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Pressing issues for oral care quality improvement: findings from the EU DELIVER...
Melo, P; Frey-Furtado, L; Correia, D; Listl, S; Lorenz, M; Bostanci, N; Azevedo, Á; Pereira, MLBackground: While oral health often takes a backseat to other health domains, it silently affects nearly half of the Worldwide population. The DELIVER project, funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe program, seeks to develop a blueprint model for improving the quality of oral health care for everyone. Methods: Applying the Nominal Group Technique (NGT), 17 stakeholders from various backgrounds participated in identi...
Dental Students' and Dental School Graduates' Practical Skills: An Internationa...
Wolf, TG; Dianiskova, S; Cavalle, E; Aliyeva, R; Cagetti, MG; Campus, G; Deschner, J; Forna, N; Ilhan, D; Mazevet, M; Lella, A; Melo, P; Perlea, PPurpose: Dental students learn knowledge and practical skills to provide oral health care to the population. Practical skills must be maintained or continuously developed throughout a professional career. This cross-sectional survey aimed to evaluate the perception of practical skills of dental students and dental-school graduates by national dental associations (NDAs) in Materials and Methods: A questionnaire ...
Development of Tooth Brushing Recommendations Through Professional Consensus
Glenny, AM; Walsh, T; Iwasaki, M; Kateeb, E; Braga, MM; Riley, P; Melo, PIntroduction: Despite being a largely preventable disease, untreated caries of permanent teeth is estimated to affect almost 2 billion people worldwide, which is followed by severe periodontal disease. The aim of this work was to provide a professional consensus on tooth brushing methods and associated oral hygiene behaviours and develop evidence-informed recommendations. Methods: An initial scoping search was ...
Miringoplastia em População Pediátrica – Análise Retrospetiva de 5 Anos
Seixas, J; Vaz Pinto, P; Palma Delgado, I; Melo, P; Sousa, HObjetivos: As miringoplastias são cirurgias frequentemente realizadas em idade pediátrica, existindo controvérsia quanto à melhor técnica cirúrgica e fatores que influenciam o seu sucesso. O objetivo deste estudo é caracterizar uma população de doentes pediátricos submetidos a miringoplastia e avaliar como desfechos: o encerramento da perfuração, resultado audiométrico e existência de fatores determinantes de s...
Editor's Note
Lamster, IB; Melo, PThe WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic on March 11, 2020. As infections, hospitalizations and deaths mounted, many aspects of life across the globe changed dramatically. Like many other activities, dental practice was severely affected, with an initial period of complete lockdown or very limited patient care provided for urgent situations. Subsequently, several national and international guidelines and scientif...
Dietary Patterns and Oral Health Behaviours Associated with Caries Development ...
Carvalho Silva, C; Gavinha, S; Vilela, S; Rodrigues, R; Manso, MC; Severo, M; Lopes, C; Melo, PThe association between modifiable risk factors and caries in children has been documented; however, most studies have been cross-sectional and have not considered the complexity of dietary factors and oral health habits. This study aimed to investigate the prospective association between dietary patterns and oral health behaviours at 4 years of age and the development of new decayed, missing, and filled teeth ...
Impact of the Brush Day & Night Programme on Oral Health Knowledge and Behaviou...
Melo, P; Fine, C; Malone, S; Taylor, SObjectives: School-based interventions can establish positive behaviours that reduce the likelihood of oral diseases later in life. The Brush Day & Night (BDN) programme is a 21-day school-based educational programme to promote good oral health behaviours. This study aims to evaluate the effect of the BDN programme on oral health knowledge and behaviour outcomes in children after the intervention as compared to...
Serum Levels of Vitamin D and Dental Caries in 7-Year-Old Children in Porto Met...
Carvalho Silva, C; Gavinha, S; Manso, MC; Rodrigues, R; Martins, S; Guimarães, JT; Santos, AC; Melo, PVitamin D deficiency has been associated with significant changes in dental structures. In children, it can induce enamel and dentin defects, which have been identified as risk factors for caries. This study aimed to assess the association between low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH) D) levels (<30 ng/mL) and the prevalence of caries in the permanent teeth and mixed dentition of 7-year-old children. A sample o...
COVID-19 Management in Clinical Dental Care Part III: Patients and the Dental O...
Melo, P; Manarte-Monteiro, P; Veiga, N; de Almeida, AB; Mesquita, PThe coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic dramatically changed all aspects of life. In the context of clinical dental care, a significant number of new recommendations have been implemented to comply with public health policies, ensuring the safety of dental care professionals, staff, and patients and preventing further spread of the virus. This article is the third in a series of 3 on the management of COVID-19...
CariesCare International adapted for the pandemic in children: Caries OUT multi...
Martignon, S; Cortes, A; Douglas, GVA; Newton, JT; Pitts, NB; Avila, V; Usuga-Vacca, M; Gamboa, LF; Deery, C; Abreu-Placeres, N; Bonifacio, C; Braga, MMBackground: Comprehensive caries care has shown effectiveness in controlling caries progression and improving health outcomes by controlling caries risk, preventing initial-caries lesions progression, and patient satisfaction. To date, the caries-progression control effectiveness of the patient-centred risk-based CariesCare International (CCI) system, derived from ICCMS™ for the practice (2019), remains unprove...