Oral health related quality of life and its association with sociodemographic and clinical findings in 3 northern outreach clinics.

Objective: Aspects of oral health related quality of life (OHQOL) are attracting increased attention in dentistry. Knowledge in this field is limited, especially in terms of significant indicators and predictors of impaired OHQOL. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the influence of various sociodemographic and clinical variables on OHQOL in the setting of outreach clinics in northern Alberta, Canada.

University of Alberta dental students' outreach clinical experience: an evaluation of the program.

In a 25-year-old satellite dental program, advanced dentistry and dental hygiene students provide highly supervised dental treatment for patients in government-funded clinics in 3 under-serviced communities in northern Alberta. Analysis of the performance data of the 2003 University of Alberta dentistry students in their fourth and final year was used to evaluate this program. The data showed that the undergraduate students did numerous diverse general dental procedures during the 2-week rotation, most of which were basic treatments.