Objective To identify and synthesise research on applications of natural language
processing (NLP) for information extraction and retrieval from clinical notes in dentistry …

Objectives This systematic review aimed to (a) provide an overview of existing quality
measures in the field of oral health care, and to (b) evaluate the scientific soundness and …

Background Oral health is influenced by social determinants of health (SDH), predisposing
people and communities to greater risk of developing caries. This study evaluated the …

Reliable research demands data of known quality. This can be very challenging for
electronic health record (EHR) based research where data quality issues can be complex …

Background Over the past 50 years, dental informatics has developed significantly in the
field of health information systems. Accordingly, several studies have been conducted on …

Background We can now quantify and characterize the harm patients suffer in the dental
chair by mining data from electronic health records (EHRs). Most dental institutions currently …

Background A learning health system (LHS) is a health system in which patients and
clinicians work together to choose care on the basis of best evidence and to drive discovery …

Background Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of developing oral complications,
and annual dental examinations are an endorsed preventive strategy. The authors …

Background Our objective was to measure the proportion of patients for which
comprehensive periodontal charting, periodontal disease risk factors (diabetes status …

Background In recent years, several state dental programs, researchers and the Dental
Quality Alliance (DQA) have sought to develop baseline quality measures for dentistry as a …