Search for dissertations about: "thesis about dental"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 126 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis about dental.

2. 1. On the reporting of dental health, time for dental care, and the treatment panorama : Methodological studies of measuring and analysing dental care outcomes within a Swedish Public Dental Service organization

   Author : Smedberg Yngve; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; public health dentistry; public dental service; program assessment; program planning; dental health surveys; components of quality; costs; economy; treatment time; dental clinic effectiveness; dental clinic efficiency; dental care outcome; time series analysis; sustainable development;

   Abstract : The thesis included five methodological studies and one caries epidemiological investigation, the general aim being to study how to measure and report dental health, time for dental care, treatment panorama, and dental care outcomes, within a Public Dental Service organization. The specific aims were to monitor dental clinic activities using a time study method, to apply time study results of a dental health-related patient group system for the 3-19 year age groups, and to compare time study results with corresponding results from computerized systems used for reporting dental care. READ MORE

4. 2. Dental Anxiety: prevalence, measurements and consequences

   Author : Lisa Svensson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dental anxiety; adults; prevalence; oral health; oral health-related quality of life; dental pain; measurements; validity; dental phobia;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to gain knowledge about adults suffering from dental anxiety by studying the current prevalence of dental anxiety and concomitant factors, the impact of dental pain on everyday life among individuals suffering from severe dental anxiety, and to evaluate the validity of a psychometric measurement, the IDAF-4C+, used to measure the level of dental anxiety and to screen for a diagnosis of specific phobia for dentistry. The included studies have a cross-sectional design. READ MORE

5. 3. I väntan på tandvård : Hur tandrötan blev politik

   Author : Christer Lindblom; Bengt Erik Eriksson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dentistry; dental profession; historical development; professionialization; dental caries; social problems; politics; tandvård; tandvårdsorganisation; historia; Sverige; 1800-talet; 1900-talet; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the political history of dental caries and the evolution of professional dental care in Sweden. For centuries tooth decay was considered an unavoidable nuisance for the individual. During the decades around 1900 dental caries was gradually defmed as a social problem and a preventable national disease. READ MORE

6. 4. Root Canal Treatment in a Swedish Public Dental Service - Studies of indications and results

   Author : Emma Wigsten; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; coronal restoration; dental fees; dental records; general dental care; pain intensity; patient satisfaction; quality of life; questionnaire; test-retest reliability analysis; tooth extraction;

   Abstract : Despite the marked overall improvement of oral health in Sweden, root canal treatment is still a common procedure in general dental practice. The reasons are unclear. READ MORE

7. 5. On dental health and related factors in Finnish immigrant children in Sweden

   Author : Agneta Ekman; Anna-Karin Holm; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dental caries; dental health behaviour; dental health education; gingivitis; immigrant children; language; longitudinal;

   Abstract : In the postwar period Swedish communities have become more multicultural. Although there are about 120,000 Finnish immigrant children below the age of 18 in Sweden, knowledge about their dental health is rather sparse. READ MORE