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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of pulpectomy versus tooth extraction in children's oral health‐related quality of life: A randomized clinical trial	51
Inequities and oral health: A behavioural sciences perspective	40
Assessing Total Fluoride Intake in Children: Reliability of Commonly Used Methods	34
Untreated dental caries among Libyan children during and after the war and in internally displaced person camps	27
Oral and systemic health in Singapore: Revisiting the past to define the future	26
The Association Between Cognitive Function and Oral Health in Home Dwellers and Nursing Home Residents: The HUNT Study	25
Social Relationships and Tooth Loss in Adults Aged 60 Years and Older: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	24
Effect of personality traits on socioeconomic inequalities in health, a population‐based study	23
Preventing Dental Caries in Indonesia: A Scoping Review of Policies and National Initiatives	22
Longitudinal Analysis of Fluoride Levels in Irish Water Supplies: A 52‐Year Review	21
Centring anti‐oppressive justice: Re‐envisioning dentistry's social contract	20
Journeying towards decolonising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander oral health re‐search	20
Reflections on oral health inequalities: Theories, pathways and next steps for research priorities	20
Recent dental visits and family caregiving among individuals with dental symptoms: A nationwide cross‐sectional study in Japan	19
Prolonged breastfeeding, sugar consumption and dental caries at 2 years of age: A birth cohort study	18
Changes in dental and medical visits before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic among U.S. children aged 1–17 years	17
Oral health inequalities and disability: Closing the gap	17
Behavioural medicine theory‐based intervention strategies for promoting oral health	16
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	16
Conceptualizing inequities and oppression in oral health research	15
Reliability analysis using the in‐lux examination method for dental indices in adolescents for use in epidemiological studies	15
Is childhood oral health the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for poor adult general health? Findings from two New Zealand birth cohort studies	15
Ultra‐processed food consumption and dental caries in adolescents from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort study	15
Maternal factors and risk of early childhood caries: A prospective cohort study	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

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	13
Caries management using silver diamine fluoride and providing domiciliary dental care for dependent older adults: A qualitative study of Swiss dentists	13
Disposable and reusable instruments in dental health practice: A comparison of cost factors in a public provider organization in Queensland, Australia	13
Inequalities in dental service utilization among Thai adults from 2000 to 2017	13
Oral and oropharyngeal cancer screening and tobacco cessation discussions, NHANES 2011–2018	13
Assessing motivational interviewing integrity in the Toddler Oral Health Intervention study	13
Testing Dental Anxiety and Self‐Care Behaviours as Mediators of the Association Between Executive Functioning and Oral Health Among Young Adults	13
Efficiency of periodontal treatment to improve type 2 diabetes mellitus outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of economic evaluations	12
Early Life Violent Victimisation and Dental Care Use From Adolescence Through Adulthood	12
The Role of Nationality in Childhood Caries in Qatar	12
Change in Dental Visits Among Eligible Children Under the Impact of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule in Australia	12
A Data‐Driven Approach Identifies Subtypes of Caries From Dental Charting	12
Dental Shame: A Call for Understanding and Addressing the Role of Shame in Oral Health	12
A qualitative meta‐synthesis of carers’ perceptions of factors influencing preschool children’s oral hygiene practices—A social practices perspective	11
Presentation and subsequent care of dental injuries sustained by New Zealand adults	11
Issue Information	11
Prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among oral health care workers worldwide: A meta‐analysis	11
Why Aren't Antenatal Care Providers Adopting Oral Health Guidelines? A Qualitative Exploration	11
Long‐term effects of a community‐based oral health intervention for young children in the Netherlands: A 5‐year follow‐up	11
Influence of two caries detection strategies on the quality of life of preschool children: An analysis of secondary outcomes of a 2‐Year randomized clinical trial	10
Designing complex interventions: A description of the development of an intervention to reduce inequalities in planned dental visiting	10
The declining affordability of dental care in New Zealand from 1978 to 2023	10
Addressing the overlooked: Integrating oral healthcare in a geriatric care system: Insights from Singapore	10
Remote Caries Assessment With CariesCare International: Accuracy of Smartphone and Professional Camera Images	10
Inequalities by sex on remaining teeth in adults: A decomposition analysis	10
Dental antibiotic policies, stewardship, and implementation in India: A policy document analysis	9
Issue Information	9
Economic evaluation of a water fluoridation scheme in Cumbria, UK	9
