Oral disease is the greatest unmet healthcare need of disadvantaged children in the United States, with only 20% of disadvantaged Medicaid-eligible children receiving routine dental care. Peter Margolis proposed a theoretical model of access to...
Dentist and patient; Dentistry--Practice; Smoking cessation; Nicotine addiction--Treatment
Dentists can play a key role in helping patients quit tobacco use by providing tobacco cessation treatment (TCT) in their practice. Although the majority of dentists receive training in TCT, most do not provide adequate intervention. Many feel they...
CDCIWHO only "recommends" that rings be removed under gloves because of cross-contamination between health care workers and patients. Microbiological samples of oral streptococci beneath rings and between fingers under non-sterile exam...
Background: Dental caries is the most common childhood ailment and one of the most prevalent chronic diseases of people worldwide. Approximately 91% of dentate adults 20 years or older have experienced dental caries. Carious lesions on proximal...
Dentists--Attitudes; Endodontics--Study and teaching; Medical referral
The decision by a general dentist to treat or refer a patient needing endodontic therapy may be based on multiple variables. Students attending dental schools with endodontic specialty programs could be exposed to a referral system with endodontic...
Potential dental implant site assessment is initially determined clinically. Subsequent radiographic assessment also provides information about the quantity of available bone. It was hypothesized that the use of radiographic markers in mandibular...
Orthodontics; Dental care--Kentucky; Health services accessibility--Kentucky
Background: Malocclusion can affect an individual's quality of life. Unfortunately, access to orthodontic treatment is limited for many children. Access is improved when orthodontists select practice locations where their services are most needed....
Periodontitis; Iron--Health aspects; Iron in the body
The dental pathogen A. actinomycetemcomitans, a Gram- negative organism, has been associated with aggressive forms of periodontitis. A. actinomycetemcomitans requires iron to grow. In the host, iron-binding proteins such as transferrin,...
Introduction: Although orthodontics can correct a variety of dental and skeletal
malocclusions, research has shown an increased risk of enamel demineralization leading
to white spot lesions (WSLs). The purpose of this study was to compare the...
Aims. The primary aim of this randomized, controlled, blinded clinical trial was to compare the clinical and histologic results of ridge augmentation comparing a cancellous block allograft to a particulate mineralized freeze dried bone allograft...
In this dissertation research, we aim to solve problems of two types of survival data, clustered survival data with potentially informative cluster size and sojourn time data. The methods for these two types of data are different. However, both...
Beauty, Personal--Social aspects--United States; Body image--Social aspects--United States; Public opinion--United States
Background: Facial esthetics plays a major part in diagnosis and treatment planning in orthodontics. One aspect of facial esthetics that orthodontist can drastically change, for better or worse, is that of lip position. What is considered esthetic,...
Periodontitis--Age factors; Natural immunity; Age factors in disease
Periodontal disease arises from excessive host inflammatory responses to the tooth-associated microbial biofilm, known as dental plaque. Severity ranges from superficial inflammation of the gingivae (gingivitis) to extensive destruction of...
University of Louisville. School of Dentistry; Dental students; Women dental students; Teachers; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Faculty
University of Louisville dental department 1919 - Composite photograph of students in the dental school class of 1919 and faculty in the Dental department at the University of Louisville. Nine rows of oval individual portraits. Most of the...
Periodontitis is a chronic, destructive inflammatory disease of the supporting
tissues of the teeth with a high prevalence among adults. While the complete
pathogenesis of periodontitis remains unclear, it is initiated and sustained by...
University of Louisville. School of Dentistry; Dental hygiene; Women dental students
Row of dental stations with patients in the chairs as female dental students examine or clean the patients' mouths. The students wear white uniforms and caps. Title supplied by cataloger.
Louisville College of Dentistry; Dental students; Fraternities & sororities
Louisville College of Dentistry Psi Omega Dental Fraternity Omicron Chapter 1912 - Composite photograph of dental school students in the Psi Omega Dental Fraternity at the Louisville College of Dentistry, 1912. Oval individual portraits of students...
University of Louisville. School of Dentistry; Dental students; Women dental students; Teachers; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Faculty
University of Louisville dental department 1920 - Composite photograph of students in the class of 1920 and faculty at the University of Louisville dental department. Oval individual portraits of men in formal suits. One portrait of a woman. Names...
Dental students; Dental hygienists; Students; Dental education; Dental equipment & supplies; University of Louisville. School of Dentistry; University of Louisville--Students
A dentist and a dental hygienist stand over a patient reclining in a dental chair at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. A tray of dental instruments is visible between them and a dentist's light shines overhead.
University of Louisville. School of Dentistry; Laboratories; Dental hygiene
Dental hygiene lab at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. The laboratory contains tables, dental equipment, chalkboard, and sink and counter. A person sits at a table on the back right of the side of the image. Written on back of...
