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ReviewInternational dental journal2022

Policies Supporting Oral Health in Ageing Populations Are Needed Worldwide.

Elisa M Chávez, Anastassia Kossioni, Kakuhiro Fukai

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In one paragraph

Review in International dental journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Elisa M ChávezUniversity of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA. Electronic address: echavez@pacific.edu.
Anastassia KossioniDental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Kakuhiro FukaiFukai Institute of Health Science, Saitama, Japan.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of the Pacific · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This literature review examines the need to develop appropriate policies specific to the oral health needs of older people that are individualised, cost-effective, and sustainable. Poor oral health and impaired oral function negatively affect the health and quality of life of older adults. Developing care systems that aim to meet patients' normative needs as well as their perceived needs and expectations is one factor in successful delivery of appropriate dental care. Cost is another significant driver of utilisation, and many older adults worldwide lack adequate resources for dental care. Failure to address these issues results in poor outcomes and increased costs of dental and medical care. Disease prevention and control at early stages can preserve public and private financial resources as well as quality of life and well-being for older adults at any stage of life.

Indexed as

Oral HealthQuality of LifeAgedAgingHumansPolicyExpendituresFrailtyOlder adultsOral systemic connectionPolicyPrevention

Identifiers

PMID36031323
PMCPMC9437798
OpenAlexW4293219002

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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