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																		 Dental Care
 
																		 
																		
																	 
																		 
																		
																	 
																			
																					
	"Dental Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				The total of dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient (from Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982).
    
			 
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D003729 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | E06.170 N02.421.240.190 |  
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				This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dental Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dental Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.  
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 | 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |  | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Dental Care" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								Amedari MI, Atanda AJ, Amedari IK, Monger M, Walker BH. The association between predisposing, enabling and need factors and oral health care utilization among U.S. working age adults. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Apr 07; 25(1):501.
								Tiwari T, Wright CD, Heaton LJ, Santoro M, Tranby EP. Dental anxiety and oral health in American Indian and Alaska natives. J Public Health Dent. 2025 Jun; 85(2):192-196.
								Chandel T, Aldosari M, Chamut S. Effects of dental insurance and dental care utilization on oral health-related daily life activities among federally qualified healthcare center patients in the United States. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2024 Dec; 52(6):824-832.
								Levy BB, Goodman J, Watson E, Gilbert M, Blanas N, Noel CW, Kamalraj P, Wright FC, Irish JC, Conn LG, Eskander A. A scoping assessment of dental services at designated head and neck cancer centres in Ontario, Canada. BMC Oral Health. 2024 Feb 13; 24(1):232.
								Dye BA. The Absence of Dental Care in Medicare and Health Inequities. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 09 05; 6(9):e2333310.
								Tiwari T, Randall CL, Rai N, Carey C, Shaffer JR, Finlayson TL, Kaste LM, Laniado N, Singer R. Acculturation and Dental Care-Related Anxiety: An Exploratory Assessment from the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos. J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Jun; 25(3):616-623.
								DeStaffany AM, Gurenlian JAR, Bono LK. Investigating periodontal diagnosis and treatment at one dental school. Eur J Dent Educ. 2023 Aug; 27(3):535-540.
								Chandel T, Alulaiyan M, Farraj M, Riedy CA, Barrow JR, Brennan L, Thompson L, Bass MB, Chamut S. Training and educational programs that support geriatric dental care in rural settings: A scoping review. J Dent Educ. 2022 Jul; 86(7):792-803.
								Santella AJ, Parish C, Dan R, Feaster DJ, Rodriguez AE, Del Rio C, Armstrong WS, Jacobs P, Metsch LR. Dental Care Utilization of Hospitalized Persons Living with HIV and Substance Use. J Community Health. 2021 06; 46(3):557-564.
								Baxevanos K, Menexes G, Lazaridou A, Coolidge T, Topitsoglou V, Kalfas S. Dental caries and psychosocial factors: Testing a conceptual model in adolescents. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2021 08; 49(4):314-321. | 
																	
																		
																			
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