Objectives To critically examine the methods used for full economic evaluations of
preventive interventions for dental caries and periodontitis. Methods Published literature …

Background Early childhood caries (ECC) is a global public health challenge that requires
innovation, infrastructure, and health system influences to bolster initiatives for its …

The Australian National Preventive Health Strategy 2021–2030 recommended the
establishment of evidence-based frameworks to enable local public health services to …

Background Fluoride varnish (FV) is a convenient way of professionally applying fluoride in
preschoolers. However, its modest anticaries effect highlights the need for economic …

Introduction: An economic evaluation (EE) was conducted alongside a randomized
controlled trial (the Protecting Teeth@ 3 Study [PT@ 3]), exploring the additional preventive …

Objectives: To critically appraise the methodological conduct and reporting quality of
economic evaluations (EE) of community water fluoridation (CWF). Methods: A systematic …

Purpose The psychometric properties of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale
(ECOHIS-4D), an oral health-related quality-of-life tool for children, and EuroQol 5D-Young …

Background The aims of this study are to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of early dental visits
(EDVs) and to investigate how regional deprivation impacts the economic evaluation …

Background: Economic evaluations in healthcare are designed to inform decisions by the
estimation of cost and effect trade-off of two or more interventions. We aimed to evaluate the …

Oral diseases pose a serious global health challenge. They impact more than 3.5 billion
people, with untreated dental caries being the most widespread noncommunicable disease …