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Community and individual socioeconomic inequalities and dental caries from childhood to adolescence: A 10‐year cohort study	9
Should compromised first permanent molar teeth in children be routinely removed? A health economics analysis	9
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Barriers to and facilitators for creating, disseminating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating oral health policies in the WHO African region: A scoping review	9
Improving the Oral Health of Older People in Care Homes: Results From a Randomised Feasibility 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
Motivational interviewing for preventing oral morbidities in adults: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	8
Periodontal disease in people with a history of psychosis: Results from the UK biobank population‐based study	8
Acculturation and Children's dental service utilization in the United States	8
The CATFISH study: An evaluation of a water fluoridation program in Cumbria, UK	8
Issue Information	8
Findings from the 2019 nationally representative oral health survey for adults in Singapore	8
A bibliometric analysis of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology: Fifty years of publications	8
Association of Prolonged Breastfeeding With Early Childhood Caries Using Propensity Score Matching in the French Longitudinal Study of Children ( ELFE	8
Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Dietary Assessment and Advice in the Paediatric Population Attending Dental Clinics: A Scoping Review	7
Practice‐Level Variation in the Provision of Subsidised Dental Services to Adult Danes in 2019: A Register‐Based Study	7
Oral Health of Rohingya Refugees Accessing Emergency Dental Care in the Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	7
Associations of socioeconomic and health factors with dental non‐attendance: A comparison of three cohorts of women	7
Costs of Providing Culturally Safe Dental Care for Indigenous People of Australia: A Follow‐Up Intervention Study	7
Exploring the Education and Perceptions of Dental Professionals Toward Poverty and Oral Health Disparities: A Scoping Review	7

Correction to The life cycle analysis of a dental examination: Quantifying the environmental burden of an examination in a hypothetical dental practice	7
Prevalence and socioeconomic factors associated with non‐utilization of dental care in Lebanon: A nationwide cross‐sectional survey	7
Caries clusters at lesion‐severity thresholds: A Sierra Leone case study	7
Association between socioeconomic status and traumatic dental injury in permanent teeth: A systematic review with meta‐analysis	7
Caries trajectories from childhood to adolescence: Analysis of data from a nationwide school dental service	7
A Systematic Review of Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions	7
Dental caries status and related factors among 12‐year‐old Somali school children in Hargeisa	7
Impact of a Culturally Adapted Intervention on Early Childhood Caries Among Immigrants—A Cluster‐Randomised Trial	7
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
Periodontitis and risk of immune‐mediated systemic conditions: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	6
Socioenvironmental sugar promotion and geographical inequalities in dental health of 5‐year‐old children in England	6
Reconsidering economic interventions to reduce oral health inequalities	6
Cost‐Effectiveness of Applying Fluoride Varnish to Preschoolers in a Brazilian Scenario: An Economic Modelling Study	6
Causal analyses in longitudinal observational studies in oral health: A scoping review	6
Oral health inequalities/inequities: Looking back and looking forward	6
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Behaviour support in dentistry: A Delphi study to agree terminology in behaviour management	6
Developmental Defects of Enamel and Associated Factors in 2‐Year‐Old Children: A Birth Cohort Study	6
Oral health‐related stigma: Describing and defining a ubiquitous phenomenon	6
Socioecological determinants of child oral health—A scoping review	6
Caries lesions progression in adults: A prospective 2‐year cohort study	6
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	6
Healthy Smiles: Promoting Good Oral Health for Youth With Serious Mental Illness	6
Reviewer list 2024	6
Prevalence and social determinants of periodontal disease in Colombian pregnant women	6
How effective and cost‐effective is water fluoridation for adults and adolescents? The LOTUS 10‐year retrospective cohort study	6
Oral cancer epidemiology in relation to inter‐country disparities in human development in south and Southeast Asia	6
Exploring socioeconomic inequality in caries experience in an adult Norwegian population; the HUNT4 Oral Health Study	6
Do Norwegian private dental practitioners with too few patients compensate for their loss of income by providing more services or by raising their fees?	6
Talking about cancer: Patient responses to raising awareness of oral cancer in primary dental care	6
Differential effect of social mobility on tooth loss by race in adulthood: 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study	6
Social support associated with restorative treatment, professionally applied fluoride and flossing: A cross‐sectional analysis including recent immigrants from Central America and Mexico in the Midwes	6