Essays about: "Preventive dentistry"

Found 3 essays containing the words Preventive dentistry.

  1. 1. Investigation on Time Spent on Caries Prevention in Västerbotten Public Dental Service Clinics : A secondary analysis of data from a longitudinal caries study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Carolina Garcia Sanchez; [2019]
    Keywords : dental caries; prevention; dentistry; oral health;

    Abstract : Introduction: Despite being preventable, dental caries is the most widespread noncommunicable disease (NCD) globally. Being de most prevalent condition, and the attempts of dentists and dental auxiliaries to give oral health the right attention, transparent, reliable, and up-to-date data about the type and level of oral health care costs are of significant societal relevance to present feedback about health system–level efficiency. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cost analysis of dental caries prevention in Västerbotten county, Sweden : An investigation of preventive expenditure in a 5-year prospective cohort study in adolescents

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Talia Salzmann; [2018]
    Keywords : dental caries; prevention; cost analysis; health economics; dentistry;

    Abstract : Introduction: Treatment of dental diseases makes up 4.6% of global health expenditure and dental caries is the most prevalent condition worldwide. In higher-income countries, population-wide prevention has brought prevalence down and it is now concentrated in 20% of the population. READ MORE

  4. 3. Economic evaluation of preventive methods used in dentistry – a systematic review

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Odontologiska fakulteten (OD)

    Author : Louise Westerlund; Anna Simonsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Cost-effectiveness; Preventive dentistry; Cost-analysis; Cost-benefit analysis; Cost-utility analysis; Preventive methods; Economic evaluation; Cost; Effect;

    Abstract : Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka ekonomiska utvärderingar av preventiva metoder som används inom tandvården genom att göra en systematisk litteraturöversikt och besvara frågor om vilka preventiva metoder som analyserats avseende kostnad och effekt samt vilka typer av ekonomiska utvärderingar som analyserats. Material och metod: En sökningsstrategi genomfördes och PubMed, The Cochrane Library och Web of Science utgjorde databaser för litteratursökningen. READ MORE