The association between dental caries and serum crp in the us adult population: evidence from NHANES 2015-2018.

Background: Dental caries remains one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide, affecting 29.4% of the global population. Despite numerous efforts to diagnose, predict, and prevent dental caries, the incidence continues to rise.

Utilization of Dental Care and Oral Health Outcomes in the United States: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2017-2020).

Purpose: This analysis aims to evaluate the association between the time since and reason for a patient's last dental appointment across clinical oral health outcomes.

Materials And Methods: We used data from the 2017-2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a cross-sectional, nationally-representative survey of noninstitutionalized US adults. The predictors were the time since and the reason for the last dental appointment (routine vs.

Evaluation of shear bond strength of labial veneers after sandblasting/micro-abrasion of prepared teeth by aluminum oxide particles. An in-vitro study.

Objectives: To explore the feasibility and effectiveness of using sandblasting with aluminum oxide particles to improve the shear bond strength of labial veneer restorations in dentistry.

Materials And Methods: A sample size of 50 extracted teeth was divided into five groups, with each group containing ten teeth (n = 10) subject to different treatment protocols. Group 1the control group, underwent conventional surface treatment for labial veneer restorations, including the application of phosphoric acid etchant and bonding protocols.

Effects of dental insurance and dental care utilization on oral health-related daily life activities among federally qualified healthcare center patients in the United States.

Objectives: To assess the association between dental insurance, dental care utilization and oral health-related impact on daily activities among patients visiting Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded health centers in the United States.

Methods: This cross-sectional study examined the 2014 Health Center Patient Survey (HCPS), a survey of patients who received care at US health centers. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to explore the likelihood of the oral health-related impact on daily activities domains such as school/work performance, sleeping, eating/chewing, social and home activities considering sociodemographic, dental insurance, and dental care utilization.

Evaluating student performance assessment methods in Objective Structured Clinical Exam: perspectives and comparisons.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate how student performance and perspectives changed when the Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) assessment system was changed from a composite score to discipline-specific grading at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Methods: The retrospective study population consisted of all students (n = 349) who completed three OSCEs (OSCE 1, 2, and 3) as part of the predoctoral program during the years 2014-2023. Data on the students' OSCE scores were obtained from the Office of Dental Education, and data on students' race/ethnicity and gender were obtained from their admissions data.

Oral health status among recreational cannabis (marijuana and hashish) users in the USA: A NHANES-based cross-sectional study.

Background: As of November 2023, twenty-four states, two territories, and DC have legalized marijuana for non-medical use, leading to concerns about its potential oral health effects. This study investigated the association between marijuana use and clinical dental outcomes among adults in the US.

Methods: We analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2015 to 2018 using a cross-sectional survey of non-institutionalized US civilians.

Utilization of dental care and dentate status in diabetic and nondiabetic patients across US states: An analysis using the 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Objective: This study examines the differences, by state, in dental care utilization and tooth retention between adults with and without diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an annual, state-based, random telephone survey of noninstitutionalized US civilian adults. The predictor variable was DM status.

Valuation of EQ-5D-5L in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A National Representative Study.

Objectives: To estimate a Saudi-specific value set for the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire using the EuroQol Valuation Technology program and the EuroQol Group's standard protocol.

Methods: Participants were quota-sampled from the Saudi adult population based on residency location, age group, gender, education level, and employment status. The participants were guided through the completion of composite time trade-off (cTTO) and discrete choice experiment (DCE) tasks by trained interviewers using EuroQol Valuation Technology software.

Tobacco products and sensory health: An assessment of taste and smell disorders using 2021 NHIS data.

Introduction: This study aims to assess the relationship between use of tobacco products and taste and smell disorders.

Methods: A secondary dataset analysis of cross-sectional data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2021 survey cycle, a nationally representative annual cross-sectional interview of non-institutionalized US civilians, was used. Participants' senses of smell and taste are assessed using self-reported questions.

Opioid misuse among people with HIV: results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2015-2019.

Pain is a major challenge in the management of HIV/AIDS. This research analyzed the prevalence of substance use and opioid misuse among people with HIV (PWH) and those without (PWoH) in the USA. Using data from the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the study assessed misuse of pain relievers and opioids in 279,025 individuals.

Influence of disabilities on state-level disparity in dental care utilization and tooth loss: Findings from the 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Introduction: The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of disparity in access to dental care and tooth loss between US adults with and without disabilities at the state level.

Methods: This secondary analysis included data from the 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a cross-sectional state-run annual telephone survey of noninstitutionalized US adults aged 18 years or older. The primary predictor, having any disability, was defined as reported difficulty in hearing, vision, cognition, mobility, self-care, or independent living.

Salivary Antibody Responses to Two COVID-19 Vaccines following Different Vaccination Regimens.

To date, little is known about the salivary mucosal immune response following different COVID-19 vaccine types or after a booster (3rd) dose of the BNT162b2 (BNT) vaccine. A total of 301 saliva samples were collected from vaccinated individuals and arranged into two cohorts: cohort 1 ( = 145), samples from individuals who had received two doses against SARS-CoV-2; cohort 2 ( = 156), samples from individuals who had received a booster of BNT vaccine. Cohorts 1 and 2 were sub-stratified into three groups based on the types of first and second doses (homologous BNT/BNT, homologous ChAdOx1/ChAdOx1, or heterologous BNT/ChAdOx1vaccinations).

Predoctoral Student Performance in a Restorative Dentistry Course During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Purpose: To compare predoctoral student performance in restorative dentistry related to curricular changes implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to evaluate the impact of remote education on performance in didactic and preclinical examinations and objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs).

