Search for dissertations about: "oral university"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 276 swedish dissertations containing the words oral university.

  2. 1. Oral health in an outpatient psychiatric population : oral status, life satisfaction, and support

    Author : Karin Persson; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oral Health; Psychiatric Outpatients; Life Satisfaction; Oral health Related Quality of Life; Quality of Life; Oral Status; Social Services; Qualitative study; Cross-Sectional Study; Multiple Linear Regression;

    Abstract : Oral health has generally improved in Sweden over the past 30 years. Investigations of living conditions have indicated that people with chronic mental health problems requiring psychiatric services diverge from that pattern. READ MORE

  4. 2. Impairment of intra-oral sensation, discrimination ability, and swallowing function following radiotherapy and surgery for oral and pharyngeal cancer

    Author : Ingrid Bodin; Annika Isberg; Eva Levring Jäghagen; Ola Larsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; Oral cancer; pharyngeal cancer; radiotherapy; surgery; intra-oral sensation; sensibility; swallowing; intra-oral discrimination; deglutition disorders; dysphagia; function; dysfunction; radiography; cineradiography; follow-up; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; diagnostisk radiologi; Diagnostic Radiology;

    Abstract : Oral and pharyngeal cancer is commonly treated with a combination of radiotherapy and surgery. It is a clinical knowledge that patients often experience severe swallowing disorders following treatment. Since surgical sequelae are instantaneous and obvious, little attention has been paid to other concurrent effects of the treatment. READ MORE

  5. 3. Dental anxiety among 15-year-olds : Psychosocial factors and oral health

    Author : Agneta Stenebrand; Ulla Wide Boman; Magnus Hakeberg; Henrik Jansson; Tiril Willumsen; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescents; cross-sectional; dental anxiety; experiences of dental care; oral health; prevalence; psychosocial factors; Erfarenheter av tandvård; oral hälsa; prevalens; psykosociala faktorer; tandvårdsrädsla; tvärsnittsstudie; ungdomar;

    Abstract : AIM: The overall aim of this thesis was to examine the associations between dental anxiety, experiences of dental care, psychosocial factors and oral health among 15-year-olds, and to analyse changes in the prevalence of dental anxiety over time.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The thesis was based on two cross-sectional epidemiological studies in Jönköping, Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Oral lichen planus : studies of factors involved in differentiation, epithelial mesenchymal transition and inflammation

    Author : Karin Danielsson; Karin Nylander; Ylva Britt Wahlin; Linda Boldrup; Jesper Reibel; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; oral lichen planus; differentiation; inflammation; autoimmune; premalign; odontologi; Odontology; patologi; Pathology;

    Abstract : Background: Lichen planus is a chronic inflammation of skin and mucosa with unknown cause. Oral Lichen Planus, OLP, affects around 2% of the population. Autoimmunity has been suggested as a possible cause as the disease has autoimmune features such as female predominance, cyclic nature and cytotoxic T-cell infiltrate. READ MORE

  7. 5. The multifaceted concept of oral health : Studies on a Swedish general population and perspectives of persons with experience of long-term CPAP-treated obstructive sleep apnea

    Author : Hanna Ahonen; Ulrika Lindmark; Anders Broström; Eleonor I. Fransson; Åke Tegelberg; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adults; CPAP treatment; obstructive sleep apnea; oral health; oral health determinants;

    Abstract : Oral health is a multifaceted and changeable part of our overall health and well-being as it contributes to important everyday functions such as eating, talking, and conveying feelings. Our oral health can be affected by a range of determinants, one of which is obstructive sleep apnea [OSA] treated with continuous positive airway pressure [CPAP]. READ MORE