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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
An Oral Health Promotion Strategy for Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disability: An Exploratory Randomized Trial Comparing Intervention and Control Group Homes	23
Dental care access for children in the United States	22
Systematically assessing the quality of dental electronic health record data for an investigation into oral health care disparities	18
Cost‐effectiveness of probiotics and fluoride varnish in caries prevention in preschool children	14
Cost‐related avoidance of oral health service utilization among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in Canada	13
The impact of dentists' availability in delivering dental care in Florida Elementary Schools	13
Stronger together. Diverse dentists weigh in on racism and its impact on oral health in our communities	12
The effect of antibiotic premedication on postoperative complications following dental extractions	12
Addressing Black men's oral health through community engaged research and workforce recruitment	11
Temporal trends in treatment delays for oral and oropharyngeal cancer in Brazil: An analysis of the national database	11
Dental access and expenditures for adults with intellectual and other disabilities	11
Antibiotic Prescription Trends in Dentistry: A Descriptive Study Using Japan's National Database	11
Point‐of‐care diabetes testing in the dental setting: A national scope of practice survey	10
Fluoridated water impact on tooth decay and fluorosis in 17–20‐year‐olds exposed to fluoride toothpaste	10
Teledentistry utilization by oral health professionals and policy considerations: A mixed methods case study	9
Calibration and reliability testing of a novel asynchronous photographic plaque scoring system in young children	9
Anti‐racism structures in academic dentistry: Supporting underrepresented racially/ethnically diverse faculty	8
Exploring factors associated with parent‐reported early childhood caries with Alaska's childhood understanding behaviors survey data	8
Issue Information	8
A student‐led qualitative study to explore dental undergraduates' understanding, experiences, and responses to racism in a dental school	8
American Board of Dental Public Health diplomate survey, 2021: Competency domains and practice	8
Issue Information	8
Veteran Status and Oral Health Indicators in Older Men: An Analysis Using the 2016 and 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System	8
Mapping the “X” Debate: Water Fluoridation Sentiment Analysis With Advanced Machine Learning	7
Investigating the Association Between Parental Paid Sick Leave Benefit and Children's Dental Care Utilization	6

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Bridging oral health and nutrition: Assessing produce prescription programs in pediatric dental clinics serving low‐income communities	6
Perceived social status, socioeconomic status, and preventive dental utilization among a low‐income Medicaid adult population	6
Trends in dental insurance claims in the United States in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic: A 3‐year perspective (2019–2022)	6
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Spanish‐speaking Mexican‐American parents' experiences while navigating the dental care system for their children	6
Key factors associated with oral health services at Federally Qualified Health Centers	6
Professionally applied fluorides for preventing and arresting dental caries in low‐ and middle‐income countries: Systematic review	6
Does oral health goal setting during medical visits improve parents' oral health behaviors?	6
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Dental service utilization in the general adult population in Bangladesh	5
Pharmacologic Management of Non‐Traumatic Dental Conditions in US Emergency Departments, 2018–2022	5
The 2021 report on oral health in America: Directions for the future of dental public health and the oral health care system	5
American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, and Hispanic dentists' experiences of discrimination	5
ERRATUM	5
Dietary questions in caries risk assessment and their relationship to caries	5
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Oral health‐related quality of life in US adults with type 2 diabetes	5
A scoping review of the economic impact of family oral health: Implications for public health, research, and policy	5
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The Role of Public Oral Health Services and Socioeconomic Factors in Oral Cancer Mortality in Brazil	5
Performance of atraumatic restorative treatment in primary care: A study in the elderly with home‐based dental care	5
Effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride in arresting dental caries in residents living in nursing homes: A randomized controlled trial	5
The role of community health workers in promoting oral health at school settings: A scoping review	5
The legacy of Deamonte Driver	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
Motivations and experiences among dentists in rural private practice: A qualitative study	4
Examining the Financial Paradox of Dental Insurance: Higher Out‐of‐Pocket Costs for Individuals Without Private Health Insurance?	4
Associations between disability type and untreated dental decay among community dwelling US adults	4
Disseminating oral health educational content and evaluating its use on non‐dental safety net clinic websites	4
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	4
Association between cash transfer programs and oral health—A scoping review	4
Safety net patients' satisfaction with oral health services by provider type and intent to return for more care	4
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	3
Change in parental knowledge and beliefs about early childhood dental caries following a pragmatic community‐based trial	3
Latino dentists in the U.S. Census from 1980 to 2019: Implications for dental care access	3
How do dental students perceive the role of dental professionals?	3
Issue Information	3
Patient centered dental home: Building a framework for dental quality measurement and improvement	3
Understanding Utilization and Prevention Measures Associated With a Caries Risk Assessment in Oral Health Transformation	3
Impact of theCOVID‐19 pandemic on pediatric Medicaid dental claims in Arizona	3
Socioeconomic status, social support, and oral health‐risk behaviors in Canadian adolescents	3
