Oral Health

"Oral Health" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The optimal state of the mouth and normal functioning of the organs of the mouth without evidence of disease.

Descriptor ID	D009909
MeSH Number(s)	N01.400.535
Concept/Terms	Oral Health Oral Health Health, Oral

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Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Health [N01.400]
Oral Health [N01.400.535]

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Bar chart showing 55 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2017 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
2000	1	0	1
2002	1	1	2
2003	1	2	3
2004	0	1	1
2005	3	1	4
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	1	2
2010	2	0	2
2011	1	2	3
2013	4	0	4
2014	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	3	1	4
2017	4	2	6
2018	5	1	6
2019	1	1	2
2020	3	1	4
2021	2	2	4
2022	1	1	2
2024	0	1	1

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Weintraub JA, Moss KL, Finlayson TL, Jones JA, Preisser JS. A Comparative Analysis of Oral Health and Self-Rated Health: 'All of Us Research Program' vs. 'Health and Retirement Study'. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Sep 13; 21(9).

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Fujimoto P, Wong KA, Kataoka-Yahiro M. Behind the Smile: Detecting Chronic Kidney Disease Through Oral Health Screenings. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 Sep; 83(9):260-262.

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Barger SD, Kirby C, Thomas H, Camplain C, Young S, Morrison G, Hyeoma S, Bordeaux SJ, Horowitz C, Baldwin JA. Pre-Pandemic and Recent Oral and Medical Health Care Utilization among Young American Indian Children and Their Caregivers. J Community Health. 2024 Oct; 49(5):914-925.

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Dontsop M, Nwankwo K, Walker R, Potter C, Chen CK, Bol R, Sherden L, Gangula PR, Farmer-Dixon C. Investigating the relationship between dental cavities and protective factors among children aged 0-5 years. J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2024 Jan; 48(1):60-68.

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Adinkrah E, Najand B, Rahmani A, Maharlouei N, Ekwegh T, Cobb S, Zare H. Social Determinants of Mental, Physical, and Oral Health of Middle-Aged and Older African Americans in South Los Angeles. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 12 14; 19(24).

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Lipton BJ, Decker SL, Stitt B, Finlayson TL, Manski RJ. Association Between Medicaid Dental Payment Policies and Children's Dental Visits, Oral Health, and School Absences. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 09 02; 3(9):e223041.

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Lipton BJ, Finlayson TL, Decker SL, Manski RJ, Yang M. The Association Between Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage And Children's Oral Health. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 11; 40(11):1731-1739.

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Elwell K, Camplain C, Kirby C, Sanderson K, Grover G, Morrison G, Gelatt A, Baldwin JA. A Formative Assessment of Social Determinants of Health Related to Early Childhood Caries in Two American Indian Communities. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 09 18; 18(18).

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Alade M, Folayan MO, El Tantawi M, Oginni AB, Adeniyi AA, Finlayson TL. Early childhood caries: Are maternal psychosocial factors, decision-making ability, and caries status risk indicators for children in a sub-urban Nigerian population? BMC Oral Health. 2021 05 04; 21(1):73.

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Yano Y, Abnet CC, Poustchi H, Roshandel G, Pourshams A, Islami F, Khoshnia M, Amiriani T, Norouzi A, Kamangar F, Boffetta P, Brennan P, Dawsey SM, Vogtmann E, Malekzadeh R, Etemadi A. Oral Health and Risk of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers in a Large Prospective Study from a High-risk Region: Golestan Cohort Study. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2021 07; 14(7):709-718.

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