ReviewJournal of family medicine and primary care2019
Integration of oral health into primary health care: A systematic review.
Review in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
88 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Breaking the silos: a systematic review of oral health integration strategies for improved oral health and cardiovascular outcomes.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Interprofessional oral health promotion in rural primary healthcare systems: a scoping review.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Pooled it
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- Effects of an intervention on immigrant parents' knowledge and attitudes toward their children's oral health: A cluster randomized trial in Norway.European journal of oral sciences · 2025Trial
- Oral Health in Somalia: Unmasking a Neglected Dimension of Public Health.Public health challenges · 2026Article
- Association of Oral Health Assessment Tool Findings With Periodontal Screening Outcomes in Adults With Diabetes.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2026Article
- Prospective Association Between Brazilian Primary Oral Health Care Models and Preventive Dental Visits and Risk Behaviours: A 5-Year Cohort Study Among Young Adults.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2026Article
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- Barriers and facilitators at pre-implementation of a type 2 diabetes screening program in dental care using the consolidated framework for implementation research and the theoretical domains framework.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Teledentistry for Homebound and Institutionalized Older Adults: A Rapid Review for Its Potential Use in Primary Healthcare.Public health challenges · 2026Review
- Access to routine primary healthcare and past-year dental visits: results from the 2017-2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Primary health care research & development · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic, Educational, Cultural, and Oral Health Practices Among Caregivers Declining Their Children's Participation in School-Based Oral Health Promotion Programs: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- National and Subnational Models of Care That Support Primary Health Care: A Mixed-Methods Study.The International journal of health planning and management · 2026Article
- Cariostatic effects of pediatric iron supplement formulations on streptococcus mutans-induced enamel demineralization: an in vitro study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Developing a Multilayer Framework for Integrating Oral Health into General Health: A Scoping Review from Oral Healthcare Workers' Perspectives.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Oral Self-Care as a Preventive Strategy in Medicated Older Adults: Biological Mechanisms, Genetic Susceptibility, and Public Health Implications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Integrating oral health into Universal Health Coverage in Europe: A cross-sectional ecological analysis of services and outcomes.Medicine · 2026Article
- Progress towards Healthy People 2030 population health goals.Health affairs scholar · 2026Article
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- Collaboration between dentists and general practitioners in primary care clusters in Hungary.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
28 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Integration of oral health into primary health care holds the key to affordable and accessible health care as oral health is still a neglected component in many countries. This review aims to determine integration of oral health into primary health care and provide an evidence-based synthesis on a primary oral healthcare approach. Searches were conducted in various databases like Biomed Central, MEDLINE, Cochrane databases, NCBI (PubMed), Sci-Hub, Google Scholar, and WHO sites. The studies included in this review are according to the following eligibility criteria: the articles in English language, the articles published from January 2000 to October 2018, and only full text article. The search yielded 500 articles. After removal of duplicates: 410 articles screened based on title and abstract, 100 full text articles were assessed for eligibility, and 30 full text articles were included. This review showed evidence how oral health is related to general health: focused on common risk factor approach and bidirectional relationship. There are various ways of integration, such as interprofessional education, interprofessional collaborative practice, closed-loop referral process, and various public and private partnerships, and at the same time, there are a lot of barriers in integration. Thus, the primary oral health care needs to be developed as an integral part of primary health care. Consequently, there is a need to increase finance, health care workforce, government support, and public-private partnership to achieve the goal of affordable and accessible health care, i.e. health for all.
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