Genetic Variants in the Gene Are Associated with Ramon Syndrome and Hereditary Gingival Fibromatosis.

Ramon syndrome (MIM 266270) is an extremely rare genetic syndrome, characterized by gingival fibromatosis, cherubism-like lesions, epilepsy, intellectual disability, hypertrichosis, short stature, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and ocular abnormalities. Hereditary or non-syndromic gingival fibromatosis (HGF) is also rare and considered to represent a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by benign, slowly progressive, non-inflammatory gingival overgrowth. To date, two genes, and , have been linked to Ramon syndrome.

New Exponential Scoring Functions for Diet Quality Indexes Solve Problems Caused by Truncation.

Background: Diet quality indexes, including the Healthy Eating Index, assess diets based on usual dietary intakes and a scoring function. Nearly all diet quality indexes use scoring functions that have floors and ceilings, thereby truncating the scores and losing information about intakes outside the scoring range. This score truncation has 2 important impacts: 1) the index does not reflect all intakes; and 2) the assumption that measurement error in intake reporting has a neutral impact on the diet quality score cannot be upheld.

The Accuracy of Portion Size Reporting on Self-Administered Online 24-Hour Dietary Recalls Among Women With Low Incomes.

Background: Accurately estimating portion sizes remains a challenge in dietary assessment. Digital images used in online 24-hour dietary recalls may be conducive to accuracy.

Objective: The current analyses were conducted to examine the accuracy of portion size estimation by women with low incomes who completed 24-hour dietary recalls using the online Automated Self-Administered 24-hour Dietary Assessment Tool (ASA24) in the Food and Eating Assessment Study II.

Barriers to early detection and management of oral cancer in the Asia Pacific region.

Objective: Oral cancer is amenable to early detection but remains a prominent cause of mortality in the Asia Pacific region. This study aimed to identify barriers to early detection and management of oral cancer in the Asia Pacific region.

Methods: A mixed-methods approach was employed triangulating findings from a survey and focus groups.

Oral Health Policies to Tackle the Burden of Early Childhood Caries: A Review of 14 Countries/Regions.

Early childhood caries (ECC) has significant public health implications but has received inadequate global attention. There is limited information regarding the success of oral health policies implemented to address the challenges of ECC. This review aimed to summarize such policies to tackle ECC from different countries/regions.

School Based Tooth Brushing and Annual Silver Diammine Fluoride Application as a Highest Priority Package for Achieving Universal Oral Health Care for Cambodian Children.

Achieving Universal Oral Health Care among Low-to Middle-Income settings is challenging and little literature exists around exploring what a "Highest Priority Package" of care might look like in the context of oral health. The Healthy Kids Cambodia (HKC) program differs from most conventional school dental services in that the initial package of care that is offered is daily toothbrushing with 1,500 ppm fluoride toothpaste (DTB) together with the topical application of Silver Diamine fluoride (SDF) for management of lesions in primary teeth. To examine tooth level outcomes for 8- to 10-year old children from two schools that performed DTB with application of SDF at differing time-points.

New Exponential Scoring Functions for Diet Quality Indexes Solve Problems Caused by Truncation.

Background: Diet quality indexes, including the Healthy Eating Index, assess diets based on usual dietary intakes and a scoring function. Nearly all diet quality indexes use scoring functions that have floors and ceilings, thereby truncating the scores and losing information about intakes outside the scoring range. This score truncation has 2 important impacts: 1) the index does not reflect all intakes; and 2) the assumption that measurement error in intake reporting has a neutral impact on the diet quality score cannot be upheld.

Underweight and early childhood caries among young children in rural Cambodia: a pilot study.

Objectives: To investigate the association between underweight and early childhood caries (ECC) among children aged one to three years in rural Cambodia.

Materials And Methods: A total of 200 Cambodian children aged one to three years at several villages in Kampong Cham province participated in this study. The children whose Z scores were below two and three standard deviations were considered as moderately-underweight and severely-underweight.

Weight-related psychological inflexibility as a mediator between weight self-stigma and health-related outcomes.

Weight self-stigma, the internalization of negative societal stereotypes, is a problem among populations with high weight. Weight self-stigma is associated with psychological inflexibility and maladaptive health-related behaviors. In this study, the authors explore how weight-related psychological inflexibility may influence weight self-stigma and health-related outcomes in 79 adults with high weight.

Higher Fruit and Vegetable Intake Is Associated with Participation in the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) Program.

Incentivizing fruit and vegetable (F&V) purchases may help address barriers to healthy eating among populations with low income. In a repeated measures natural experiment study, we examined whether participation in the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program increased F&V consumption among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. Two hundred and twelve participants recruited at baseline through telephone calls were informed about the availability of DUFB at their local farmers' market (FM).

Healthy Eating Index-2015 Scores Among Adults Based on Observed vs Recalled Dietary Intake.

Background: The construct and predictive validity of the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) have been demonstrated, but how error in reported dietary intake may affect scores is unclear.

Objective: These analyses examined concordance between HEI-2015 scores based on observed vs reported intake among adults.

Design: Data were from two feeding studies (Food and Eating Assessment STudy, or FEAST, I and II) in which true intake was observed for three meals on 1 day.

Effectiveness of Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program in Changing Nutrition-Related Outcomes Among Adults With Low Income: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To review the effect of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in changing nutrition-related outcomes.

Methods: Relevant research conducted before December 2020 was identified using PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and the EFNEP Research Database. The methodological quality of each eligible study was assessed.

Self-reported knowledge, attitudes, and practice of final-year dental students in relation to child abuse: A multi-centre study.

