Health promotion and disease prevention

This field of research aims to develop knowledge concerning viable and effective methods for prevention and treatment of oral diseases and is of both national and international scope. The area of research is interdisciplinary, and one goal is to generate knowledge that can contribute to describing, explaining and influencing factors relevant to dental health.

Key words for important priority areas in this field are epidemiology, health services research, behavioural research, development of preventive methods, hesitancy to seek dental treatment and risk groups.

Health promotion and disease prevention projects

• Caries in preschool children
• Changing parental attitudes and behaviors towards child health care
• D-cycloserine enhancement of exposure treatment of dentally fearful and avoidant children
• Dental erosions
• Development of a computerized program to promote health behavior change
• Halitosis - prevention and treatment
• Motivational predictors of dental health behaviour and oral health
• Oral health after renal transplantation
• Oral health in Prader-Willi syndrome
• Oral health related quality of life in Norwegian adults
• Prevention of oral infections in elderly institutionalised patients
• Sequela to permanent teeth after dental injuries to the primary dentition
• Short and long term impact of cancer and cancer treatment on oral health
• Social inequalities in oral health
• The KVIT project