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Advancing oral health care for vulnerable patients

Guest Editors:
Julia Csikar: Lecturer in Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Karen Vinall-Collier: Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

BMC Oral Health has published this Collection on Advancing oral health care for vulnerable patients in support of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Julia Csikar: Lecturer in Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Dr Julia Csikar is a lecturer in Dental Public Health (DPH) within the School of Dentistry (University of Leeds). She has undertaken Public Health roles within a variety of organizations such as the NHS, Primary Care Trusts, Public Health England, and Academia. Her research has considered the impact of lifestyle factors such as tobacco and alcohol use particularly in groups where oral health inequalities are high, for example those experiencing homelessness. Her research often considers oral health inequalities across the lifecourse especially in groups where optimal oral health is hard to achieve, such as older people living in residential care.
 

Karen Vinall-Collier: Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Dr Karen Vinall-Collier is a Chartered Psychologist and Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences and Dental Public Health within the School of Dentistry at the University of Leeds. She is the leading qualitative researcher in the School of Dentistry and brings psychological research expertise to understanding the patient experience both through teaching and research. Along with the Dental Public Health team Karen’s interest lie in working with vulnerable groups in research into Health Care Delivery and is part of the Leeds Inequalities Network. Current research has been looking into the oral health needs of those experiencing homelessness. 

About the collection

BMC Oral Health is pleased to have published a new collection, Advancing oral health care for vulnerable patients, in support of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities.

Vulnerable populations, including the elderly, disabled, and economically disadvantaged, often experience significant barriers to accessing oral health care. These patients are at increased risk for a range of oral health problems, including tooth decay, gum disease, and oral cancer. Advances in oral health care have the potential to improve the quality of life and overall health outcomes for vulnerable patients.

We welcomed submissions on a range of topics related to advancing oral health care for vulnerable patients, including but not limited to:

  • Innovative approaches to improving access to oral health care for vulnerable patients
  • Evaluation of oral health care interventions for vulnerable populations
  • Addressing disparities in oral health care for vulnerable patients
  • Novel technologies and approaches for diagnosing and treating oral health problems in vulnerable patients
  • Strategies for improving oral health education and promotion among vulnerable populations
  • Collaborative models of care involving oral health care providers and other healthcare professionals
  • Ethical and legal considerations in providing oral health care for vulnerable patients

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  1. In the pediatric oncology population, oral mucositis as a consequence of chemotherapy is a highly prevalent complication which strongly affects both the quality of life and treatment possibilities of the patie...

    Authors: Pierfrancesco Filetici, Sofia Germana Gallottini, Andrea Corvaglia, Martina Amendolea, Roberta Sangiovanni, Fabrizio Nicoletti, Antonio D’Addona and Leonardo Dassatti
    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2024 24:183
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. With effective antiretroviral therapy, people with HIV (PWH) are living longer and aging; the majority of PWH in the United States are now over the age of 50 and in women have gone through the menopause transi...

    Authors: Sunil Wadhwa, Taylor R. Finn, Karolina Kister, Satoko Matsumura, Michael Levit, Anyelina Cantos, Jayesh Shah, Bruno Bohn, Evanthia Lalla, John T. Grbic, Ryan T. Demmer and Michael T. Yin
    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2024 24:52
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. While efforts to improve the oral health of vulnerable populations have received little attention in general, the situation of children with disabilities in low- income countries (LICs) remains especially chal...

    Authors: Ave Põld, Dan Filwendé Kientega, Jocelyne Valérie Garé and Stefan Listl
    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2024 24:33
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. Geriatric dentistry is an understudied area in dental schools in Egypt. Our study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of Egyptian dentists regarding geriatric oral health and identify barriers to deliv...

    Authors: Mohamed Ashraf Hall, Rasha Ashmawy, Inas Karawia and Ramy Mohamed Ghazy
    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2023 23:947
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. Health status and health care utilization in people with disabilities are more likely to be poorer than those without disabilities. Previous studies showed that there were gaps in health-related conditions by ...

    Authors: Na-Hyeon Kim and Jae-In Ryu
    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2023 23:830
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. The world’s population is getting older. This issue is accompanied by a rise in the number of older people suffering from dementia and disability, for whom oral hygiene care is challenging. Nurses’ attitudes t...

    Authors: Mengxia Chen, Yanqiu Weng, Jingwen Zhang, Liyan Gu, Wenyao Chen, Mengting Qiao, Mengdi Wang, Xiaorong Huang, Lan Chen and Lingjuan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2023 23:801
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. Long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) perpetually suppresses HIV load and has dramatically altered the prognosis of HIV infection, such that HIV is now regarded as a chronic disease. Side effects of ART in Pa...

    Authors: Temitope T. Omolehinwa, Sunday O. Akintoye, Marta Gabinskiy, Vincent Lo Re III, Mel Mupparapu, Rosa Urbina, Douglas E. Schaubel and Patricia M. Corby
    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2023 23:763
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  8. Immigrants are known to experience greater socioeconomic stress and poorer well-being and to suffer more from lifestyle- and diet-related disorders than native populations. There is also evidence that children...

    Authors: Mariam Reda, Abhijit Sen and Manal Mustafa
    Citation: BMC Oral Health 2023 23:620
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Oral Health 2023 23:936

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Advancing oral health care for vulnerable patients" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.