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J Sardo Infirri

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Evaluation of the utilization of complex periodontal care in an industrialized country with a national health insurance.

This paper presents an analysis of the utilization of periodontal care, subject to prior agreement, over a period of 3 months. It concerns insured persons covered by the Caisse Primaire d'Assurance Maladie de Lyon, which represents 5 per cent of the French population. It details 516 cases. The mean (+/- SD) age of the persons requiring care was 43 +/- 12.6 years; their dental health was good, and 58 per cent were women. The nature and geographical locality of the periodontal treatments are given and 1323 procedures are listed, with a high proportion of gingivectomies and flap operations.

Adult

The merit of the practice-profile-time study.

The practice-profile-time study is a method developed by Joint FDI/WHO Working Group 9 on the study of 'Economic factors related to the delivery of oral services and oral health' to record the time spent by general dental practitioners on different practice activities. The method was developed to support the policies of National Dental Associations, but can also be used by general dental practitioners themselves. This method was tested in nine countries. The method has proved to be reliable and valid, and produces a vast amount of useful information for Dental Associations and for individual practitioners.

Adult

[Sociodemographic and economic evaluation of periodontal care providers under a preliminary plan].

A prospective epidemiologic survey performed over a three months period was done in association with the Health Insurance Fund of Lyon, France. The major objectives of this study were to evaluate the credentials of practitioners prescribing periodontal therapy under the health plan. 72.9% of the dentists received their dental diploma within the last 5 years and were predominantly male. None of the practitioners were specialists. Apparently, periodontal therapy represented only 10% of the treatment prescribed by the dentists surveyed.

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Periodontal conditions in adolescents, 15-19 years of age: an overview of CPITN data in the WHO Global Oral Data Bank.

Results of 61 CPITN surveys in 39 countries for the age group 15-19 yr, stored in the WHO Global Oral Data Bank as of 1 July 1987, are assembled in an overview showing percentages of persons according to the highest score for each person and the mean numbers of sextants affected per person. The most frequently observed condition was score 2 (calculus with or without bleeding), although some shallow pocketing of 4 or 5 mm was present in most populations surveyed. It should thus be emphasized that the major thrust of activities in periodontal care should be in health promotion and education, leading to improved oral hygiene.

Adolescent

Periodontal conditions in adults, 35-44 years of age: an overview of CPITN data in the Who Global Oral Data Bank.

Results of 28 CPITN surveys in 24 countries for the age group 35-44 years, stored in the WHO Global Oral Data Bank as of 1 July 1986 are assembled in an overview presenting: percentages of persons according to the highest score for each person, the estimated national percentages of edentulousness and the mean numbers of sextants affected per person. It is concluded that for a large majority in most of the populations observed, the progress of periodontal disease has been slow and seems to be compatible with retention of a natural dentition until at least the age of 50.

Adult

Basic method for recording occlusal traits.

This article describes a basic method for the recording of malocclusion that has been developed jointly by the World Health Organization and the International Dental Federation. The method was developed and field-tested in the period 1969-78 and should provide investigators and health authorities with a common basis for assessing the prevalence of malocclusion in various parts of the world. It should also serve as a basic reference tool in the development of methods for assessing the need and demand for orthodontic treatment.

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