Dental team member compliance with personal protective equipment and aerosol-generating procedure recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel: An observational study.

Introduction: Coronaviruses which have been responsible for numerous epidemics worldwide, share common transmission modalities and pose a risk within dental clinics. Updated, COVID-19-specific infection control and personal protective equipment (PPE) guidelines for dental settings, including minimizing aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs), were issued by the Israeli Ministry of Health (MoH) in spring 2020. This study investigated dental team members (dentists, dental assistants and hygienists) compliance with MoH recommendations exposed to asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patients.

The traditional practice of canine bud removal in the offspring of Ethiopian immigrants.

Background: The custom of canine bud removal has detrimental consequences on children's general health and dental care. The objective of this study was to assess whether the prevalence of missing primary canines and dental defects in offspring of emigrants from Ethiopia is greater than in offspring of native Israeli parents of similar socioeconomic class.

Methods: 477 children of Ethiopian descent and 317 offspring of native Israeli parents, from 21 nursery schools and kindergartens, underwent dental examinations aimed to determine the presence or absence of primary canines and of developmental enamel defects on adjacent teeth to the primary canines.

National oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviour survey of Israeli 12-year-olds, 2002.

Objective: To gather epidemiological information on oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of Israeli 12-year-olds.

Materials And Methods: A stratified, cluster, random and convenience sample of 12-year-old children was drawn. Stratification was by size of community, by administrative areas (regions) and by ethnicity (Jewish/other).

Dental health of 12-year-olds in Israel-2002.

Objective: To gather epidemiological information on caries prevalence and treatment needs of Israeli 12-year-olds.

Research Design: Prevalence survey of a representative sample of 12-year- olds examined according to WHO Oral Health Survey methods.

Results: The mean DMFT was 1.