Browsing by Degree Name "Master of Community Dentistry"
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Dental Treatment of Children under GA: a situational analysis
Dental caries is one of the most common childhood diseases and is the cause of poor oral health, and general health, in children. Many of these children are treated successfully in dental clinics with local anaesthesia; ... -
Dentists’ knowledge and experiences of treating patients with Head and Neck Cancer.
Background In Australasia, Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) is more common and survivable than ever before. As a result, the population prevalence of HNC patients (including HNC survivors) in our communities is ever-increasing. ... -
Epidemiological validation of a Malay version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ11-14) in Brunei
Background: Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) instruments are being used with increasing frequency in oral health surveys. One such instrument is the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ11-14), developed in ... -
Factors affecting children’s oral care practices during the first 2 years of life
1. Background The main purpose of oral care practices for young children is to prevent dental caries. Oral care practices have 2 components: home care and professional dental care. Home oral care practice involves ... -
Money Where Your Mouth Is: How do Dentists Manage Conflicts Between Commercial Pressures of Practice and Professional Obligations?
Background This research examinesthe phenomena of professionalism and commercialism and how these concepts interact with one another in the context of private dental practice. Dentists are the predominant member of the ... -
Oral-Health related Quality of Life in New Zealand Adults
Aims The primary aim of this study was to describe OHRQoL and its associations with sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported experiences and clinical oral disease status among dentate New Zealand adults. The second ... -
Oral-Health-Related-Quality-of-Life in Cambodian Children
Introduction Children in Cambodia are known to have a high burden of dental caries (Chu et al., 2008; Durward and Todd, 1991; Shidara et al., 2007) and very little access to dental care. This thesis examines the validity ... -
Supervised tooth brushing in Northland
Aim The aim of this study was to improve the oral health of Northland children. The research questions were: (1) does a supervised tooth brushing programme reduce caries and improve oral health-related quality of life ... -
The natural history, antecedents, and impact of xerostomia among adults in their thirties
Aim The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence, natural history, antecedents, associations, and impacts of xerostomia on oral health in a longitudinal cohort of adults in their thirties from the Dunedin ... -
The oral health of individuals with haemophilia: a mixed methods investigation
Abstract Those living with haemophilia can experience the same oral diseases as those without haemophilia; however, their dental treatment is complicated by prolonged bleeding and the reluctance of general dentists to ... -
The Oral Health Status of New Zealand Defence Force recruits and officer cadets.
Aims The aim of this study was to investigate the oral health status of all new recruits and officer cadets entering the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) over a one-year period. The second aim was to investigate differences ... -
The role of primary oral healthcare clinicians in the detection and diagnosis of oral and oropharyngeal cancer in New Zealand
Background Oral and oropharyngeal cancer (commonly referred to collectively as oral cancer, or OC) is the sixth most common cancer. Cancer Registry records show that the incidence of OC in New Zealand (NZ) has increased ... -
The use of child oral-health-related quality of life measures in a randomised control trial of the Hall crown technique in a primary care setting
The first aim of this thesis was to analyse the health-related (HRQoL) and oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) information collected during the clinical trial of the Hall technique, to determine whether there were ... -
The use of oral health services by adults with intellectual disability. A mixed methods study.
Objectives The intent of this study was to explore the use of oral health services by a group of adults with an intellectual disability. Methods The study was an explanatory mixed-methods design. It consisted of ... -
Xerostomia among adult New Zealanders: a national survey
Objectives: To date, no nationally-representative epidemiological survey of xerostomia has been undertaken. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence, associations and impacts of xerostomia in a nationally ...