scholarly journals Acceptability of adolescents' occlusion in Finnish municipal health centres with differing timing of orthodontic treatment

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Pietila ◽  
T. Pietila ◽  
A.-L. Svedstrom-Oristo ◽  
J. Varrela ◽  
P. Alanen
Keyword(s):  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
Municipal Health

scholarly journals Trends in Finnish Public Orthodontic Care from the Professionals' Perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilpo Pietilä ◽  
Terttu Pietilä ◽  
Juha Varrela ◽  
Pertti Pirttiniemi ◽  
Pentti Alanen
Keyword(s):  
Regional Variation ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
Fixed Appliances ◽  
Municipal Health

The study maps out orthodontic care in Finnish municipal health centres in 2001, describes changes during the previous ten years reported by chief dental officers, and assesses the views of orthodontists on current public orthodontic services. The data were collected by questionnaires sent to all health centres and all orthodontists in Finland. Of all 0–18-year-olds, 11% were receiving orthodontic treatment with an appliance (range 2–43% among the health centres). The most frequently used appliances were headgear, quadhelix, and fixed appliances. Limited economic resources and the lack of orthodontic expertise were mentioned by the chief dental officers as factors decreasing the volume of services. The orthodontists mentioned the large regional variation and the lack of national guidelines as the most important aspects that should be improved on a national basis. To bring about improvement, they suggested increasing the number of specialist orthodontists and the delegation of orthodontic tasks to auxiliaries.

scholarly journals An analysis of residual orthodontic treatment need in municipal health centres

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Liisa Svedström-Oristo ◽  
Terttu Pietilä ◽  
Ilpo Pietilä ◽  
Mimmi Tolvanen ◽  
Juha Varrela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Treatment Need ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
Municipal Health

scholarly journals Orthodontic treatment practices in Finnish municipal health centres with differing timing of treatment

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Pietila ◽  
T. Pietila ◽  
A.-L. Svedstrom-Oristo ◽  
J. Varrela ◽  
P. Alanen
Keyword(s):  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Treatment Practices ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
Timing Of Treatment ◽  
Municipal Health

Fatality of Suicide Attempts in Amsterdam 1996–2005

Crisis ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evertjan Jansen ◽  
Marcel C.A. Buster ◽  
Annemarie L. Zuur ◽  
Cees Das
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Time Trends ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Absolute Number ◽  
Demographic Differences ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Wish To Die ◽  
Municipal Health

Background: According to recent figures, Amsterdam is the municipality with the highest absolute number of suicides and the second highest suicide rate in the Netherlands. Aims: The aim of the study was to identify time trends and demographic differences in the occurrence of nonfatal suicide attempts versus suicides. Methods: We used registrations of forensic physicians and ambulance services of the Municipal Health Service of Amsterdam to study 1,004 suicides and 6,166 nonfatal attempts occurring in Amsterdam over the period 1996–2005. Results: The number of nonfatal attempts declined from 1996 to 2005, but the number of completed suicides remained relatively stable. Although case fatality was strongly associated with method used, we also found higher case fatalities for men and older people independent of method. Conclusions: The case fatality results suggest differences in motive among different demographic groups: possibly the wish to die is stronger among men and elderly. This finding had implications for the success to be expected from different preventive measures.

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