OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
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Inequities and oral health: A behavioural sciences perspective	25
Rigorous theory‐based intervention research is the bold action needed to address oral health disparities and inequities	23
Untreated dental caries among Libyan children during and after the war and in internally displaced person camps	18
Socioeconomic inequalities related to maternal perception of children's oral health at age 4: Results of a birth cohort	16
The role of neuroticism and pain in dental anxiety: A twin study	15
Patterns of site‐level periodontal disease and within‐mouth correlation among older adults in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos	15
Acculturation and Children's dental service utilization in the United States	15
Issue Information	13
From health inequalities to health justice in 50 years	13
The Kimberley Dental Team: A process evaluation of a volunteer dental programme serving remote Aboriginal communities in Australia	13
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Early childhood factors in the development of oral health behaviours in adolescence: A structural equation modelling approach	12
An examination of the risk of periodontitis for nonfatal cardiovascular diseases on the basis of a large insurance claims database	12
Inequality in access to dental services in a market‐based dental care system: A population study from Norway 1975–2018	10
Issue Information	10
Prevalence of toothache in Chinese adults aged 65 years and above	9
Barriers to dental utilization among Medicaid‐enrolled young children from primary care practices in Northeast Ohio	9
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The independent and joint contribution of objective and subjective socioeconomic status on oral health indicators	9
Using behaviour change science to deliver oral health practice: A commentary	9
Adolescents and oral health service utilization in Canterbury, New Zealand: A geospatial cross‐sectional study	9
Changes in oral health inequalities in adults in Chile	9
Ten‐year changes in children’s oral health disparities: Findings from the 3rd and 4th oral health surveys in Beijing, China	8
Developing an early childhood oral health impact–specific health‐state classification system for a new preference‐based instrument, the ECOHIS‐4D	8

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Trends in social inequalities in early childhood caries using population‐based clinical data	8
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The relationship of children's dental clinical status with school performance and school attendance in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A life‐course approach	8
Why and how we can use data linkage in oral health research: a narrative review	8
Social Relationships and Tooth Loss in Adults Aged 60 Years and Older: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	8
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Behavioural and social oral health intervention research: Looking to the future	8
Dental caries in children in Ireland: A systematic review	8
Journeying towards decolonising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander oral health re‐search	8
Reflections on oral health inequalities: Theories, pathways and next steps for research priorities	8
Effect of personality traits on socioeconomic inequalities in health, a population‐based study	7
Association between socioeconomic status and traumatic dental injury in permanent teeth: A systematic review with meta‐analysis	7
An overview of the burden of oral cancer in Sri Lanka and its inequalities in the face of contemporary economic and social malaise	7
The 5C model: A proposed continuous quality improvement framework for volunteer dental services in remote Australian Aboriginal communities	7
Does the Self‐Reported Behavioural Automaticity Index provide a valid measure of toothbrushing behaviour in adults?	7
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Dentists' perspectives on structural and system barriers hindering oral healthcare provision in residential care facilities	7
Findings from the 2019 nationally representative oral health survey for adults in Singapore	7
Recent dental visits and family caregiving among individuals with dental symptoms: A nationwide cross‐sectional study in Japan	7
Issue Information	7
Temporomandibular‐disorder‐related pain as a predictor of severe headaches	7
Dental hygienists' scope of practice regulations and preventable non‐traumatic dental emergency department visits: A cross‐sectional study of 10 U.S. states	6
Moving towards social dentistry: How do dentists perceive the Montreal‐Toulouse model?	6
Food processing and its association with dental caries: Data from NHANES 2011‐2014	6
‘You learn to smile with your eyes’, exploring the impact of enhanced personal protective equipment on primary care dental practitioners in the UK: An interpretative phenomenological study	6
Oral health literacy, knowledge, practice and beliefs among Asian Americans: A scoping review	6
Impacts of the COVID‐19 epidemic on the department of stomatology in a tertiary hospital: A case study in the General Hospital of the Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China	6
Longitudinal evaluation of determinants of the clinical consequences of untreated dental caries in early childhood	6
Nicotine dependence and its association with health utility ratings among a sample of Indian dental patients	6
