Linking the demographic, socio-economic and oral health status to oral health-related quality of life of the sudanese older adults: a cross sectional study.

Background: Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) is an important measure of patients' needs and progress. Identifying the links between clinical and non-clinical factors with OHRQoL in a specific population will facilitate the development of effective preventive strategies. The aim of the study was to assess the OHRQoL of Sudanese older adults, and to identify the possible relations between clinical and non-clinical predictors with OHRQoL using Wilson and Cleary model.

Oral health status and associated factors among Sudanese older adults: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: The aim was to assess the oral health status, prosthetic needs and the associated factors among older adults living in Khartoum State, Sudan.

Background: Understanding the extent of the oral health problems and the associated factors in the older population is important for the determination of treatment needs and future planning of dental services.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study among individuals ≥60 years attending Health Care Centers.

Oral Hygiene Practice among 18-year-old Norwegian Adolescents Using Health Belief Model: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objectives:  The aim was to compare oral hygiene practice (brushing/flossing) among 18 years old from two regions, Hordaland County, Norway, and possible perceptional correlates using the Health Belief Model.

Materials And Methods:  The participants from six municipalities from the south district with high prevalence of dental caries to six municipalities from the rest of Hordaland county, with low prevalence of dental caries (control), using a web-based questionnaire.

Statistical Analyses: the Mann-Whitney U test was used and the -test for independent samples.

Regional variations in caries experience, predictors, and follow-up among children and adolescents in Western Norway.

Objective: To identify regional differences in, and determinants of dental caries among children in western Norway.

Material And Methods: We studied dental caries in 705 children aged 12 years and 18 years living in the southern region ( = 403) and other parts of Hordaland County ( = 302) in Norway. Information on oral hygiene, fluoride intake, and sugar consumption was collected using questionnaires.

Norwegian Orthodontists' Experience and Challenges With Treatment of Patients With Cleft Lip and Palate.

Background: Patients born with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) have orthodontic treatment challenges due to maxilla deficiency, malocclusions, and dental abnormalities. In Norway, orthodontic treatment is done by centralized CL/P teams. Due to traveling restrictions, this treatment might be done locally in the future.

A comparative assessment of oral health-related quality of life of children born with orofacial clefts in Sudan and their caregivers'.

Background: Cleft lip and palate(CL/P)is the most common orofacial malformation affecting one in every 700-1000 newborns worldwide. The aim of the study wasto evaluate the impact of CL/P on health- related quality of life (OHRQoL) in Sudanese children and the level of concordance between caregivers' and children and to investigate correlates of the caregivers' perceptions of OHRQoL with that of their children.

Methods: The sample consisted of 75 children with clefts (age range 8-16 years), (46 male, 29 female) and their caregivers' attending University of Science and Technology Dental Teaching Hospital.

COVID-19 Perceptional Disparity Among Dental Healthcare Personnel at King Faisal University: Applying Health Belief Model.

Objectives:  In Saudi Arabia, more than 100, 000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported, and more than 4,000 in Al Hofuf to date. Dental healthcare personnel are at a higher risk of COVID-19 due to their exposure to saliva, blood, and aerosol/droplet during their daily practice. Their perceptions of COVID-19 drive their behaviors.

Attitudes toward brushing children's teeth-A study among parents with immigrant status in Norway.

Background: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a common chronic childhood disease with multifactorial etiology including poor parental dietary and hygiene behaviors.

Aim: This study aimed to assess toothbrushing-related perceptions among parents with immigrant background living in Norway.

Design: A structured interview was performed with immigrant parents to assess their oral health-related knowledge, beliefs, and attitude toward toothbrushing.

Exposure to the advertisement of toombak at the point-of-sale among adolescents in Khartoum State, Sudan: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: This study aimed to assess the association between toombak (smokeless tobacco) advertisement at point-of-sale (PoS) and its use among adolescents in Sudan.

Methods: A cross-sectional school-based and self-administered questionnaire study was conducted. Schools were randomly selected using a one-stage stratified sampling procedure, during 2013-2014, as part of a larger research project focusing on the use of toombak among secondary school students in Khartoum State, Sudan.

