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The Impact Of Access To Oral Health Care On Inadequate Oral Health And Multimorbidity, Luis Limo
The Impact Of Access To Oral Health Care On Inadequate Oral Health And Multimorbidity, Luis Limo
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The connection between oral health and other non-communicable chronic conditions—commonly referred in the dental literature as the oral-systemic health connection—emphasizes the role of oral health care on both oral diseases and chronic conditions, particularly in vulnerable populations like the elderly. This thesis comprises 2 studies: the first is a systematic review on the impact of oral health care interventions, as an indicator of access to oral health care, on chronic conditions of which their co-existence would result in multimorbidity; the second study is a cross-sectional investigation of the associations between oral health, access to oral health care, and multimorbidity among …
The Role Of Psychosocial Factors In Oral Health And Related Major Chronic Conditions, Abby Hensel
The Role Of Psychosocial Factors In Oral Health And Related Major Chronic Conditions, Abby Hensel
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Psychosocial factors may be a common pathway that increases the susceptibility to co-occurring oral health conditions and other non-communicable chronic conditions. This thesis aimed to investigate the role of psychosocial stress in the co-occurrence of oral health conditions and systemic chronic conditions. First, a scoping review was conducted which found psychosocial stress to be positively associated with both oral and other chronic diseases. Next, a cluster analysis of oral health and multimorbidity profiles was conducted which showed middle-aged and older Canadians to have varying health profiles based on their oral health and multimorbidity status. We also found that individuals with …