ReviewJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2014
Reach the unreached - a systematic review on mobile dental units.
Review in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Mobile clinics for women's and children's health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- The SPACES Framework: Sustainable Oral Health Programs for Older Adults.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Brazilian Immigrant Parents' Perspectives on Oral Health in Early Childhood and Suggested Strategies for Education, Access, and Care: Qualitative Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Discrimination and (In)dignity in the Oral Health Care Setting and Oral Health Outcomes: A Latent Class Analysis.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2026Article
- A retrospective registry study comparing a portable school-based model and a standard clinic-based model.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Community Firearm Violence and Dental Care Use in Middle Adulthood.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Article
- Stakeholder Attitudes, Experiences and Perceptions of the New South Wales Primary School Mobile Dental Program.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Article
- Violent victimization trajectories over the life course and past year dental care use in adulthood in the United States.Public health · 2025Article
- Firearm Violence and Dental Health: A Neighborhood Analysis in 100 U.S. Cities, 2014-2022.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Mobile Dental Clinics: Bringing Smiles on Wheels.Cureus · 2025Review
- Oral health disparities in early childhood and intergenerational gaps among noncitizen migrants, Arabs, and Jews in South Tel Aviv, Israel.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and adult dental care utilization in the United States: Variation by race and ethnicity.PloS one · 2025Article
- Behavioral Patterns Toward Preventive Dental Care at School Dental Camps: An Observational Study in Bengaluru.Cureus · 2024Article
- Assessing the impact of oral health disease on quality of life in Ecuador: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in oral health · 2024Article
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- Physical accessibility, availability, financial affordability, and acceptability of mobile health clinics in remote areas of Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Primary school mobile dental program in New South Wales, Australia: protocol for the evaluation of a state government oral health initiative.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Mobile dental clinic for oral health services to underserved rural Indian communities.Bioinformation · 2023Article
- "Does this dental mob do eyes too?": perceptions and attitudes toward dental services among Aboriginal Australian adults living in remote Kimberley communities.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Dental and Periodontal Care at the Bedside Using a Portable Dental Unit in Hospitalized Special Needs Patients: The Experience of an Italian Pediatric Hospital.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Provision of health care facilities and the extent of their utilization is one of the indices of human development. The services for the masses need to be designed with the basic objective of alleviating and preventing the vast amounts of diseases of the mass. This could be achieved by mobile dental units (MDUs). The present systemic review access the efficacy of MDUs for community settings. A review of literature was performed both electronically and manually using MeSH Terms- Mobile Dental Units/clinics. Eight articles, which fulfilled inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected for the review. MDUs help in overcoming the accessibility, affordability and sustainability barrier. They are able to reach more people than fixed-site clinics. Even in Government sector, mobile dental vans can help reach the underserved at an affordable cost.The present systematic review revealed that MDUs prove to be an effective adjunct to the oral health service providers like dental colleges and private practitioners.
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