Search for dissertations about: "oral health status in children"
Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words oral health status in children.
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16. Cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents with dental phobia
Abstract : Background: Dental phobia is a disabling and clinically significant fear that interferes with the dental care necessary for a child’s or adolescent’s well-being. In fact, the definition of oral health in children and adolescents stresses, not only sound and well-functioning dental and oral structures, but also an absence of dental fear and anxiety. READ MORE
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17. A dental perspective on child maltreatment
Abstract : Children who are exposed to child maltreatment are at risk of developing physical and mental ill-health and of expressing risk-taking behaviors. International studies describe associations of child maltreatment with caries, head and neck injuries and intra- oral injuries. Similar studies in a Swedish context are scarce, and little is known. READ MORE
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18. Considerations on Swedish Dental Care : from leadership to patient satisfaction
Abstract : The thesis consists of two papers which are based on a researchproject called ‘Considerations on Swedish Dental Care’. The aimsof the project were to analyse the characteristics of leadership in thepublic dental service (PDS) in Sweden (Paper I) and to study anddescribe patients’ opinions of dental care provided by the PDS andin private dentistry (Paper II). READ MORE
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19. Molecular signatures of early life exposures and complex diseases : applications using epigenetics and transcriptomics data
Abstract : Environmental exposures and early life stressors may influence developmental processes and have long-term health consequences, potentially mediated by molecular mechanisms such as epigenetic modifications. The most extensively studied epigenetic mechanism is DNA methylation, which has been proposed to constitute a link between genetic and environmental factors. READ MORE
