OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Oral and systemic health in Singapore: Revisiting the past to define the future	65
Impact of pulpectomy versus tooth extraction in children's oral health‐related quality of life: A randomized clinical trial	43
Recent dental visits and family caregiving among individuals with dental symptoms: A nationwide cross‐sectional study in Japan	35
Journeying towards decolonising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander oral health re‐search	29
Effect of personality traits on socioeconomic inequalities in health, a population‐based study	29
The Association Between Cognitive Function and Oral Health in Home Dwellers and Nursing Home Residents: The HUNT Study	26
Preventing Dental Caries in Indonesia: A Scoping Review of Policies and National Initiatives	26
Inequities and oral health: A behavioural sciences perspective	26
Untreated dental caries among Libyan children during and after the war and in internally displaced person camps	25
Can the Relationship Between Breastfeeding and Malocclusion in Primary Dentition Change According to Pacifier Use Duration and Intensity? Evidence From a Birth Cohort Study	25
Social Relationships and Tooth Loss in Adults Aged 60 Years and Older: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	24
The Effect of Prematurity on the Occurrence of Caries at Four Years of Age: A Prospective Cohort Study	24
Reflections on oral health inequalities: Theories, pathways and next steps for research priorities	23
Centring anti‐oppressive justice: Re‐envisioning dentistry's social contract	23
Longitudinal Analysis of Fluoride Levels in Irish Water Supplies: A 52‐Year Review	22
Assessing Total Fluoride Intake in Children: Reliability of Commonly Used Methods	22
Conceptualizing inequities and oppression in oral health research	19
Sociodemographic Inequalities in Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life in Older Adults: 15 Years Follow‐Up of the 1932 and 1942 Birth Cohorts in Sweden	19
Prolonged breastfeeding, sugar consumption and dental caries at 2 years of age: A birth cohort study	19
Comprehensive Dental Treatment and Glycemic Control in Primary Health Care Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Cohort Study	17
Behaviour Support in Dentistry Core Outcomes (BeSiDe‐CO): A Core Outcome Set Development Study	16
Behavioural medicine theory‐based intervention strategies for promoting oral health	16
Changes in dental and medical visits before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic among U.S. children aged 1–17 years	16
Is childhood oral health the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for poor adult general health? Findings from two New Zealand birth cohort studies	16
Maternal factors and risk of early childhood caries: A prospective cohort study	15

Oral health inequalities and disability: Closing the gap	15
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	14
Efficiency of periodontal treatment to improve type 2 diabetes mellitus outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of economic evaluations	14
Ultra‐processed food consumption and dental caries in adolescents from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort study	14
Assessing motivational interviewing integrity in the Toddler Oral Health Intervention study	14
Testing Dental Anxiety and Self‐Care Behaviours as Mediators of the Association Between Executive Functioning and Oral Health Among Young Adults	14
Dental Shame: A Call for Understanding and Addressing the Role of Shame in Oral Health	14
Preventable Dental Related Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions: A Systematic Review of Economic Burden and Healthcare System Costs	14
Oral and oropharyngeal cancer screening and tobacco cessation discussions, NHANES 2011–2018	13
Recalled body silhouette trajectories over the lifespan and oral conditions in adulthood: A cross‐sectional analysis of the Paris Prospective Study 3	13
Sociocultural determinants of children's oral health among immigrants in Canada	12
A Data‐Driven Approach Identifies Subtypes of Caries From Dental Charting	12
Early Life Violent Victimisation and Dental Care Use From Adolescence Through Adulthood	12
Inequalities in dental service utilization among Thai adults from 2000 to 2017	12
Long‐term effects of a community‐based oral health intervention for young children in the Netherlands: A 5‐year follow‐up	12
The Role of Nationality in Childhood Caries in Qatar	12
Presentation and subsequent care of dental injuries sustained by New Zealand adults	12
Economic evaluation of a water fluoridation scheme in Cumbria, UK	11
Addressing the overlooked: Integrating oral healthcare in a geriatric care system: Insights from Singapore	11
Prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among oral health care workers worldwide: A meta‐analysis	11
Inequalities by sex on remaining teeth in adults: A decomposition analysis	11
Change in Dental Visits Among Eligible Children Under the Impact of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule in Australia	11
The declining affordability of dental care in New Zealand from 1978 to 2023	10
Community and individual socioeconomic inequalities and dental caries from childhood to adolescence: A 10‐year cohort study	10
Are We Listening or Just Delivering? A Critical Inquiry Into the Implementation Failures of Global Dental Reforms	10
