welsh/dental caries

In 1992, Welsh Water withdrew the successful water fluoridation scheme on Anglesey. Despite evidence of the benefits of water fluoridation and the rise in number of children with tooth decay since the scheme's withdrawal, Welsh Water is still not prepared to re-establish the scheme.

A three-year-old Welsh terrier was presented with a 6-month history of progressive stertor, exercise intolerance and sneezing which was unresponsive to symptomatic treatment. A large calcified mass occupying the entire rostral right nasal cavity was defined with computed tomography. The mass was

OBJECTIVE To compare the explanatory power of four composite indices of social economic status in their ability to predict dental caries experience. METHODS A secondary analysis of Welsh BASCD survey data using ward aggregated dental data, census variables and composite measures of

OBJECTIVE To investigate the use of mapping in targeting water fluoridation to areas of high need in lechyd Morgannwg Health Authority, as defined by the upper quintile of the distribution of the percentage with dmft > 0 in dental planning areas. METHODS Data from the 1997/98 childhood dental

OBJECTIVE This investigation compared the Significant Caries Index (SiC) with alternative summary measures of caries prevalence, designed to highlight high-risk communities and examined the implications of their use in health policy and planning in Wales. METHODS Data from the 2001 BASCD survey of

A multiparous pregnant Welsh Pony mare was examined because of anorexia, dyspnea, and a large abdomen. Ultrasonography of the uterus revealed an excessive amount of amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus. Transabdominal ultrasonography permitted differentiation of hydrops amnii from hydrops allantois.

The front covers of the current volume of the British Dental Journal (Volume 215) feature drawings by children participating in the Welsh national oral health improvement programme - Designed to Smile. This programme involves 78,350 children in the Principality, who are deemed at greatest risk of

A 2-year-old male Welsh corgi dog was brought to an animal hospital because of left upper eyelid enlargement with lachrymal gland protrusion. The lachrymal and orbital cavity mass was removed surgically. Microscopically, the orbital mass consisted of a mixture of large rhabdomyoblastic and small

Lactating Welsh Mountain ewes were inoculated, 3 weeks after lambing, with between 1000 and 10,000 colony forming units of a number of isolates of Pasteurella haemolytica. Isolates from severe, acute mastitis in a ewe, from ovine and bovine pneumonic lesions and from the nasal cavity of healthy

A research project to examine the dressings and wound management materials supplied by pharmacy departments in Wales was carried out. Data were collected from the NHS computer database, which contains information on 17 hospitals, servicing 80-90% of the Welsh population. Over a 12-month period,

UNASSIGNED To explore inequalities in oral health impact among care home residents using OHIP-14 and ADHS criteria. UNASSIGNED Cross-sectional survey with structured interview and clinical examination using 2009 ADHS criteria including OHIP-14. Comparisons were made between groups of residents and

OBJECTIVE To observe patterns of fluoride preparation dispensing by primary care practitioners in a health authority. METHODS Observational study. METHODS The Prescription Pricing Agency of the Welsh Health Common Services Authority (WHCSA). METHODS Individuals who had exchanged a prescription for a

A mortality study of workers employed for at least one year between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1975 at eight oil refineries in Britain has been carried out. Over 99% of the population were successfully traced to determine their vital status at 31 December 1975. The mortality observed in the

Two experiments in parous Welsh Mountain ewes determined the pattern of natural cervical relaxation over the peri-ovulatory period and investigated FSH and Misoprostol as cervical relaxants to facilitate transcervical passage of an insemination pipette into the uterine cavity. Following