Emerging Topics for Dentists as Primary Care Providers
Modifications of the traditional dental workforce have been proposed. The focus of this article is on expanding the role of the dentist as a primary health care provider, and includes…
Dietary Behaviors and Oral-Systemic Health in Women
The impact of dietary behaviors and food consumption and their relation to oral health are significant public health issues. Women and men exhibit different dietary behaviors. Understanding the influences of…
Interactions Between Patients and Dental Care Providers
Research findings concerning the role of gender in patient-physician interactions can inform considerations about the role of gender in patient-dental care provider interactions. Medical research showed that gender differences in…
The Impact of Gender on Caries Prevalence and Risk Assessment
Dental caries remains a common disease worldwide. There is evidence indicating that many caries risk factors provide a gender bias, placing women at a higher caries risk. Generally, dental caries…
Women’s Oral Health: Growing Evidence for Enhancing Perspectives
Women’s health, including oral health, is an evolving science with foundation knowledge from many disciplines. Key milestones, particularly in the last decade, provide a roadmap towards the necessary inclusion of…
Women’s Oral Health
This article examines the differences and interaction between sex and gender, and how they affect women’s oral and general health. The authors provide a definition of women’s health, and examples…
Pigmented Lesions of the Oral Cavity
Oral pigmentation may be focal, multifocal, or diffuse. The lesions may be blue, purple, brown, gray, or black. They may be macular or tumefactive. Some are localized harmless accumulations of…
Oral Lesions Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated oral disease among people living with HIV infection includes oral candidiasis, oral hairy leukoplakia, Kaposi sarcoma, oral warts, herpes simplex virus ulcers, major aphthous ulcers or…
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by production of autoantibodies directed against nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens, affecting several organs. Although cause is largely unknown, pathophysiology is attributed…
