Editorial/Leader article

• Gustavo Fabián Molina; Mariana Morales-Chávez; Susanne Krämer et al. (2026). Editorial: Transforming Special Care Dentistry: Frameworks for Education, Clinical Excellence and Technological Innovation.. (external link)
• Jorma Virtanen (2021). Ledare. Dagens service når inte alla.. (external link)

Academic article

• Hanna Suokko; Mimmi Tolvanen; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2026). Changes in toothbrushing and factors associated with less than twice daily toothbrushing by the age of four in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. (external link)
• Hanna Suokko; Mimmi Tolvanen; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2025). Longitudinal study of factors predicting toothbrushing less than twice daily at age 2 years in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. (external link)
• Balkaran, Ramaa; Lahti, Satu; Ramroop, Visha et al. (2025). Dental anxiety among children attending university-affiliated special needs and child dental clinics in Trinidad and Tobago: a cross-sectional study. (external link)
• Caixin Tian; Zuñiga, Roberto Ariel Abeldaño; Foláyan, Moréniké Oluwátóyìn et al. (2025). Psychological distress and loneliness among European university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a European survey. (external link)
• Shaimaa M. Fouda; Marwa Madi; Passent Ellakany et al. (2025). The perception of dental students and educators about e-learning during COVID−19 pandemic. (external link)
• Balgis Osman Gaffar; Abdulrahman Alkhaldi; Turki Alshehri et al. (2025). Impact of educational video intervention to improve oral health knowledge and beliefs among physicians and nurses. (external link)
• Farzana Haque; Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Jorma Virtanen (2023). Maternal factors associated with early childhood caries among 3–5-year-old children with low socio-economic status in Trishal, Bangladesh. (external link)
• Fatemeh Farshad; Masoomeh Kheirkhah; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2023). Role of the Educational Atmosphere on Self-Efficacy Among Dental Students. (external link)
• Nour Ammar; Nourhan M. Aly; Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan et al. (2021). Perceived Preparedness of Dental Academic Institutions to Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Country Survey. (external link)
• Faiza Djebrouni Sælen; Jorma Virtanen; Marit Slåttelid Skeie et al. (2024). Traumatic dental injuries among children attending the public after-hours emergency dental clinic in Bergen, Norway.. (external link)
• Jofrid Bjørkvik; Diana Patricia Henriques Quintero; Margrethe Elin Vika et al. (2021). Barriers and facilitators for dental care among patients with severe or long-term mental illness. (external link)
• A. Menon; Vivianne Cruz de Jesus; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2025). Parents' Views on Access to Dental Care and the Interim Canada Dental Benefit. (external link)
• Mohammadjalil Sharifian; Vesa Pohjola; Kristina Kunttu et al. (2021). Association between dental fear and eating disorders and Body Mass Index among Finnish university students: a national survey. (external link)
• Jorma Virtanen; Maryam Salehi; Kristin Solveig Klock (2021). Undervisning i samfunnsodontologi i de nordiske landene. (external link)
• Ruxandra Sfeatcu; Stein Atle Lie; Christi Funieru et al. (2020). The reliability and validity of the Romanian rapid estimate of adult literacy in dentistry (RREALD-30). (external link)
• Nour Ammar; Nourhan M Aly; Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan et al. (2020). Behavior change due to COVID-19 among dental academics — The theory of planned behavior: stresses, worries, training, and pandemic severity. (external link)
• Vesa Pohjola; Kristina Kunttu; Jorma Virtanen (2021). Psychological Distress, Dental Health, and Dental Fear among Finnish University Students: A National Survey. (external link)
• Enes Karamehmedovic; Elmedin Bajric; Jorma Virtanen (2021). Oral Health Behaviour of Nine-Year-Old Children and Their Parents in Sarajevo. (external link)
• Vesa Pohjola; Meri Nurkkala; Jorma Virtanen (2021). Psychological distress, oral health behaviour and related factors among adolescents: Finnish School Health Promotion Study. (external link)
• Maha El Tantawi; Dina Attia; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2024). A scoping review of early childhood caries, poverty and the first sustainable development goal. (external link)
• Ramaa Balkaran; Satu Lahti; Visha Ramroop et al. (2025). Oral health-related quality of life in children attending university special needs and paediatric dental clinics in Trinidad and Tobago: A parental perspective. (external link)
• Sakari Mustakallio; Ritva Napankangas; Julija Narbutaite et al. (2019). Graduating dentists' perceptions about their professional competence in Finland and Lithuania. (external link)
• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2023). Associations between HIV Status, SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Increase in Use of Psychoactive Substances and Oral Ulcers among People Who Used Psychoactive Substances during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. (external link)
• Jorma Virtanen; Maryam Salehi; Kristin Solveig Klock (2021). Ontologisk folkälsovetenskap – så är utbildningen utformad i Norden. (external link)
• Jorma Virtanen (2021). Upprunaleg grein Nám í samfélagstannlækningum á Norðurlöndum. (external link)
• Jorma Virtanen; Maryam Salehi; Kristin Solveig Klock (2021). Terveydenhuolto hammaslääketieteen opetuksessa Pohjoismaissa. (external link)
• Ramaa Balkaran; Talia Esnard; Maureen Perry et al. (2022). Challenges experienced in the dental care of persons with special needs: a qualitative study among health professionals and caregivers. (external link)
• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2023). Psychosocial Factors Associated with Memory Complaints during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Country Survey. (external link)
• Jorma Virtanen; Maryam Salehi; Kristin Solveig Klock (2021). Undervisningen i samfundsodontologi i de nordiske lande. (external link)
• Julija Narbutaite; Gertruda Skirbutyte; Jorma Virtanen (2023). Oral care in intensive care units: Lithuanian nurses’ attitudes and practices. (external link)
• Balgis Gaffar; Robert J. Schroth; Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan et al. (2024). A global survey of national oral health policies and its coverage for young children. (external link)
• Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm; Jorma Virtanen; Ferda Özkaya et al. (2021). Oral health related quality of life and reasons for non-dental attendance among patients with substance use disorders in withdrawal rehabilitation. (external link)
• Fardous Hasan; Maha El Tantawi; Farzana Haque et al. (2025). Early childhood caries risk prediction using machine learning approaches in Bangladesh. (external link)
• Martin Amogre Ayanore; Martin Adjuik; Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga et al. (2024). Economic and social determinants of health care utilization during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic among adults in Ghana: a population-based cross-sectional study. (external link)
• Balgis Gaffar; Faraz Ahmed Farooqi; Muhammad Ashraf Nazir et al. (2022). Oral health-related interdisciplinary practices among healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia: Does integrated care exist?. (external link)
• Hajar Shekarchizadeh; Mohammad R Khami; Simin Z Mohebbi et al. (2019). Oral health status and its determinants among opiate dependents: a cross-sectional study. (external link)
• Vesa Pohjola; Antti Puolakka; Kristina Kunttu et al. (2020). Association between dental fear, physical activity and physical and mental well-being among Finnish university students. (external link)
• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Maha El Tantawi; Nourhan M Aly et al. (2020). Association between early childhood caries and poverty in low and middle income countries. (external link)
• Hanna Suokko; Mimmi Tolvanen; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2022). Parent's self-reported tooth brushing and use of fluoridated toothpaste: Associations with their one-year-old child's preventive oral health behaviour. (external link)
• Naureen Rizvi; Alon Livny; Ivor G Chestnutt et al. (2020). Dental Public Health Education in Europe: a survey of European Dental Schools to determine current practice and inform a core undergraduate programme. (external link)
• Austė Antipovienė; Julija Narbutaite; Jorma Virtanen (2021). Traumatic Dental Injuries, Treatment and Complications in Children and Adolescents: A Register-Based Study. (external link)
• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Maha El Tantawi; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2021). An ecological study on the association between universal health service coverage index, health expenditures, and early childhood caries. (external link)
• Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan; Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga; Nourhan M. Aly et al. (2025). Age-related variations in mental health and wellbeing during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-country survey analysis. (external link)
• Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm; Ferda Özkaya; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2020). Dental health care workers’ attitude towards patients with substance use disorders in medically assisted rehabilitation (MAR).. (external link)
• Jorma Virtanen (2025). Dental students’ behavioural intent after comprehensive exposure to special care dentistry: a survey in two dental universities. (external link)
• Britt Nygard Tvilde; Jorma Virtanen; Athanasia Bletsa et al. (2020). Dental erosive wear in primary teeth among five-year-olds–Bergen, Norway. (external link)
• Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan; Robert J. Schroth; Duangporn Duangthip et al. (2024). A scoping review on the association between early childhood caries and life on land: The Sustainable Development Goal 15. (external link)
• Haya Gouda; Jorma Virtanen; Maha El Tantawi (2023). Dental public health education in Egypt: a cross-sectional survey. (external link)
• Jofrid Bjørkvik; Diana Patricia Quintero; Knut Helge Jensen et al. (2022). Oral health and quality of life among people with severe or long-term mental illness: A call for interprofessional collaboration. (external link)
• Balgis Gaffar; Eman Bakhurji; Reem Al Khateeb et al. (2023). Exploring factors influencing nurses’ attitudes towards their role in dental care. (external link)
• Sandra Petrauskiene; Julija Narbutaite; Ausra Petrauskiene et al. (2019). Oral health behaviour, attitude towards, and knowledge of dental caries among mothers of 0- to 3-year-old children living in Kaunas, Lithuania. (external link)
• Enes Karamehmedovic; Poul Erik Petersen; Maren Gry Lillehaug Agdal et al. (2023). Improving oral health of children in four Balkan countries: A qualitative study among health professionals. (external link)
• Maedeh Bonabi; Simin Z. Mohebbi; Reza Yazdani et al. (2024). Oral Health Educational Intervention for Primary Healthcare Providers Using the Flipped Approach. (external link)
• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Robert J Schroth; Imen Ayouni et al. (2023). A scoping review linking early childhood caries to violence, neglect, internally displaced, migrant and refugee status. (external link)
• Ramaa Balkaran; Maureen Perry; Anushka Maharaj et al. (2022). Evaluation of a special needs dental workshop for health professionals and students in Trinidad and Tobago. (external link)
• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2023). Risk indicators for oral ulcers among people living with HIV during the first wave of the pandemic: a cross sectional study. (external link)
• Farzana Haque; Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Jorma Ilmari Virtanen (2023). Preventive behaviour and attitudes towards early childhood caries amongst mothers of toddlers in Bangladesh. (external link)
• Simin Z Mohebbi; Sepideh Rabiei; Reza Yazdani et al. (2018). Evaluation of an educational intervention in oral health for primary care physicians: a cluster randomized controlled study. (external link)
• Mohammad R Khami; Simin Z Mohebbi; Zahra Dorostkar et al. (2022). Are Iranian graduating dental students prepared to act as future role models of good oral health behaviour? A 10-year study. (external link)
• Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan; Rosa Amalia; Arthur Kemoli et al. (2024). Can the sustainable development goal 9 support an untreated early childhood caries elimination agenda?. (external link)
• Yasmi O. Crystal; Yuanyuan Laura Luo; Duangporn Duangthip et al. (2024). A scoping review of the links between early childhood caries and clean water and sanitation: the Sustainable Development Goal 6. (external link)

