Objective: The purpose of this research was to assess the local cost savings resulting from
community water fluoridation, given current exposure levels to other fluoride sources …

Widespread use of fluoride has been a major factor in the decline in the prevalence and
severity of dental caries (ie, tooth decay) in the United States and other economically …

Background: Although community water fluoridation (CWF) results in a range of potential
contaminant exposures, little attention has been given to many of the possible impacts. A …

Background The authors assessed the dental checkup frequency of adults living in the
Detroit tricounty area and identified demographic, access and subjective factors associated …

ABSTRACT Unlabelled Image Background Complete cusp fracture in restored teeth is a
common problem observed in general dental practice. Many dentists believe that teeth …

Dental diseases are widespread and are often underrecognized and treated. Caries and
periodontal disease are common dental conditions that cause the majority of tooth loss …

Objective. To test the hypothesis that high community‐level unemployment is associated
with reduced use of preventive dental care services by a dentally insured population. Data …

Objective The purposes of this study were to (1) quantify dentists' practice patterns regarding
caries prevention and (2) test the hypothesis that certain dentists' characteristics are …

Objective The aims of this study were to examine dentists' recommendations for in‐office
fluoride to patients and identify dentists' characteristics associated with these …

This analysis questions the appropriateness of inflation adjustment in analyses of provider
behavior by comparing results from estimations using adjusted financial variables with those …