Increased emphasis on community collaboration indicates the need for consensus regarding
the definition of community within public health. This study examined whether members of …

Understanding the value of teeth to older adults is important in marketing dental services
and motivating patients to care for their teeth. The authors surveyed more than 1,000 older …

There is considerable ambiguity in the use of terminology when referring to orofacial clefts (OFCs).
Many clinicians incorrectly refer to OFCs as deformities, which are said to be the …

Ethical research involving human subjects mandates that individual informed consent be
obtained from research participants or from surrogates when participants are not able to …

Objective To develop scales to measure tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS stigma in a developing
world context. Methods Cross‐sectional study of tuberculosis patients in southern Thailand, …

Objective This paper summarises proceedings of a conference that aimed to evaluate existing
measures of oral health related quality of life and to recommend new directions for their …

Background Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a hereditary dental condition with poor esthetics
and dental sensitivity that frequently requires extensive dental treatment. The authors …

This study compares self-concept scores on the Primary Self-Concept Inventory (PSCI) of 58
7-year-old children. The experimental groups included the three following subgroups: those …

Background: Although African Americans are disproportionately affected by the AIDS
epidemic, they are underrepresented in AIDS research, particularly in AIDS clinical trials. This …

… Twenty-five percent of persons with congenital conditions and 42% of persons with acquired
conditions reported talking with others about how their face looks in the past month (p < 0.05…