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Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment Package for Teaching Grooming Skills to a Man with an Intellectual Disability

2000

A combination of health education, use of picture cues based on task analyses, a system of least prompts and social reinforcement was applied to teach various grooming skills to a man with a moderate intellectual disability. A multiple baseline design across behaviours was employed to show the effects. The results indicated rapid learning of lacking skills such as tooth brushing, shaving, showering and washing of arms and face.

integumentary systemeducationCognitionmedicine.diseaseDevelopmental psychologyTask (project management)Tooth brushingNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyMultiple baseline designIntellectual disabilityTask analysismedicineHealth educationReinforcementPsychologyScandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy
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Gingival recession: prevalence and risk indicators among young greek adults

2014

Objectives: The aim of the current research was to assess the prevalence of gingival recession and to investigate possible associations among this condition, periodontal and epidemiological variables in a sample of young Greek adults in a general dental practice. Material and Methods: A total of 1,430 young adults was examined clinically and interviewed regarding several periodontal and epidemiological variables. Collected data included demographic variables, oral hygiene habits and smoking status. Clinical examination included the recording of dental plaque, supragingival calculus presence, gingival status and buccal gingival recession. Multivariate logistic regression analysis model was p…

medicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryResearchCalculus (dental)DentistryOdontología:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]Logistic regressionDental plaquemedicine.diseaseOral hygieneCiencias de la saludTooth brushingEpidemiologyUNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICASmedicinePeriodontologyYoung adultmedicine.symptombusinessGeneral DentistryGingival recession
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