewer complications and improved outcomes.

Methods: Between 1993 and 1997, thirty-one patients (forty-one femora) underwent limb lengthening with a new internal fixation technique (Albizzia) to treat a congenitally short extremity (thirteen patients), post-traumatic limb-length inequality (eleven patients), or developmental problems (seven patients).

Aetiology and incidence of facial fractures sustained during sports: a prospective study of 140 patients.

A prospective study was carried out involving patients presenting with facial fractures sustained during sports. One hundred and forty patients were admitted to the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital of Paris between March 1998 and March 2000, accounting for 13.3% of all patients with facial bone fractures.

[Halitosis in 1999].

Bad breath is a major concern to the general population and a source of an important profit industry world wide. Between 50 and 60 per cent of the population suffer from chronic halitosis. This can have consequences for private or professional life.

[Eckelt's technic: an evaluation of the access route used at Salpêtrière Hospital].

Aim: We report a prospective study undertaken to investigate the morbidity connected with the approach of lag screw osteosynthesis for the treatment of subcondylar fractures in the department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery at the Salpêtrière University Hospital.

Method: 24 patients have been operated between November 1997 and December 1998. We estimated the accessibility, the size and quality of scars the satisfaction index, and the complication rate.

[Diffuse cervical cellulitis apropos of 15 cases].

A homogeneous series of 15 cases of diffuse cervical cellulitis originating in the oropharyngeal area were collected from December 1990 to April 1995. Despite early management, diffusion of the infectious processus was rapid with extension and development of severe mediastinal or pulmonary complications. When diffuse cervical cellulitis is suspected, early and adapted aggressive treatment must be initiated immediately: suppression of the causal factor, surgical exploration with repeated drainage depending on the clinical course assessed on CT scans, antibiotics effective against the aero-anaerobic flora.