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Welcome to BMC Oral Health published by BioMed Central
BMC Oral Health is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of disorders of the mouth, teeth and gums, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Oral Health (ISSN 1472-6831) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Cinahl and Google Scholar.
Featured articles
BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :10
Atraumatic restorative treatment is highly utilized by trained oral health operators in South Africa, however, this increased utilization has not affected the restoration to extraction ratio for primary or permanent teeth.
BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :4
Hospital nursing staff have low awareness of common risk factors for oral cancer and under half perform oral health checks on admitted patients, indicating missed opportunities for effective early oral cancer detection and prevention
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Reliability and cross-cultural validity of a Japanese version of the Dental Fear Survey Toshiko Yoshida, Peter Milgrom, Yukako Mori, Yukie Nakai, Mari Kaji, Tsutomu Shimono, Ana Nora A Donaldson BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :17 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Poverty, social exclusion and dental caries of 12-year-old children: a cross-sectional study in Lima, Peru Elsa K. Delgado-Angulo, Martin H. Hobdell, Eduardo Bernabe BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :16 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Oral health status of 12-year-old school children in Khartoum state, the Sudan; a school-based survey Nazik Mostafa Nurelhuda, Tordis Agnete Trovik, Raouf Wahab Ali, Mutaz Faisal Ahmed BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :15 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Impact of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) on the treatment profile in pilot government dental clinics in Tanzania Emil Namakuka Kikwilu, Jo Frencken, Jan Mulder BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :14 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Validity and reliability of the Child Perceptions Questionnaires applied in Brazilian children Ta BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :13 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Periodontal conditions, oral Candida albicans and salivary proteins in type 2 diabetic subjects with emphasis on gender Fawad Javed, Lena Klingspor, Ulf Sundin, Mohammad Altamash, Bj BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :12 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Development of Danish version of child oral-health-related quality of life questionnaires (CPQ8 and CPQ11 ) Pia Wogelius, Hans Gj BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :11 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Utilization of the ART approach in a group of public oral health operators in South Africa: a 5-year longitudinal study Steffen Mickenautsch, Jo E Frencken BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :10 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Validating an alternate version of the chewing function questionnaire in partially dentate patients Kazuyoshi Baba, Mike T John, Mika Inukai, Kumiko Aridome, Yoshimasa Igarahsi BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :9 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A randomised control trial of the effectiveness of personalised letters sent subsequent to school dental inspections in increasing registration in unregistered children Chris J Cunningham, Rob Elton, Gail VA Topping BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :8 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effect of lactoperoxidase on the antimicrobial effectiveness of the thiocyanate hydrogen peroxide combination in a quantitative suspension test A Welk, Ch Meller, R Schubert, Ch Schwahn, A Kramer, H Below BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :134 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology
Development and Validation of a HPV-32 Specific PCR Assay Nicholas R Herrel, Nadia L Johnson, Jennifer E Cameron, Janet Leigh, Michael E Hagensee Virology Journal 2009, 6 :90 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Are immigrant populations aware about their oral health status? A study among immigrants from Ethiopia Avi Zini, Yuval Vered, Harold D Sgan-Cohen BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :205 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Intra-articular adhesions of the temporomandibular joint: Relation between arthroscopic findings and clinical symptoms ShanYong Zhang, XiuMing Li u, Chi Yang, XieYi Cai, MinJie Chen, Majd S Haddad, Bai Yun, ZhuoZhi Chen BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10 :70 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Gluten sensitivity enteropathy in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis Ramin Shakeri, Farhad Zamani, Rasoul Sotoudehmanesh, Afsaneh Amiri, Mehdi Mohamadnejad, Fereydoun Davatchi, Ali Mohammadi Karakani, Reza Malekzadeh, Farhad Shahram BMC Gastroenterology 2009, 9 :44 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Radical radiotherapy with concurrent weekly cisplatin in loco-regionally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a single-institution experience Tejpal Gupta, Jai Prakash Agarwal, Sarbani Ghosh-Laskar, Purvish M Parikh, Anil K D'Cruz, Ketayun A Dinshaw Head & Neck Oncology 2009, 1 :17 (15 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology
A new biphasic osteoinductive calcium composite material with a negative Zeta potential for bone augmentation Ralf Smeets, Andreas Kolk, Marcus Gerressen, Oliver Driemel, Oliver Maciejewski, Benita Hermanns-Sachweh, Dieter Riediger, Jamal M Stein Head & Face Medicine 2009, 5 :13 (13 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
A histomorphometric meta-analysis of sinus elevation with various grafting materials J Head & Face Medicine 2009, 5 :12 (11 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Can't do it, won't do it! Developing a theoretically framed intervention to encourage better decontamination practice in Scottish dental practices Debbie Bonetti, Linda Young, Irene Black, Heather Cassie, Craig R Ramsay, Jan Clarkson Implementation Science 2009, 4 :31 (5 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Upregulation of CENP-H in tongue cancer correlates with poor prognosis and progression Wen-Ting Liao, Chun-Ping Yu, Dong-Hui Wu, Ling Zhang, Li-Hua Xu, Gui-Xiang Weng, Mu-Sheng Zeng, Li-Bing Song, Jin-Song Li Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 2009, 28 :74 (5 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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