Social position, social ties and adult's oral health: 13 year cohort study.

Objectives: This study explored different pathways by which social position and social ties influence adult's oral health over a 13-year period.

Methods: A cohort investigation (Pro-Saúde Study) was conducted of non-faculty civil servants at a university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (N=1613). Baseline data collected in 1999 included age, social position, social ties, and access to dental care.

Impairment effects, disability and dry mouth: Exploring the public and private dimensions.

Existing accounts of dry mouth concentrate on the medical dimensions and almost completely neglect to consider its social dimensions. Simultaneously, debates on disability have highlighted an apparent split between the individual (medical) and social models of disability. The concept of 'impairment effects' aims to address this dichotomised approach.

Quality of life impacts following childhood dento-alveolar trauma.

Background: Dental injuries occur commonly in childhood and may necessitate demanding courses of treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate a variety of clinical and demographic factors that may influence the quality of life impacts experienced by children after a dental injury.

Method: A total of 244 children who attended a UK dental hospital, for management of traumatised permanent incisors, were invited to participate in the study.