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Oral Health Promotion Practices: A Survey Of Florida Child Care Center Directors., Vinodh Bhoopathi, Ajay Joshi, Romer Ocanto, Robin J. Jacobs
Oral Health Promotion Practices: A Survey Of Florida Child Care Center Directors., Vinodh Bhoopathi, Ajay Joshi, Romer Ocanto, Robin J. Jacobs
HPD Articles
BACKGROUND: To understand the oral health promotion practices (OHPPs) in Florida licensed childcare centers (CCCs), we surveyed the childcare center directors (CCCDs) employed at these centers. We determined if CCC's affiliation with Early Head Start/Head Start (EHS/HS) programs was associated with the number of OHPPs implemented.
METHODS: For this cross-sectional study we emailed a pretested 45-item online survey to unduplicated email addresses of 5142 licensed CCCDs as listed in the publicly available Florida Department of Child and Family services database. Univariate and bivariate analyses were conducted. In addition, a Poisson regression model predicting higher numbers of OHPPs implemented was conducted. …
College Of Dental Medicine Senior Awards Dinner Dance, Nova Southeastern University
College Of Dental Medicine Senior Awards Dinner Dance, Nova Southeastern University
NSU Commencement Programs
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Periodontitis In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Simran Agarwal, Deepthi Gangaram, Mir Saleem
Periodontitis In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Simran Agarwal, Deepthi Gangaram, Mir Saleem
Biology Faculty Articles
Periodontitis is a chronic, inflammatory disease that is characterized by swollen gums, degradation of jaw structure, and potentially tooth loss. Like Periodontitis, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is also highly prevalent and largely multifactorial. Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which higher than normal blood glucose levels cannot be properly maintained as the body’s normal mechanism of maintaining proper blood glucose levels, the release of insulin from pancreatic islet β-cells, becomes ineffective. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the relationship between the incidences of Periodontitis and Type 2 Diabetes. The risk that Type 2 Diabetes poses for …
Student Handbook 2018-2019, Nova Southeastern University
Student Handbook 2018-2019, Nova Southeastern University
Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions
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