Thirty years of evolution of oral health behaviours and dental caries in urban and rural areas in Poland.

Introduction And Objective: 34 years ago, children living in rural areas had almost 2 more teeth affected by decay than those living in cities. Environmental differences are being reduced along with Poland's civilization development. The aim of the study is to assess the extent to which the differences in the intensity of caries and oral health behaviours between the urban rural environment have been reduced have been reduced in the past 3 decades.

Thirty years of evolution of oral health behaviors in the working-age Poles.

Introduction: In an average Polish person aged 35-44, more than 16 teeth have or had been affected by dental caries. Of that number, almost half of the teeth have already been extracted. Oral health behaviours contribute to this civilization disease in 50%.

Oral health and prophylactic-therapeutic needs of children aged 6 years in Poland in 2012.

Background: Irrespective of the fact that in developed countries, a reduction of dental caries incidence is observed, it still remains the most common chronic disease affecting children in Poland.

Objectives: In the paper, the results of nationwide epidemiological studies conducted in Poland in 2012 within the framework of the Nationwide Dental Health Monitoring Programme were presented.

Material And Methods: The children aged 6 years were enrolled into the study.

Polish public programme of dental caries prevention in children aged 6, 12 and 18 years in 2012.

Introduction: Studies conducted within the framework of "Monitoring of oral health in Polish population", adapted by Ministry of Health, determined the percentage of children aged up to 18 years who were involved in prophylactic programme in schools.

Objective: The study aimed at analyzing the prophylactic programme conducted in 2012 in Poland, combined with the procedure of sealing of primary and permanent lateral teeth in 3 age groups.

Material And Methods: A total of 5,723 children aged 6, 12 and 18 years living in 7 voivodeships were involved in epidemiological study.

Polish public caries prophylaxis programme for children aged 5, 7 and 15 years, implemented in the year 2011.

Background: Continuous monitoring of oral health status improves the quality of dental health care and the effectiveness of implemented prevention programs.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the caries status in three age groups of Polish children and evaluation of the effectiveness of the nationwide caries prophylaxis program, including fissure sealing of deciduous and permanent teeth.

Material And Methods: a group of 6,271 chidren, 5, 7 and 15 years old, coming from 16 provinces of Poland, was included in the epidemiological survey.

BaY2Si3O10: A new flux-grown trisilicate.

BaY2Si3O10, barium diyttrium trisilicate, is a new silicate grown from a molybdate-based flux. The structure is based on zigzag chains, parallel to [010], of edge-sharing distorted YO6 octahedra, linked by horseshoe-shaped trisilicate groups and Ba atoms in irregular eight-coordination. The layered character of the structure is caused by a succession of zigzag chains and trisilicate groups in planes parallel to (-101).

Chlorhexidine-containing glass ionomer cement. A clinical investigation on the fissure caries inhibiting effect in first permanent molars.

Unlabelled: Glass ionomer cement with addition of chlorhexidine used as a varnish on tooth surfaces has been shown to reduce the number of interproximal mutans streptococci (ms). The effect of a single application of such a varnish containing 2.5% chlorhexidine on occlusal caries development of the first permanent molars on 6-year-old children in a high caries incidence area was investigated.

Oral health of Polish three-year-olds and mothers' oral health-related knowledge.

Objectives: To evaluate the oral health of Polish three-year-olds, to investigate oral health-related knowledge, habits and educational levels of their mothers, and to determine whether mothers' health-related knowledge influenced caries severity in their children.

Design: A cross-sectional. nationwide oral health survey of three-year-olds was performed in 2002.

Clinical response of two brush-applied peroxide whitening systems.

Objective: A randomized, examiner-blind parallel design study was conducted to evaluate the clinical efficacy and tolerability of two brush-applied, peroxide-based tooth whiteners.

Methodology: A total of 38 subjects were randomized to Colgate Simply White, an 18% carbamide peroxide paint-on liquid in an applicator bottle, or Crest Night Effects, a 19% sodium percarbonate system in unit dose sachets that dries to form an adherent film. Treatment was for 14 days.

Changing oral health status and oral health behaviour of schoolchildren in Poland.

Objectives: To assess the occurrence of dental caries over time in Polish schoolchildren, to analyse the oral health behaviour of children and mothers, and to compare the levels of dental knowledge and attitudes of mothers and schoolteachers.

Design: Cross-sectional oral health surveys of children aged 6 and 12 years were carried out in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2000; questionnaire surveys of a sample of mothers and schoolteachers were conducted in 1999.

Setting: The surveys in schools intended to aid planning and evaluation of the revitalised school oral health programme in Poland.

3.3 Human resource management.

The most valuable of all resources in a dental teaching hospital are human intelligence and wisdom. Increasingly, universities recognize that their mission to become a centre of academic (and clinical) excellence is dependent on the most constructive and empowering use of their staff and faculty. The appropriate management and empowerment of individuals will help to maximize intellectual potential, research abilities, educational, clinical and management skills to the mutual benefit of all.