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Assessment of a framework for the allocation of primary dental services
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Background: Standardized and evidence-based resource allocation frameworks for timely provision of primary dental services may support equitable distribution of comprehensive dental care. However, such frameworks, which ...
Implementation of oral health policies in African countries: South Africa and Nigeria as case studies
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
This study has shown conclusively that the oral health policy processes has not achieved the desired goals in both South Africa and Nigeria, and that greater advocacy for oral health is required in both countries.
Determinants influencing the oral health of adults in Seychelles
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Oral diseases are a major public health problem in the Seychelles, amidst a contracting budget coupled by a lack of national oral health policy and strategic plan to promote oral health. The oral disease burden is attributed ...
The oral health status and perceived oral health needs in older adults in Guguletu
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)
Objectives: Previous studies have indicated that most of the older adult population has poor oral health but only a few of them demand care for their problems. The reason for this discrepancy has never been explained ...
The oral health status and perceived oral health needs in older adults in Guguletu
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)
Objectives: previous studies have indicated that most of the older adult population has poor oral health but only a few of them demand care for their problems' The reason for this discrepancy has never been explained ...
Commercial baby food: Consumption, sugar content and labelling practices in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
There has been a worldwide increase in the consumption of processed foods in low- and middle-income countries. Processed foods are now easily available and accessible with the increased presence of transnational corporations, ...
A systematic review of the global trends in dental fluorosis from 1980 to 2000
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
This minithesis presents a systematic review of dental literature with the objective to investigate
trends in dental fluorosis during the period 1980 to 2000. A Medline search was carried out for peerreviewed
scientific ...
Comparison between pre-menopause and post-menopause women regarding periodontal health status in Sudan
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)
Introduction
Little attention is given to oral health; national oral health guiding principles and strategies in several developing countries must be more evident.
Hormonal variations that occur before, during, and after ...