Perception of health professions students of their role model status in Toombak cessation: A cross-sectional study from Sudan.

Introduction: Health professionals are to play an essential and effective role in tobacco control. Toombak is a popular form of smokeless tobacco, locally made and used among Sudanese. It is associated with oral and systemic health hazards, particularly oral cancer.

School workers' knowledge, attitude and behaviour related to use of Toombak: a cross sectional study from Khartoum state, Sudan.

Background: Toombak is a form of smokeless tobacco (SLT) that is locally made and consumed in Sudan and contains several carcinogenic elements. Use of Toombak has been etiologically linked to various oral diseases including oral cancer. This study aimed to obtain baseline information about the Toombak use among Sudanese school workers, as well as their knowledge about Toombak related health hazards and attitude towards their role in Toombak control.

Socio-cognitive correlates of intention to use Toombak: a cross-sectional study among students (13-16 years) in Khartoum State, Sudan.

Background: Toombak is a form of smokeless tobacco, locally made and consumed in Sudan. It is associated with a number of health hazards, particularly oral cancer. This study was set out to assess the prevalence and socio-demographic distribution of its use, and to explore the socio-cognitive factors affecting the intention to use Toombak among secondary school students in Khartoum State, Sudan.

Pattern of clefts and dental anomalies in six-year-old children: a retrospective observational study in western Norway.

Objectives: Clefts of the lip and/or palate (CL/P) are the most common congenital disorders of the head and neck. In Norway, the incidence is 1.9/1000 live births.

Presence of plaque, gingivitis and caries in Sudanese children with congenital heart defects.

Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess the presence of plaque, gingivitis, and caries in a group of Sudanese children with congenital heart defects CHDs (cases) and compare them to children without CHDs (controls).

Materials And Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study included cases (N = 111, with a mean age of 7.2 ± 3.

HIV/AIDS-related attitudes and oral impacts on daily performances: a cross-sectional study of Sudanese adult dental patients.

Background: Few studies have investigated the relationships between HIV-related knowledge, fear of contagion in dental environments and Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) among dental patients. Our objectives were to investigate the associations between HIV-related knowledge and fear of contagion in dental environments and OIDP among dental patients, and to evaluate whether those associations were modified by the frequency of dental service attendance.

Methods: A total of 1262 patients (mean age 30.

Predicting intention to treat HIV-infected patients among Tanzanian and Sudanese medical and dental students using the theory of planned behaviour--a cross sectional study.

Background: The HIV epidemic poses significant challenges to the low income countries in sub Saharan Africa (SSA), affecting the attrition rate among health care workers, their level of motivation, and absenteeism from work. Little is known about how to deal with deterioration of human resources in the health care systems. This study aimed to predict the intention to provide surgical treatment to HIV infected patients among medical- and dental students in Tanzania and Sudan using an extended version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB).

Utilization of dental health care services in context of the HIV epidemic- a cross-sectional study of dental patients in the Sudan.

Background: HIV infected patients should be expected in the Sudanese dental health care services with an increasing frequency. Dental care utilization in the context of the HIV epidemic is generally poorly understood. Focusing on Sudanese dental patients with reported unknown HIV status, this study assessed the extent to which Andersen's model in terms of predisposing (socio-demographics), enabling (knowledge, attitudes and perceived risk related to HIV) and need related factors (oral health status) predict dental care utilization.

HIV and AIDS related knowledge, sources of information, and reported need for further education among dental students in Sudan--a cross sectional study.

Background: Information on the HIV and AIDS-related knowledge among dental students provides a crucial foundation for efforts aimed at developing an appropriate dental curriculum on HIV and AIDS, and for attracting the attention of dental school educators towards the subject.

Purposes: Focusing on a census of dental students attending their 3rd, 4th and 5th study year at publicly - and privately funded dental faculties in Khartoum, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and socio-economic correlates of dental students' knowledge, sources of information and reported need for further education related to HIV and AIDS.

Methods: At the time of the survey (March-May 2007), the total number of dental students registered was 782 of which 642 (response rate 82%, mean age 21.