The professionals should develop interdisciplinary approaches to (i) propose appropriate interventions to improve oral health in overweight preschoolers; and (ii) propose interventions to decrease the overweight with the possibility of also reducing its association with gingivitis.
AimThe COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated teledentistry research with great interest reflected in the increasing number of publications. In many countries, teledentistry programs were established although not much is known about the extent of incorporating teledentistry into practice and healthcare systems. This study aimed to report on policies and strategies related to teledentistry practice as well as barriers and facilitators for this implementation in 19 countries.MethodsData were presented per country about information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, income level, policies for health information system (HIS), eHealth and telemedicine. Researchers were selected based on their previous publications in teledentistry and were invited to report on the situation in their respective countries including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Hong Kong SAR, Iran, Italy, Libya, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe.ResultsTen (52.6%) countries were high income, 11 (57.9%) had eHealth policies, 7 (36.8%) had HIS policies and 5 (26.3%) had telehealth policies. Six (31.6%) countries had policies or strategies for teledentistry and no teledentistry programs were reported in two countries. Teledentistry programs were incorporated into the healthcare systems at national (n = 5), intermediate (provincial) (n = 4) and local (n = 8) levels. These programs were established in three countries, piloted in 5 countries and informal in 9 countries.ConclusionDespite the growth in teledentistry research during the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of teledentistry in daily clinical practice is still limited in most countries. Few countries have instituted teledentistry programs at national level. Laws, funding schemes and training are needed to support the incorporation of teledentistry into healthcare systems to institutionalize the practice of teledentistry. Mapping teledentistry practices in other countries and extending services to under-covered populations increases the benefit of teledentistry.
Introduction:In late November 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the strain known as B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern, and granted it the omicron designation, making it the fourth variant of concern listed along with alpha, beta, gamma, and delta variants. The purpose of the study is to present information on the occurrence, characteristics and some data on the omicron variant. Conclusions: The deficient health infrastructures present in our country, the low vaccination rate and the presence of population with comorbidities and immunodeficiency or both, are more susceptible to infection to these new variants. A global effort by the government, pharmaceutical/biotechnology industries, and academic and health institutions is required to effectively contain this pandemic.
Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) y el entorno odontológico.Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and the dental environment.
Resumen Los biobancos son infraestructuras multidisciplinares y esta investigación integradora pretende exponer su concepto a las diferentes ciencias que lo construyen e interpretan, para entender sus elementos esenciales de forma holística. La revisión integradora se realizó siguiendo la guía PRISMA y la evaluación de la calidad según CASPe dando como resultado un total de 30 trabajos. El análisis de los datos se realizó a través de las categorías aristotélicas y los resultados se interpretaron según el paradigma de la complejidad de Edgar Morin. El concepto de Biobanco fue aclarado al considerarlo como la representación de un fenómeno bio-socio-cultural en el que los campos científicos desarrollan relaciones de tipo: complementarias, antagónicas y ambiguas de conocimientos y prácticas. Esta red de significación, desde la filosofía, impacta en la construcción de la subjetividad y en las formas de socialización.
Introduction: the process of democratization in health services in dentistry and in the entire field of health starts from the access to care for the population, from the freedom to have adequate and sufficient scientific information for the population to take care of their health. It is a commitment of the state according to the constitution to be able to have the political, economic and social conditions for the fulfillment of the constitutional mandate. Conclusions: the health system has not been able to develop in the vulnerable population requires good infrastructure, health personnel, medicines, etc. It is up to the state to promote initiatives to provide access to this population regardless of its remoteness, to rely on the use of technologies that facilitate and allow the fulfillment of the constitutional obligation that represents the right to health and thus democratize health.
Resumen La finalidad del presente escrito es analizar y criticar el proceso jurídico a través del cual se ha creado el sentido del derecho humano a la salud, identificando los malestares que han posibilitado no sólo su surgimiento sino su permanencia existencial. Dicho proceso será contextualizado de forma preferente en México, y específicamente en las comunidades indígenas del estado de Oaxaca. Para problematizar ocuparemos las categorías ius-filosóficas del derecho crítico propuestas por Joaquín Herrera Flores. Por lo que respecta a los procesos de atención-salud-enfermedad utilizaremos los conceptos de la antropología médica con claves de teoría crítica a fin de abordar la salud como un proceso social, cultural y creativo que determina ciertos parámetros o estándares de normalidad del cuerpo-alma del individuo y del cuerpo social; ello permitirá poner en evidencia que ante el modelo biomédico hegemónico existen modelos tradicionales y de autocuidado.
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