Journal corrigendum

• Ramaa Balkaran; Satu Lahti; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2025). Correction: Dental anxiety among children attending university-affiliated special needs and child dental clinics in Trinidad and Tobago: a cross-sectional study - PubMed. (external link)
• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Imen Ayouni; Arthemon Nguweneza et al. (2024). Correction: A scoping review on the links between sustainable development goal 14 and early childhood caries (BMC Oral Health, (2023), 23, 1, (881), 10.1186/s12903-023-03650-3). (external link)
• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Maha El Tantawi; Jorma Virtanen et al. (2021). Correction to: An ecological study on the association between universal health service coverage index, health expenditures, and early childhood caries (BMC Oral Health, (2021), 21, 1, (126), 10.1186/s12903-021-01500-8). (external link)

Conference poster

• Faiza D Sælen; Jorma Virtanen; Anne Marit Graue et al. (2020). Emergency dental care among children and adolescents at Public Dental Service, Norway.. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Imen Ayouni; Arthemon Nguweneza et al. (2023). A scoping review on the links between sustainable development goal 14 and early childhood caries. (external link)
• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Elisa Maria Rosa de Barros Coelho; Imen Ayouni et al. (2024). Association between early childhood caries and parental education and the link to the sustainable development goal 4: a scoping review. (external link)
• Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan; Robert J Schroth; Olunike Abodunrin et al. (2024). Early childhood caries, climate change and the sustainable development goal 13: a scoping review. (external link)
• Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan; Elisa Maria Rosa de Barros Coelho; Carlos Alberto Feldens et al. (2025). A scoping review on early childhood caries and inequalities using the Sustainable Development Goal 10 framework. (external link)
• Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan; Rosa Amalia; Arthur Kemoli et al. (2024). Scoping review on the link between economic growth, decent work, and early childhood caries. (external link)
• Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan; Elisa Maria Rosa de Barros Coelho; Carlos Alberto Feldens et al. (2024). A scoping review on the associations between early childhood caries and sustainable cities and communities using the sustainable development goal 11 framework. (external link)
• Ivy Guo Fang Sun; Duangporn Duangthip; Charis Hiu-Kei Kwok et al. (2023). A scoping review on the association of early childhood caries and maternal gender inequality. (external link)
• Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan; Jorma Virtanen; Balgis Gaffar et al. (2024). Scoping review on the association between early childhood caries and responsible resource consumption and production: exploring Sustainable Development Goal 12. (external link)

Professional article

• Niels-Erik Fiehn; Børge Hede; Björn Axtelius et al. (2021). Pohjoismainen teema. Suunterveyden eriarvoisuus Pohjoismaissa.. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Britt Nygard Tvilde; Jorma Virtanen; Athanasia Bletsa et al. (2020). Dental erosive wear in primary teeth among Norwegian 5-year-old children.. (external link)

Conference abstract

• Jorma Virtanen (2021). Ojämlikhet i oral hälsa. (external link)

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