Addressing Adolescent Oral Health: A Review

Silk, Hugh; Kwok, Amy Ho Yan

doi:10.1542/pir.2016-0134

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“…Therefore, given that dental care is universally available in the country, parents’ education stands out as a major predisposing factor for dental services use for the very young. As a child grows older, their potential for visiting a dentist becomes better as they are able to clearly verbalise their needs, have more autonomy, and their needs for dental care are more unique and broader, beyond those of caries management and prevention. Therefore, to be able to utilise dental care effectively, they have to be predisposed and must have the means (enabling factors) to do so.…”

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Need for dental care drives utilisation of dental services among children in Saudi Arabia

Agili

Farsi

2020

International Dental Journal

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Objectives: This study used Andersen's predisposing, enabling and need behavioural model to predict factors that influence utilisation of oral health services for children in Saudi Arabia. Methods: The model was tested in a random sample of parents of third-and eighth-grade children in Jeddah (n = 1,668) using the access to care questionnaire adapted from the Basic Screening Survey. Predisposing (sex, parent education, nationality); enabling (school type, family income, government financial support, health insurance); and need for dental care (examined or perceived) were modelled to assess children's use of dental services. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were conducted. Significant findings were reported at P ≤ 0.05. Results: About 84% of parents responded to our questionnaire (n = 1,397). One in four children have never visited a dentist. Our findings indicate that need and predisposing factors explained oral health services' use among younger children, whereas need, predisposing and enabling factors predicted use of services among older children. Perceived barriers to dental care for children who never went to a dentist and for those who needed dental care and could not get it included oral health illiteracy (82.3%, 49.7%), dentist-related (19.9%, 42.1%), financial (22.8%, 37.1%) and transportation (9.8%, 20.8%), respectively. Conclusions: The need for dental care, predominantly for illness-related dental care, drives utilisation of dental health services among children in Saudi Arabia. Enhancing oral health literacy and mitigating organisational and financial barriers to dental care for families will increase children's access to quality oral healthcare, and promote better oral health practices and outcomes.

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Need for dental care drives utilisation of dental services among children in Saudi Arabia

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Farsi

2020

International Dental Journal

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“…Our study confirmed information found in literature [11][12][13][14] describing how oral piercings are the cause of a series of complications, such as dental abrasions, dental fractures, gingival recessions and loss of attachment of periodontal tissues, but also problems related to temporomandibular joint, as stated by Mejersjö in 2016 [15]. It is therefore necessary to establish education programs in schools between dentistry students and dentists themselves, in order to prevent the aforementioned complications reported, respectively, by Silk H et al [16], Junco P et al [17] and McGeary SP et al [18].…”

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Piercing and Oral Health: A Study on the Knowledge of Risks and Complications

Covello

Salerno

Giovannini

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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The aim of the present study is to verify the knowledge of risks and complications of oral piercings, and to observe the main complications associated with piercings, using a sample from central Italy of patients wearing intraoral piercings. Through piercing and tattoo studios selected randomly in Rome, Latina and Campobasso, and a tattoo and piercing convention in Latina, a group of 387 individuals with oral piercings were selected and asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire. After filling in questionnaires, 70 individuals of the 387 selected agreed to be visited to allow the observation of the integrity of their teeth and gums (especially close to the oral piercing), oral hygiene conditions, piercing cleaning, bad habits and gingival recession. Among the respondents, 46.8% said they had not been informed about these risks, 48.5% claimed not to clean the piercing, 70.6% stated that they had not been made aware of gingival problems that can arise, 60.4% subjects stated that they were not informed about the complications of piercings concerning teeth, 52.8% had insufficient oral hygiene conditions, 42% showed signs of generalised gingivitis, 20% had 3–4 mm recessions and 22% had tooth fracture(s) due to piercing. From this study, it emerged that oral piercings can represent a risk to oral health and that there is a widespread lack of awareness of the complications and correct methods of maintaining oral piercings. Periodic checks by both dentists and dental hygienists, for patients with oral piercings, could play a decisive role in preventing, intercepting and treating the complications that they can cause.

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“…9 These individuals are in constant biological, psychological, and social development, and oral health interventions in this phase are able to instigate positive habits that can continue in adulthood. 10 Several studies, however, have demonstrated that Brazilian adolescents have a high dental treatment needs 11 and tend to report relative poor oral health and a low OHRQoL in terms of oral symptoms, functional limitations, and emotional and social well-being. [12][13][14][15] Hence, there is scarce information on how dental treatment could help to improve the adolescents' OHRQoL, [16][17][18][19] and on how adolescents experience quality of life.…”

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Dental treatment improves the oral health‐related quality of life of adolescents: A mixed‐methods approach

Maroneze

Ardenghi

Brondani

et al. 2019

Int J Paed Dentistry

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Aim To evaluate and understand the impact of dental treatment on oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL) of adolescents. Design A sequential explanatory mixed‐methods design was performed. A sample of 182 adolescents, aged 10 and 15 years old who had finished their dental treatment at adolescent dental clinic of Federal University of Santa Maria from 2010 to 2016, were included. Participants answered the short form of Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ11‐14) prior to their dental treatment and 1 month after concluding the treatment. The effect size was calculated to assess magnitude of change. In qualitative phase, semi‐structured interviews took place at the end of the dental treatment. Interviews were audio‐recorded and analyzed according to thematic analysis following Braun and Clarke. Results The effect sizes ranged from 0.35 to 1.00, and the oral symptom domain presented the greatest effect. Sixteen interviews were conducted and five themes emerged: concept of quality of life, oral health influenced by oral conditions, oral health symptoms influencing seeking care behavior, personal and subjective experiences, and dental educational environment. Conclusion Dental treatment has an uncountable meaning for adolescents because it has a psychosocial meaning in this phase of life and it is able to improve their OHRQoL.

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Addressing Adolescent Oral Health: A Review

Cited by 50 publications

References 12 publications

Need for dental care drives utilisation of dental services among children in Saudi Arabia

Need for dental care drives utilisation of dental services among children in Saudi Arabia

Piercing and Oral Health: A Study on the Knowledge of Risks and Complications

Dental treatment improves the oral health‐related quality of life of adolescents: A mixed‐methods approach

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