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Cohort Study of Oral Health

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 8415

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Dong-Hun Han

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Guest Editor
Seoul National University School of Dentistry
Interests: oral health cohort study

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Oral diseases are representative chronic diseases that most people suffer from. Most oral diseases, except dental caries, occur in later life in adults and the elderly, but we still do not know the causes and mechanisms of oral disease. We have learned much about human chronic diseases such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases from cohort studies which began in the mid-20th century. However, research on cohort studies of oral diseases is not yet active. A major research methodology that can reveal the causes and mechanisms of oral diseases, ranging from the cellular level to the socio-environmental levels, is the cohort study from the early stage of life. A cohort study of oral diseases can provide significant progress in disease prevention, health promotion, and improving quality of life if the cause and mechanism of the disease and its relationship with other chronic diseases can be identified. This Special Issue covers a wide range of recent research findings on cohort studies in oral disease.

Dr. Dong-Hun Han
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Cohort studies
  • Epidemiology
  • Oral health
  • Risk factors

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A Kindergarten-Based Oral Health Preventive Approach for Hong Kong Preschool Children
by Hollis Haotian Chai, Sherry Shiqian Gao, Kitty Jieyi Chen, Duangporn Duangthip, Edward Chin Man Lo and Chun Hung Chu
Healthcare 2020, 8(4), 545; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040545 - 9 Dec 2020
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Early childhood caries (ECC) remains the single most common chronic childhood disease. Untreated caries can cause tooth loss and compromised dentition. Severe ECC can also influence nutrition intake, cognitive development, general health and quality of life. In Hong Kong, approximately half of 5-year-old [...] Read more.
Early childhood caries (ECC) remains the single most common chronic childhood disease. Untreated caries can cause tooth loss and compromised dentition. Severe ECC can also influence nutrition intake, cognitive development, general health and quality of life. In Hong Kong, approximately half of 5-year-old children suffer from ECC, and more than 90% of these caries remain untreated. Thus, the development of effective strategies for promoting the oral health of preschool children is warranted. The Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Hong Kong has provided kindergarten-based dental outreach services to selected kindergartens since 2008. In 2020, the project expanded to serve all kindergarten children in Hong Kong. The aim of the service is to improve oral health through the prevention and control of ECC among preschool children. The service provides dental screening and silver diamine fluoride treatment for ECC management. In addition, the parents receive oral health talks, and teachers receive training in delivering regular oral health education at kindergarten. The objectives of this service are to improve oral and general health of preschool children, develop the children’s good oral health-related behaviours, maintain the children’s psychological well-being and reduce the burden on their family. This paper describes this kindergarten-based dental outreach service. Full article
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Association between Periodontal Disease and Levels of Triglyceride and Total Cholesterol among Korean Adults
by Seon-Rye Kim and Seoul-Hee Nam
Healthcare 2020, 8(3), 337; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8030337 - 12 Sep 2020
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Although the correlation between periodontal condition and hyperlipidemia was shown by previous researches, it remains disputed. This study was based on data from the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2016–2018. Data included 14,068 subjects’ demographic characteristics, total cholesterol levels, triglyceride [...] Read more.
Although the correlation between periodontal condition and hyperlipidemia was shown by previous researches, it remains disputed. This study was based on data from the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2016–2018. Data included 14,068 subjects’ demographic characteristics, total cholesterol levels, triglyceride levels, and periodontal conditions. We analyzed the correlation between periodontal disease and blood lipid levels using complex-sample chi square tests and complex-sample logistic regression. The results of chi square tests showed a significant difference in demographic characteristics according to total cholesterol level and triglyceride level. The results of logistic regression, adjusted for the subjects’ demographic characteristics such as age, gender, house income, marital status, home ownership, number of persons living together, health insurance coverage, and economic activity, showed that prevalence of periodontal disease was 1.048-fold (confidence interval (CI) 0.827–1.133) higher in the high-total-cholesterol group and 1.499-fold (CI 1.576–1.983) higher in high-triglyceride group. We found that not high total cholesterol but high triglyceride level was connected with periodontal disease. Therefore, management of triglyceride level could be a possible precaution of periodontal disease. Full article
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