Educating long‐term care staff on older adult oral health: Maine's oral team‐based initiative vital access to education (MOTIVATE) program	3
Family functioning and dental caries among preschool children	2
Issue Information	2
Parental perceptions of an oral health promotion program in early childhood education and care settings: A qualitative study	2
Leveraging technology to increase the disseminability of evidence‐based treatment of dental fear: An uncontrolled pilot study	2
The association of social determinants of health with oral health status among patients of health resources and services administration funded health centers in the United States	2
Integrating oral health into community health worker and peer provider certifications in Michigan: A community action report	2

Issue Information	2
Oral health articles in primary care journals: A bibliometric review	2
COVID‐19 Vaccination in Canadian Dental Schools	2
Racial/ethnic inequality in the association of allostatic load and dental caries in children	2
Trends of Oral Health Status of Older Adults by Immigration Status in the United States: 1999–2018	2
A psychometric network perspective to oral health literacy: Examining the replicability of network properties across the general community and older adults from Brazil	2
Population health and public health: Commonalities and differences	2
Dental care use and other population characteristics of older Americans with self‐reported chronic conditions in the health and retirement study	2
Who Could Be Targeted for Teledentistry in Japanese Clinics? A Questionnaire Survey of Patients	2
Association between food insecurity and edentulism for older adults: A pilot study	2
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Integration of dental therapists in safety net practice increases access to oral health care in Minnesota	2
Issue Information	2
The impact of dentition status and barriers to dental care services on perceived oral health of medicare beneficiaries	1
Hospital usage for oral and dental conditions in Hawaii: A cross‐sectional study using the 2021 Hawaii statewide hospital data	1
Immediate impact of bringing a school to the community with a new community‐based clinical education program	1
Adverse outcomes associated with opioid prescription by dentists in the Veterans Health Administration: A national cross‐sectional study from 2015 to 2018	1
Adverse childhood experiences, dental insurance, and developmental disability: Association with unmet dental needs in Ohio	1
The effect of water filter pitchers on the mineral concentration of tap water	1
Racism in oral healthcare settings: Implications for dental care‐related fear/anxiety and utilization among Black/African American women in Appalachia	1
Association of Oral Microbiome Diversity With Depression Status: NHANES 2009–2012	1
Childhood caries is associated with poor health and a faster pace of aging by midlife	1
Oral healthcare visits among sexual minority adolescents ages 14–18, 2019, USA	1
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	1
Global caries experience in children and its relationship with government expenditures on education and health, sugar consumption, and years of schooling: An ecological study	1
Refining the process: Safety net dental professionals' experiences with teledentistry implementation during the first year of COVID‐19	1
Sleep disorders, anxiety and obesity associated with untreated dental caries in children eight to ten years of age	1
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Dental care utilization during pregnancy by Medicaid dental coverage in 26 states: Pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system 2014–2015	1
Variations in temporal trends in non‐traumatic dental condition related emergencies	1
Australian dental practitioners experience of burnout	1
Dental public health post‐graduate trainees in the US: Experiences, challenges, and opportunities—A qualitative study	1
Issue Information	1
Ontario dentists' ease to discuss sensitive health issues with their patients: A cross‐sectional study	1
Assessment of Handicapping Labio‐Lingual Deviation index scoring methods and their effect on orthodontic treatment coverage by Medicaid	1
Age of first dental visits: A benefit of the pediatric medical home	1
Race and payor type for child visits with public health dental hygienist practitioners	1
Training dental hygienists to place interim therapeutic restorations in a school‐based teledentistry program: Oregon's virtual dental home	1
Issue Information	1
Effects of Medicaid expansion on self‐reported use of dental services in socioeconomically vulnerable subgroups	1
Estimation of oral disease burden from claims and self‐reported data	1
Associations between longitudinal fluoride intakes from birth to age 23 and multi‐row detector computed tomography bone densitometry outcomes at age 23	1
Participation in the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund policy by dentists in South Carolina's safety net	1
Issue Information	1
Factors Associated With Oral Hygiene Practices Among Young Mexican‐Identifying Southern Californians	1
Dental pain management with prescription opioids by nondental healthcare professionals in a healthcare system network	1
Barriers and facilitators to guideline concordant dental antibiotic prescribing in the United States: A qualitative study of the National Dental PBRN	1
Oral health status and behavior in elderly Koreans with periodontal disease	1
Issue Information	1
Dental care utilization in Massachusetts before and after initiation of medication for opioid use disorder: A cross‐sectional study of a state all‐payer claims database	1
The use of dental radiographs for age estimation of unaccompanied migrant minors: Scientific and ethical concerns	1
Erratum	1
Association between more complex special care needs and overweight status and adolescents' difficulty with dental caries	1
Undermining racism: A road to promoting equity in oral health	1
Rising trend of dentist‐prescribed antibiotics in Brazil: 2011–2021	1
Examining dental providers counseling on human papillomavirus vaccine: Insights from parents and dental professionals	1
Food insecurity and consumption of cariogenic foods in mothers and their two‐year‐old children in Appalachia	1
Exploring the association between dental insurance coverage and dental care utilization and oral health among elderly Ontarians	1
How socioeconomic and structural barriers influence dental care among transgender people	1
Issue Information	1
Which factors are associated with the number of dental providers employed in correctional settings?	1