Why Aren't Antenatal Care Providers Adopting Oral Health Guidelines? A Qualitative Exploration	10
Barriers to and facilitators for creating, disseminating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating oral health policies in the WHO African region: A scoping review	10
Designing complex interventions: A description of the development of an intervention to reduce inequalities in planned dental visiting	10
Issue Information	9
Issue Information	9
The CATFISH study: An evaluation of a water fluoridation program in Cumbria, UK	9
A qualitative meta‐synthesis of carers’ perceptions of factors influencing preschool children’s oral hygiene practices—A social practices perspective	9
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Periodontal disease in people with a history of psychosis: Results from the UK biobank population‐based study	9
Improving the Oral Health of Older People in Care Homes: Results From a Randomised Feasibility Study	9
Remote Caries Assessment With CariesCare International: Accuracy of Smartphone and Professional Camera Images	9
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Association of Prolonged Breastfeeding With Early Childhood Caries Using Propensity Score Matching in the French Longitudinal Study of Children ( ELFE	9
A bibliometric analysis of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology: Fifty years of publications	9
Dental antibiotic policies, stewardship, and implementation in India: A policy document analysis	8
Oral Health of Rohingya Refugees Accessing Emergency Dental Care in the Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	8
Correction to The life cycle analysis of a dental examination: Quantifying the environmental burden of an examination in a hypothetical dental practice	8
Association between socioeconomic status and traumatic dental injury in permanent teeth: A systematic review with meta‐analysis	8
Motivational interviewing for preventing oral morbidities in adults: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	8
Acculturation and Children's dental service utilization in the United States	8
Exploring the Education and Perceptions of Dental Professionals Toward Poverty and Oral Health Disparities: A Scoping Review	8
Caries trajectories from childhood to adolescence: Analysis of data from a nationwide school dental service	8
Practice‐Level Variation in the Provision of Subsidised Dental Services to Adult Danes in 2019: A Register‐Based Study	8
‘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	8
Caries clusters at lesion‐severity thresholds: A Sierra Leone case study	7

How effective and cost‐effective is water fluoridation for adults and adolescents? The LOTUS 10‐year retrospective cohort study	7
Cost‐Effectiveness of Applying Fluoride Varnish to Preschoolers in a Brazilian Scenario: An Economic Modelling Study	7
Findings from the 2019 nationally representative oral health survey for adults in Singapore	7
Prevalence and socioeconomic factors associated with non‐utilization of dental care in Lebanon: A nationwide cross‐sectional survey	7
Developmental Defects of Enamel and Associated Factors in 2‐Year‐Old Children: A Birth Cohort Study	7
Socioecological determinants of child oral health—A scoping review	7
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	7
Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Dietary Assessment and Advice in the Paediatric Population Attending Dental Clinics: A Scoping Review	7
Dental caries status and related factors among 12‐year‐old Somali school children in Hargeisa	7
Socioenvironmental sugar promotion and geographical inequalities in dental health of 5‐year‐old children in England	7
Exploring socioeconomic inequality in caries experience in an adult Norwegian population; the HUNT4 Oral Health Study	7
Causal analyses in longitudinal observational studies in oral health: A scoping review	7
Costs of Providing Culturally Safe Dental Care for Indigenous People of Australia: A Follow‐Up Intervention Study	7
A Systematic Review of Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions	7
Reviewer list 2024	6
Caregiver Perspectives on the Use of Silver Diamine Fluoride as a Caries Treatment in Children in Chile: A Qualitative Phenomenological Exploration	6
Caries lesions progression in adults: A prospective 2‐year cohort study	6
Impact of a Culturally Adapted Intervention on Early Childhood Caries Among Immigrants—A Cluster‐Randomised Trial	6
Association between acculturation, dental floss use, dental visits and unmet dental needs among Asians in the United States: Findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 201	6
Differential effect of social mobility on tooth loss by race in adulthood: 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study	6
From Control to Elimination: Making the End of Dental Caries Thinkable	6
Oral cancer epidemiology in relation to inter‐country disparities in human development in south and Southeast Asia	6
Factors Associated With Parent‐Reported Caries in Preschool Children From the KUNO ‐Kids Health Study—Repeated Cross‐Sectional Analysis	6
Talking about cancer: Patient responses to raising awareness of oral cancer in primary dental care	6
Reconsidering economic interventions to reduce oral health inequalities	6
Oral health‐related stigma: Describing and defining a ubiquitous phenomenon	6
Healthy Smiles: Promoting Good Oral Health for Youth With Serious Mental Illness	6
Oral health inequalities/inequities: Looking back and looking forward	6