Materials And Methods: The study population consisted of 172 students, all members of the DMD graduating classes from 2017 to 2021. Scores in the Final Restorative Treatment (FRTx) course, subdivided into didactic and preclinical lab work, and the OSCEs were assessed and compared between pre-pandemic students and during-pandemic students.

Comparison of student and faculty interviewers using ratings data for admissions decisions.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlations of cognitive and noncognitive dental school admission factors with interview ratings provided by faculty and student interviewers.

Methods: Interviewees for the 2019-2021 admissions cycles underwent a 90-minute period consisting of two 45-min interviews and received two interview scores ranging from 1.0 to 2.

Association of admissions factors with student performance in preclinical operative dentistry.

Purpose/objective: Admission to dental school is based on various factors including academic achievements in undergraduate coursework and the Dental Admission Test (DAT) scores. Students' success in an operative course requires fundamental knowledge, hand skills, spatial awareness, and self-assessment ability. The goal of this study is to evaluate how admissions factors, such as Grade Point Average (GPA) and DAT, including the Perceptual Ability Test (PAT), relate to students' academic and preclinical performance and self-assessment skills in preclinical operative dentistry.

Diabetes mellitus and its association with dental caries, missing teeth and dental services utilization in the US adult population: Results from the 2015-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the associations of self-reported diabetic status with clinically assessed dental end points, including teeth with untreated coronal and root caries, missing teeth, complete tooth retention, edentulism and routine dental services utilization among adults aged ≥20 years in the United States.

Methods: We pooled data from the 2015-2016 and 2017-2018 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a nationally representative, cross-sectional, continuous survey of noninstitutionalized US population. The analysed data included all adult participants aged ≥20 years who completed the dental examination and reported their diabetic status.

Admissions data as predictors for student performance in restorative dentistry.

Introduction: The purpose of the study was to determine the relative predictive power of admissions criteria and predoctoral academic performance in the area of restorative dentistry in order to better understand and guide the dental school admissions process.

Methods: In addition to admissions criteria, student performance in restorative dentistry, such as the Final Restorative Treatment course, the didactic and preclinical examinations, and the objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE), was measured for the 172 predoctoral students representing the graduating classes of 2017-2021.

Results: The association between the didactic score in restorative dentistry and grade point average (GPA, p = 0.

Factors associated with oral pain and oral health-related productivity loss in the USA, National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), 2015-2018.

Background: Our aim was to identify clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with oral pain and oral health-related productivity loss among US adults.

Methods: We included adults aged ≥30 years who completed the dental examination, had at least one natural tooth, and provided an answer about their oral pain experience or oral health-related productivity loss in the 2015-2018 National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey (NHANES). We performed descriptive analyses and multivariable binary logistic regression analyses on weighted data.

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on student performance and self-evaluation in preclinical operative dentistry.

Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, dental schools were required to reformat their curricula to accommodate regulations mandated to protect the health of students and faculty. For students enrolled in the Operative Dentistry preclinical courses at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM), this modified curriculum included frontloading the course with lectures delivered remotely, followed by in-person laboratory exercises of learned concepts. The aim of this article was to determine the impact that the modifications had on student performance and student self-evaluation capabilities.

Comprehensive, School-Based Preventive Dentistry: Program Details and Students' Unmet Dental Needs.

Background: In this paper, we describe the design, program details, and baseline demographics and oral health of participants in ForsythKids, a regional, comprehensive, school-based mobile caries prevention program.

Methods: We solicited all Massachusetts elementary schools with greater than 50% of students receiving free or reduced-price meals. Six schools initially elected to participate, ultimately followed by over 50 schools.

Emergency department visits for infectious oral conditions in Massachusetts, 2014 through 2018.

Background: The authors aimed to measure population-based preventable emergency department (ED) visits related to infectious oral conditions (IOCs) in Massachusetts and to examine the associated sociodemographic factors to support prevention efforts.

Methods: A statewide retrospective analysis of ED visits related to IOCs in Massachusetts from 2014 through 2018 was conducted using a Center for Health Information and Analysis database. The authors described patients' characteristics, dental diagnoses frequencies, emergency severity, lengths of stay, associated treatment, and costs.

Depression, periodontitis, caries and missing teeth in the USA, NHANES 2009-2014.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the association between self-reported depressive symptoms and oral diseases in US adults, including periodontitis, caries, missing teeth and untreated dental caries.

Design: This study was designed as a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional survey. We conducted descriptive, multivariable logistic and Poisson regression analyses on weighted data.

Prevalence of oral conditions among methamphetamine users: NHANES 2009-2014.

Objectives: Methamphetamine (MA) is a widely used illicit drug and a nationwide public health concern. Although dental complications are consistently reported among MA users, yet limited nationally representative studies on the associations between MA use and oral health currently exist.

Methods: Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2014, we analyzed 8,762 respondents aged 30-64 years who had completed a periodontal examination.

Cocaine, polysubstance abuse, and oral health outcomes, NHANES 2009 to 2014.

Background: Cocaine is the second most abused illicit drug in the United States. To date, no study has examined the association between cocaine use and oral health with a nationally representative sample. Our study examined the association between cocaine use-singly and with other substances-and oral health outcomes, including periodontitis and untreated caries, among US adults.

Patient-reported receipt of oral cancer screenings and smoking cessation counseling from US oral health care providers: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-2016.

Background: Oral health care providers are encouraged to screen for oral cancer (OC) and oropharyngeal cancer (OP) and promote smoking cessation to their patients. In this study, the authors investigated the prevalence and correlates of receiving OC and OP screening and tobacco and OC and OP counseling from oral health care providers.

Methods: The authors analyzed self-reported survey data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2016 for participants who reported a dental visit.