Background: The number of child abuse cases is increasing worldwide; therefore, it is important to educate individuals having contact with children about it. This includes dentists who play a pivotal role in detecting and reporting child abuse.

Aim: To identify and compare the final- year dental student's knowledge, attitudes, and practice in relation to child abuse.

Caries arrest and lesion appearance using two different silver fluoride therapies on primary teeth with and without potassium iodide: 12-month results.

Background: Globally, has been an increase in the use of silver fluoride products to arrest carious lesions and a variety of products are available.

Objectives: To examine differences in caries arrest and lesion colour of primary tooth carious lesions.

Material And Methods: A four-armed, parallel-design cluster-randomised controlled trial which investigated four protocols for caries arrest at 6m and 12m.

A randomized controlled trial of online acceptance and commitment therapy to improve diet and physical activity among adults who are overweight/obese.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has shown benefit for improving diet, physical activity, and weight among adults who are overweight and obese. However, research to-date in this area has primarily evaluated ACT delivered through in-person interventions, which has more limited access relative to online formats. The present study evaluated an online guided self-help program that integrated ACT with nutrition education to improve healthy eating and physical activity.

Association between Early Childhood Caries and Maternal Factors among 18- to 36-month-old Children in a Rural Area of Cambodia.

Purpose: To investigate the associations between early childhood caries (ECC) and maternal factors among 18- to 36-month-old children in one rural province of Cambodia.

Materials And Methods: 121 mother-child pairs (male = 67, female = 54; mean age = 25.18 ± 6.

Evaluation of a community-based early childhood caries (ECC) intervention in Cambodia.

Objective: To critically evaluate an early childhood caries (ECC) intervention performed by non-dental primary healthcare providers.

Methods: This mixed-methods investigation includes data from three sources: (a) a pilot non-randomized controlled trial to examine clinical outcomes at four health centres; (b) stakeholder focus group interviews; and (c) a survey of parents whose children were exposed to the intervention. The pilot study involved four Community Health Centres in rural Cambodia whereby mother-child (6-24 months of age)dyads received oral health education (OHE), toothbrushes, fluoride toothpaste and fluoride varnish on up to six occasions as part of the routine vaccination schedule.

Effectiveness of "OralDETECT": a Repetitive Test-enhanced, Corrective Feedback Method Competency Assessment Tool for Early Detection of Oral Cancer.

Early diagnosis of oral cancer results in less aggressive treatment and improves the quality of life and overall 5-year survival rate. Well-trained dental professionals can play a crucial role in the early detection of oral cancers. The present study aims to determine the effectiveness of the training program "OralDETECT", a spaced repetitive, test-enhanced learning tool with a corrective feedback mechanism for early detection of oral cancer.

Caries arrest and lesion appearance using two different silver fluoride therapies with and without potassium iodide: 6-month results.

Objectives: to compare arrest rates and colour change in carious lesions in primary teeth using two different silver fluoride solutions with and without potassium iodide (KI).

Methods: The study was a four-armed, parallel-design randomised controlled trial and investigated four protocols for caries arrest at 6m. Children in Group 1 and Group 2 received Rivastar Silver Diammine Fluoride (SDF), and Children in Group 3 and Group 4 received an aqueous silver fluoride solution (AgF).

A method of estimating age of undocumented children and young adults of different socioeconomic status in Cambodia.

A growing number of Cambodian children without legal documentary evidence of date of birth are vulnerable to exploitation. This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of southern Chinese reference dataset for dental age estimation on Cambodian children and young adults of different socioeconomic status. Dental panoramic tomographs (DPT) of 371 Cambodian children and young adults belonging to lower and higher socioeconomic status (SES) groups were analyzed.

A Qualitative Evaluation of Double Up Food Bucks Farmers' Market Incentive Program Access.

Objective: Explore factors affecting access to and use of Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB), a farmers' market program that doubles Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for use toward the purchase of fruits and vegetables (FV).

Design: Focus groups.

Setting: Metro and nonmetro counties in Utah and western Upstate New York.

Healthy Kids Cambodia - A novel approach to triage for dental care in a population with extreme caries experience.

Objectives: To describe the disease experiences and treatment provided according to a set of novel triage criteria among children in the Healthy Kids Cambodia project.

Methods: The present study describes the management of caries using the Healthy Kids Cambodia (HKC) strategy at one school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Treatment was provided across three levels of care based on a set of simple screening criteria.

Epidemiological survey of early childhood caries in Cambodia.

Background: The Southeast Asian Forum for Early Childhood Caries identified the need for more epidemiological surveys involving preschool children. To date, the only data on Early Childhood Caries in Cambodia come from convenience samples and only using the basic dmft index without measurement of the early signs of disease.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey on an epidemiological sample of Cambodian preschool children was conducted in conjunction with the fourth follow-up of the Cambodian Health and Nutrition Monitoring Study.

SEAL Cambodia-Evaluation of a modified protocol for placement of Fuji VII Fissure Sealants at one and two years.

Objectives: In order to address the severe caries burden among Cambodian children and limited access to dental care this study had two objectives: (1) To evaluate the caries preventive effect of hand-mixed GIC Fissure Sealants (FS) placed on first permanent molars of 6-8 year-old Cambodian children using two protocols in the SEAL Cambodia Project and (2) validate the SEAL Cambodia population-based intervention.

Methods: The study had four groups, two cohorts, and investigated two clinical protocols (original and modified) for FS placement to compare caries preventive fraction. Three groups were followed up at 1y and two were followed up at 2y.