• Oral health among children in the Barents region: study on determinants of child’s oral health, their oral related quality of life and quality of dental care 

      Koposova, Natalia V (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2013-05-15)
      In most industrialised countries, children’s and adolescents’ oral health has improved during the past 15 years. This is especially the case in the Nordic and Western European countries. The aim of the present series of studies was to assess the dental status, its determinants and oral health related quality of life in 12-year olds children from two regions in the Barents area, in Northern Norway ...
    • Oral health care and dental treatment needs in the Barents region 

      Widström, Eeva; Koposova, Natalia V; Nordengen, Ragnhild; Bergdahl, Maud Annika; Eriksen, Harald M; Ekaterina, Fabrikant (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      The first aim was to study how oral health care delivery was organized in member countries and to determine whether there were differences across the Barents region. The second aim was to assess the performance of the care provision systems. The Barents region is one of the largest hinterlands in northern Europe. Descriptions of the oral health care provision systems in Norway, Sweden, Finland and ...
    • Oral health-related quality of life among 12-year-olds in northern norway and north-west Russia. 

      Koposova, Natalia V; Eriksen, Harald M; Widström, Eeva; Eisemann, Martin; Opravin, Alexander; Koposov, Roman A (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Aims: To assess self-perceived oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in 12-year-olds living in two areas in the Barents region: North-West Russia (Arkhangelsk) and Northern Norway (Tromsø). Methods: Sampling was performed according to a stratified cluster design and consisted of 590 Russian and 264 Norwegian 12-year-olds and their parents. After written consent from their parents, 514 Russian ...