OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Public Health Dentistry is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Dietary questions in caries risk assessment and their relationship to caries	23
Exposure to household dysfunction at childhood and later number of teeth among older Japanese adults: A life course study from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study	18
How do state‐level racism, sexism, and income inequality shape edentulism‐related racial inequities in contemporary United States? A structural intersectionality approach to population oral health	14
Stronger together. Diverse dentists weigh in on racism and its impact on oral health in our communities	13
Issue Information	11
Refining the process: Safety net dental professionals' experiences with teledentistry implementation during the first year of COVID‐19	11
Association between oral health knowledge, perceived oral health related quality of life, perceived oral health status and emergency department and/or urgent care visit: Results from the multi‐si	11
Undoing structural racism in dentistry: Advocacy for dental therapy	10
Longitudinal assessment of a Dental and Medical Student Service program in Appalachia: Successes and lessons learned	10
Issue Information	10
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Cost‐effectiveness of probiotics and fluoride varnish in caries prevention in preschool children	9
Oral health status and behavior in elderly Koreans with periodontal disease	9
The impact of dentists' availability in delivering dental care in Florida Elementary Schools	8
Childhood caries is associated with poor health and a faster pace of aging by midlife	8
Issue Information	8
The legacy of Deamonte Driver	8
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Cost‐related avoidance of oral health service utilization among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in Canada	7
Opioid prescribing by oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the United States, 2016–2019	7
Long‐Term Impact of Childhood Dental Attendance on Perceived Adult Oral Health: The British Cohort Study	7
Dental Care Utilization Among Middle Eastern and North African Children in the United States	7
Family functioning and dental caries among preschool children	6
A systematic review of dental‐related emergency department visits among Medicaid beneficiaries	6
Racism and oral health equity in the United States: Identifying its effects and providing future directions	6

Systematically assessing the quality of dental electronic health record data for an investigation into oral health care disparities	6
The return of oral health to global health is significant for public health everywhere	6
The relationships between unmet social needs, oral health measures, and dental service utilization in a pediatric population	5
Immediate impact of bringing a school to the community with a new community‐based clinical education program	5
Dental service utilization in the general adult population in Bangladesh	5
From describing disparities to understanding why disparities exist: Anti‐racist methods to support dental public health research	5
Dental care use and other population characteristics of older Americans with self‐reported chronic conditions in the health and retirement study	5
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Dental care access for children in the United States	5
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Stressful life events, oral health, and barriers to dental care during pregnancy	4
Issue Information	4
Interviews with policymakers in Australian health policy: Understanding the process of policy development	4
Motivations and experiences among dentists in rural private practice: A qualitative study	4
The association between adverse childhood experiences and oral health: A systematic review	4
Oral health risk factors and overall dental treatment needs for incoming air force recruits	4
An Oral Health Promotion Strategy for Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disability: An Exploratory Randomized Trial Comparing Intervention and Control Group Homes	4
Training protocol and calibration of the International Caries Detection and Assessment System in a school‐based clinical trial of elementary school‐age children	4
Perceptions of mental health screening and referral to treatment in National Dental‐Practice Based Research Network practices: A qualitative study	4
Disseminating oral health educational content and evaluating its use on non‐dental safety net clinic websites	4
Implementation problems and adaptations among organizations delivering school‐based dental sealant programs	3
Estimation of oral disease burden from claims and self‐reported data	3
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Dental pain management with prescription opioids by nondental healthcare professionals in a healthcare system network	3
Racial and ethnic disparities in oral healthcare quality among children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP	3
The impact of dentition status and barriers to dental care services on perceived oral health of medicare beneficiaries	3
Effect of CDC adjustment of state‐reported data on community water fluoridation statistics	3
Food insecurity and consumption of cariogenic foods in mothers and their two‐year‐old children in Appalachia	3
The effect of antibiotic premedication on postoperative complications following dental extractions	2
Fluoridated water impact on tooth decay and fluorosis in 17–20‐year‐olds exposed to fluoride toothpaste	2
Addressing Black men's oral health through community engaged research and workforce recruitment	2
Community water fluoridation and the integrity of equitable public health infrastructure	2
Global caries experience in children and its relationship with government expenditures on education and health, sugar consumption, and years of schooling: An ecological study	2
Examining dental providers counseling on human papillomavirus vaccine: Insights from parents and dental professionals	2
Associations between disability type and untreated dental decay among community dwelling US adults	2
Parents' perspectives on dental team as advisors to promote HPV vaccination among Spanish adolescents	2
Exploring the association between dental insurance coverage and dental care utilization and oral health among elderly Ontarians	2