Oral and systemic health in Singapore: Revisiting the past to define the future	6
Socio‐economic inequalities in dental pain in children: A birth cohort study	6
Explaining the concept of oral health literacy: Findings from an exploratory study	6
Impact of pulpectomy versus tooth extraction in children's oral health‐related quality of life: A randomized clinical trial	6
Oral health promotion through health‐promoting schools in developing countries: A scoping review	5
A Systematic Review of Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions	5
Are there more women in the dentist workforce? Using an intersectionality lens to explore the feminization of the dentist workforce in the UK and US	5
The effect of education on dental service utilization patterns in different sectors: A multiple mediation analysis	5
Correction to The life cycle analysis of a dental examination: Quantifying the environmental burden of an examination in a hypothetical dental practice	5
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Behavioural medicine theory‐based intervention strategies for promoting oral health	5
A Theoretically Informed Process Evaluation in Parallel to a Feasibility Study of a Complex Oral Health Intervention Using NICE Guidelines in a Care Home Setting	5
Caries trajectories from childhood to adolescence: Analysis of data from a nationwide school dental service	5
Centring anti‐oppressive justice: Re‐envisioning dentistry's social contract	5
Prevalence of traumatic dental injuries in emergency dental services: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	5
Emergency department use for nontraumatic dental conditions among children and adolescents: NEDS 2014‐2015	5
Top 100 most‐cited oral health‐related quality of life papers: Bibliometric analysis	5
Parents' education and Pasifika children's oral health in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A national linked data study using Aotearoa/New Zealand's integrated data infrastructure	5
The Association Between Cognitive Function and Oral Health in Home Dwellers and Nursing Home Residents: The HUNT Study	5

Maternal factors and risk of early childhood caries: A prospective cohort study	5
Sleep disruption and premolar absence, NHANES, 2017–2020: A cross‐sectional study	5
Complete dentures associated with frailty among edentulous older Japanese people: A prospective analysis	5
Temporomandibular disorder subtypes, emotional distress, impaired sleep, and oral health‐related quality of life in Asian patients	5
Economic cost of managing patients with oral potentially malignant disorders in Sri Lanka	5
Issue Information	5
Do Norwegian private dental practitioners with too few patients compensate for their loss of income by providing more services or by raising their fees?	5
Applying current European periodontitis clinical practice guidelines is not feasible even for the richest countries in the world	5
How to use mixed methods in oral health research	4
Short‐term effects of reduced cost sharing on childhood dental care utilization and dental caries prevention in Japan	4
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Associations of socioeconomic and health factors with dental non‐attendance: A comparison of three cohorts of women	4
Prevalence and severity of periodontal disease in the host community and Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh	4
Prevalence and socioeconomic factors associated with non‐utilization of dental care in Lebanon: A nationwide cross‐sectional survey	4
Secondary dental care quality in Brazil: What we are talking about?	4
Socio‐demographic and familial factors associated with hospital admissions and repeat admission for dental caries in early childhood: A population‐based study	4
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Cost‐effectiveness and efficacy of fluoride varnish for caries prevention in South African children: A cluster‐randomized controlled community trial	4
Does water fluoridation influence ethnic inequalities in caries in Brazilian children and adolescents?	4
Prolonged breastfeeding, sugar consumption and dental caries at 2 years of age: A birth cohort study	4
Accessto dental insurance and oral health inequities in the United States	4
Dental caries status and related factors among 12‐year‐old Somali school children in Hargeisa	4
An ethnographic study of a community dentistry network serving Latine migrant farmworkers in Vermont: Barriers and access to care during the COVID‐19 pandemic and beyond	4
Application of multilevel models for predicting pain following root canal treatment	4
Methods to madness: The utility of complex systems science in a mad, mad world	4
Changes in dental and medical visits before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic among U.S. children aged 1–17 years	4
Temporal trends of women with oral cavity, base of tongue and lip cancers in Brazil: An ecological study covering mortality data from 1980 to 2018	4
Reliability analysis using the in‐lux examination method for dental indices in adolescents for use in epidemiological studies	4
Is childhood oral health the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for poor adult general health? Findings from two New Zealand birth cohort studies	4
Hospital Dental Admissions and Caries Experience Among Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: A Population‐Based Record Linkage Cohort Study	4
Caries clusters at lesion‐severity thresholds: A Sierra Leone case study	4
Does subsidized orthodontic treatment reduce inequalities in access? Evidence from Norway based on population register data	4