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K M Pedersen

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PubMed1984

Dental health status and attitudes to dental care in families participating in a Danish fluoride tablet program.

The caries experience and dental fluorosis of 84 Danish children, who had used fluoride tablets for 1-4 yr in the period 1976-80, were compared with those of a group matching in sex, age, place of living, and socioeconomic status. The average age of the children at the time of examination was 5.8 yr. A recording of mothers' attitudes to dental care, knowledge about tooth brushing, attitudes to candy, and number of teeth in the maxilla showed no difference between the fluoride tablet group and the non-users' group. Moreover, there was no significant difference between the two groups with respect to dental caries. The findings are discussed in relation to recent reports on the decline of dental caries resulting from widespread use of local administration of fluorides.

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PubMed1984

Socioeconomic demand model for dental visits.

The purpose of the present study was to develop structural socioeconomic demand models for dental visits. The explanatory variables were chosen selectively from the various theories concerning health services utilization. The models were constructed on data from a sociodental survey carried out among workers and staff members at a Danish shipyard. A sample of 988 employees was drawn by stratified random sampling and 841 persons were interviewed regarding dental visits and attitudes towards teeth and dental health services. The structural equations were estimated by means of multiple regression analysis using the two-stage least-squares method. Dental visits were influenced by dental health status, expectations about value of dental care, income, and price of dental care. Dental health was affected by the number of dental visits and age. Residence in rural areas during childhood and age had a negative effect on dental care early in life while years of schooling had a positive effect. Years of schooling had also a positive effect on expectations about value of dental care. The present study has shown that it is possible to construct structural models for the demand for dental care.

Attitude to Health↗
PubMed1983

Treatment of cystic ovarian disease in the dairy cow with 50, 100 or 250 micrograms of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH, LHRH).

The present study examined the effect of three dose levels of LHRH (50, 100 and 250 micrograms) for the treatment of cystic ovarian disease in lactating dairy cows. The main results are given in Table I. A total of 52 cows were treated; 14 cows with 50 micrograms of LHRH, 24 with 100 micrograms, and 14 with 250 micrograms. No statistically significant differences were found in the clinical response between the 3 treatment groups. Compared to the reproductive performance of the rest of the herd, in which the study took place, the reproductive performance after treatment indicated a good overall response to treatment. Progesterone analyses performed on milk or plasma on the day of treatment in 28 cases (Table II) revealed that 25% of the treated cows had elevated levels of progesterone in milk or plasma on the day of treatment. Progesterone "profiles" based on 4 samples in 5 cows (Figure 1) indicated that unnecessary retreatments may, to some extent, have been performed in this study.

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