Adverse childhood experiences, dental insurance, and developmental disability: Association with unmet dental needs in Ohio	2
Prevalence of non‐cavitated lesions and progression, regression, and no change from age 9 to 23 years	2
Association between cash transfer programs and oral health—A scoping review	2
Which factors are associated with the number of dental providers employed in correctional settings?	2
An interprofessional school‐based initiative to increase access to oral health care in underserved Florida counties	2
Teledentistry utilization by oral health professionals and policy considerations: A mixed methods case study	2
Antibiotic Prescription Trends in Dentistry: A Descriptive Study Using Japan's National Database	2
Utilization of dental care and dentate status in diabetic and nondiabetic patients across US states: An analysis using the 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System	2
Dental access and expenditures for adults with intellectual and other disabilities	2
Safety net patients' satisfaction with oral health services by provider type and intent to return for more care	2
Australian dental practitioners experience of burnout	2
Initial development of the Sugar‐Sweetened Fruit Drink Questionnaire for examining beliefs, knowledge, and behaviors in an intervention to reduce sugar‐sweetened fruit drink intake in Alaska Native ch	2
Calibration and reliability testing of a novel asynchronous photographic plaque scoring system in young children	2

Associations between longitudinal fluoride intakes from birth to age 23 and multi‐row detector computed tomography bone densitometry outcomes at age 23	2
Dental care utilization during pregnancy by Medicaid dental coverage in 26 states: Pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system 2014–2015	2
Temporal trends in treatment delays for oral and oropharyngeal cancer in Brazil: An analysis of the national database	2
Intersectoral collaboration and coordination mechanisms for implementing water fluoridation: Challenges from a case study in Brazil	1
Dental opioid prescription patterns in academic and community settings	1
A student‐led qualitative study to explore dental undergraduates' understanding, experiences, and responses to racism in a dental school	1
Racial/ethnic disparities in preventive dental services use and dental caries among children	1
Issue Information	1
Dental providers' perceptions of the feasibility and acceptability of implementing vaccine administration programs in dental settings: A qualitative study	1
Exploring factors associated with parent‐reported early childhood caries with Alaska's childhood understanding behaviors survey data	1
American Board of Dental Public Health diplomate survey, 2021: Competency domains and practice	1
A mixed methods study reviewing consumer experiences for oral health treatment in Medicaid‐eligible children in Florida	1
Issue Information	1
Implementation and analysis of an enhanced screening and testing protocol for prediabetes in a dental school patient population	1
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Variations in temporal trends in non‐traumatic dental condition related emergencies	1
Understanding Utilization and Prevention Measures Associated With a Caries Risk Assessment in Oral Health Transformation	1
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Change in parental knowledge and beliefs about early childhood dental caries following a pragmatic community‐based trial	1
Are dental‐related psychological variables important for dental attendance in China? A cross‐sectional study	1
Racism in oral healthcare settings: Implications for dental care‐related fear/anxiety and utilization among Black/African American women in Appalachia	1
The Disproportionate Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Preventive Dental Care and Treatment for Children Who Are American Indian: Public Health Surveillance Utilizing School‐Based Sealant	1
The influence of living conditions and individual behaviors on the oral‐systemic disease connection: a cross‐sectional analysis	1
Effectiveness of telehealth in providing preventive oral health care: A pilot evaluation of patient, carer, and clinician experience	1
How do dental students perceive the role of dental professionals?	1
Randomized experiment on the effect of incentives and mailing strategy on response rates in a mail survey of dentists	1
Issue Information	1
Community based participatory research approaches to combat oral health inequities among American Indian and Alaska Native populations	1
Dental Health Services Victoria value‐based health care principles for oral health models of care	1
How socioeconomic and structural barriers influence dental care among transgender people	1
Caries Trajectories From Childhood to Adulthood Associated With Mental Disorders in Midlife	1
Addressing social determinants of oral health, structural racism and discrimination and intersectionality among immigrant and non‐English speaking Hispanics in the United States	1
An assessment of compliance with optimal fluoride levels for oral health benefit by New Zealand drinking water suppliers	1
Educating long‐term care staff on older adult oral health: Maine's oral team‐based initiative vital access to education (MOTIVATE) program	1
Racial and oral health equity in dental school curricula	1
Anti‐racism structures in academic dentistry: Supporting underrepresented racially/ethnically diverse faculty	1
A certain protective effect of vitamin D against dental caries in US children and youth: A cross‐sectional study	1
Caregivers' report of preventive dental care visits and services for US WIC‐participating and non‐participating children	1
Dental public health post‐graduate trainees in the US: Experiences, challenges, and opportunities—A qualitative study	1
Undermining racism: A road to promoting equity in oral health	1
Development of quality measures to assess tooth decay outcomes from electronic health record data	1
Point‐of‐care diabetes testing in the dental setting: A national scope of practice survey	1
Parental acculturation and oral health of children among immigrants	1
Impact of theCOVID‐19 pandemic on pediatric Medicaid dental claims in Arizona	1
Designing episode of care bundles to improve children's oral health care	1