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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Oral Health" by people in this website by year, and whether "Oral Health" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 65 publications over 22 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	0	3
2017	4	2	6
2018	5	1	6
2019	2	1	3
2020	3	1	4
2021	2	2	4
2022	1	2	3
2024	3	2	5
2025	4	1	5

Below are the most recent publications written about "Oral Health" by people in Profiles.

Devi A, Kritz-Silverstein D, Martinez LS, Calzo JP, Strong DR, Hoeft KS, Finlayson TL. Factors Associated With Oral Hygiene Practices Among Young Mexican-Identifying Southern Californians. J Public Health Dent. 2025 Sep; 85(3):302-308.

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Finlayson TL, Garcia-Alcaraz C, Malcarne VL, Ryder M, Ayala GX, Martinez LS, Schiaffino MK, Hoeft KS, Gansky SA, Dougherty E, Stamm N, Shue B, Maupom? G. Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Oral Health Behavior Social Support (OHBSS) Scales in English and Spanish for Mexican-origin young adults. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Apr 10; 25(1):515.

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Sheen A, Shah P, Finlayson TL, Braun PA, Laniado N. Positive Parent-Child Interaction and Children's Oral Health: Findings From the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), 2020-2021. J Public Health Dent. 2025 Sep; 85(3):284-291.

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Amedari MI, Atanda AJ, Amedari IK, Monger M, Walker BH. The association between predisposing, enabling and need factors and oral health care utilization among U.S. working age adults. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Apr 07; 25(1):501.

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Finlayson TL, Malcarne VL, Ayala GX, Schiaffino MK, Hoeft KS, Garcia-Alcaraz C, Ryder M, Gansky SA, Martinez LS, Yang M, Dougherty E, Maupom? G, Stamm N, Shue B. Development of new bilingual oral health behavior social support (OHBSS) scales in English and Spanish. PLoS One. 2025; 20(3):e0317133.

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Martinez LS, Devi A, Maupom? G, Schiaffino MK, Ayala GX, Malcarne VL, Hoeft KS, Finlayson TL. Using a Social Network Approach to Characterize Oral Health Behavior Social Support Among Mexican-Origin Young Adults. J Health Commun. 2025; 30(1-3):13-28.

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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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