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A comparative analysis of traditional dental screening versus tele dentistry screening
(University of the Western Cape., 2016)
Background: Teledentistry is the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to provide oral health care services and enhance oral health care delivery to communities in geographically challenged areas. The ...
The effect of dental treatment on weight gain in children in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Background: There is an increased interest in understanding the effects of severe tooth decay on the physical, anthropometric, psychosocial, functional, and oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) among children. ...
A critical analysis of the provision for oral health promotion in South African health policy development
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The rhetoric of primary health care, health promotion and health service integration is ubiquitous in health policy development in post-apartheid South Africa. However the form in which oral health promotion elements have ...
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.