Background Patients' experiences, feelings, and perceptions play key roles in quality of life
and dental care quality, but they are poorly understood in periodontal disease. Therefore …

Background Tooth loss is an oral health condition with high prevalence and negative impact
on quality of life. It is the result of the history of oral diseases and their treatment as well as …

Purpose Phenomenology is a branch of philosophy that focuses on human lived experience.
Illness including dental diseases can affect this living experience. Within the dental …

Background One of the most prevalent oral health issues affecting mankind is tooth loss.
Besides extractions due to periodontal disease and caries, accidents and lack of dental …

Social robots can assist older adults in their daily life. Verbal conversation is a natural and
convenient way for older adults to interact with social robots. However, most of the existing …

Objective: To verify the association between impacts produced by tooth loss and
sociodemographic variables in the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in the elderly …

Background Edentulism remains a major disability worldwide, especially among the elderly
population, although the prevalence of complete edentulism has declined over the last …

Na perspectiva do conceito ampliado da saúde, a família e comunidade parecem contribuir
nos processos de saúde-doença dos indivíduos e no seu tratamento, sendo sua …

Aim This study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-perceived oral health and
the prosthetic status of individuals who seek care in prosthodontics clinics. Methods Self …

As doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNT) são doenças de longa ou indefinida
duração e resultam da combinação de fatores genéticos, fisiológicos comportamentais …