Construct Validity of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire in a General Adult Population in Norway and Its Association with Self-Reported General and Oral Health.

Objective: Individuals' Sense of Coherence (SOC) is measured with the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ-13). SOC reflects a person's orientation to life and ability to manage stress, which can impact health. The aim of the study was to test the reliability and construct validity of the OLQ-13, with self-reported general and oral health as criterion measures, in a Norwegian general adult population.

Investigating Patient Satisfaction Through Web-Based Reviews of Norwegian Dentists: Quantitative Study Using the Meaning Extraction Method.

Background: Challenging encounters in health care professions, including in dentistry, are relatively common. Challenging encounters can be defined as stressful or emotional situations involving patients that could impact both treatment outcomes and patients' experiences. Through written web-based reviews, patients can share their experiences with health care providers, and these posts can be a useful source for investigating patient satisfaction and their experiences of challenging encounters.

Empirically derived dietary patterns in relation to periodontitis and number of teeth among Norwegian adults.

Objectives: To explore dietary patterns in relation to periodontitis and number of teeth.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: We used data from the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study in Norway, 2015-2016.

Sense of coherence in a general adult population in Northern Norway and its associations with oral health.

Background: Sense of coherence (SOC) is a global orientation to life that may affect a person's way of acting and living within his or her life context, which can have an impact on general and oral health. The aims of this study were (i) to describe the distribution of SOC in a general adult population; (ii) to explore whether sociodemographic characteristics, oral health-related behaviours, self-reported oral health, and clinical oral status were associated with SOC; and (iii) to explore whether SOC was associated with self-reported oral health, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, oral health-related behaviours, and oral clinical status.

Methods: This study was based on data from the cross-sectional population-based study Oral Health in Northern Norway (N = 1819 individuals, 923 women, mean age 47.

Quality of life, mentalization, and perception of challenging patient encounters in dentistry: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study investigated how exposure to challenging patient encounters influenced participants' self-reported quality of life, and how participants' mentalization capabilities affected the perceptions of challenging patients encounters among Norwegian dentists and dental students.

Materials And Methods: Data was collected with an online questionnaire, and a total of 165 dentists (n = 126) and dental students (n = 39) responded.

Results: Participants who reported higher total exposure of challenging encounters reported lower quality of life (QoL).

Polymorphism in epigenetic regulating genes in relation to periodontitis, number of teeth, and levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and glycated hemoglobin: The Tromsø Study 2015-2016.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between periodontitis and four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes involved in epigenetic regulation of DNA, and between these same SNPs and tooth loss, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels.

Methods: We included participants with periodontal examination (n = 3633, aged: 40-93 years) from the Tromsø Study seventh survey (2015-2016), Norway. Periodontitis was defined according to the 2017 AAP/EFP classification system as no periodontitis, grades A, B, or C.

Relationship between periodontitis and risk of cardiovascular disease: Insights from the Tromsø Study.

Background: Few large-scale studies have investigated the association between periodontitis and cardiovascular risk estimated by risk assessment models; moreover, this association remains unexplored in never-smokers. We aimed to examine the relationship between periodontitis and cardiovascular risk in a Norwegian general population, with a focus on never-smokers and the impact of sex and age.

Methods: The present study included 2623 participants from the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø7, 2015-2016), aged 45-74 years, and without previous myocardial infarction or stroke.

Challenging encounters in clinical dentistry: a qualitative study investigating online reviews of patient satisfaction with Norwegian dentists.

Objective: Mapping key themes that characterize challenging and positive encounters in dental practice using online reviews of patient satisfaction.

Materials And Methods: 11,764 online patient reviews of dental encounters, consisting of an overall satisfaction rating (1-5 stars) and a free-text response, were collected from the web-site Legelisten.no.

Temporomandibular disorders in an adult population in northern Norway: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of symptoms indicative of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in an adult population in Troms County in Northern Norway, as well as the associations between TMD and socio-demographic factors, dental status, self-reported general, and oral health as well as oral health related quality of life (OHQoL).

Methods: Data were collected from a structured questionnaire and a clinical examination of a random sample of almost 2000 adults, 20-79-year-old, in Troms County in Northern Norway.

Results: Women had a higher prevalence of all self-reported and clinical signs of pain and dysfunction in the temporomandibular complex compared to men.

The role of psychosocial factors and treatment need in dental service use and oral health among adults in Norway.

Objectives: This study aimed to explore whether population characteristics were associated with the use of dental services, individual's personal oral health practices, dental caries and oral health-related impacts using the revised Andersen's behavioural model as the theoretical framework.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included participants from a Norwegian general population (N = 1840; 20-79 years) included in the Tromstannen-Oral Health in Northern Norway (TOHNN) study. The variables included in the model were social structure (income, education, urbanization), sense of coherence (SOC), enabling resources (difficulties accessing the dentist, declined treatment, dental anxiety), treatment need, use of dental services, toothbrushing frequency, sugary soda drink consumption, decayed teeth and oral health-related impacts (OHIP-14).

To what extent does smoking affect gingival bleeding response to supragingival plaque? Site-specific analyses in a population-based study.

Background And Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of smoking on the site-specific association between bleeding on gingival probing and supragingival plaque and to assess whether this differs in different regions of the dentition.

Methods: Data from a representative sample of 1911 adults (20-79 years old) in Northern Norway were analyzed. Periodontal examinations consisted of full-mouth recordings of periodontal probing depth (PD), bleeding on probing (BOP), and presence of supragingival plaque.

Periodontitis and quality of life: What is the role of socioeconomic status, sense of coherence, dental service use and oral health practices? An exploratory theory-guided analysis on a Norwegian population.

Aim: To utilise Andersen's behavioural model for health services' use as the theoretical framework to examine direct and indirect relationships between population characteristics, oral health behaviours and periodontitis and oral health impacts.

Materials And Methods: The model was tested in a general adult population (n = 1,886) in Norway, using structural equation modelling. Socioeconomic status, sense of coherence (SOC), dental anxiety, perceived treatment need, oral health behaviours and oral health impact profile (OHIP-14) were collected through questionnaire.

Periodontitis Prevalence and Severity in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Norwegian Circumpolar Communities.

Background: The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence, severity, and extent of periodontitis in the adult population of circumpolar communities in Norway using data from the Tromstannen-Oral Health in Northern Norway study.

Methods: In this cross-sectional survey, data were collected from a randomized population sample (aged 20 to 79 years) in Northern Norway. Periodontal conditions were assessed for 1,911 dentate adults with a full-mouth periodontal examination.

Methods and background characteristics of the TOHNN study: a population-based study of oral health conditions in northern Norway.

Objectives: The aim of the Tromstannen-Oral Health in Northern Norway (TOHNN) study was to investigate oral health and dental-related diseases in an adult population. This article provides an overview of the background of the study and a description of the sample characteristics and methods employed in data collection.

Study Design: Cross-sectional population-based study including a questionnaire and clinical dental examination.