Self-Rated Oral Health and Associated Factors among an Adult Population in Rural India-An Epidemiological Study.

Background: To determine the perception of oral health status and its associated factors among adults living in rural areas in Karnataka state, India.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among adults in the age group of 35-54 years old residing in villages in a southern state in India. The main outcome measure was poor self-rated oral health (SROH) among adults in rural India.

Psychometric properties of the Child Oral-care Performance Assessment Scale.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of Child Oral-care Performance Assessment Scale (COPAS).

Methods: Items for the instrument were developed and pilot tested. This questionnaire was implemented in the Australian National Child Oral Health Study 2012-2014, whose aims included the assessment of oral care performance.

A longitudinal study of the relative importance of factors related to use of dental services among young adults.

Background: The decline in the appropriate use of dental services from childhood to adulthood is of concern. The relative importance of factors influencing use of dental services in young adulthood should inform strategies to address this issue.

Aim: To develop models predictive of inadequate utilisation of dental care in young adults and to determine the relative importance of health behaviours, need for dental care, and socio-demographic factors.

Oral health status of Vietnamese children: findings from the National Oral Health Survey of Vietnam 1999.

Unlabelled: The National Oral Health Survey of Vietnam 1999 was conducted to inform policy development.

Aims: The aims were to describe the oral health status, to analyze its socioeconomic distribution, and to evaluate change over time in the oral health of Vietnamese children.

Methods: A multistaged stratified sampling process was employed.

Oral health status of Vietnamese adults: findings from the National Oral Health Survey of Vietnam.

Background: The National Oral Health Survey of Vietnam 1999 was conducted to inform policy development.

Aims: This article aims to describe the oral health status, analyze its socioeconomic distribution, and evaluate change over time in the oral health of the adult population of Vietnam.

Methods: A multistaged stratified sampling process was used.