Oral Health: Global Research Performance under Changing Regional Health Burdens

Salim Ahmadi, Doris Klingelhöfer, Christina Erbe, Fabian Holzgreve, David A. Groneberg and Daniela Ohlendorf
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Salim Ahmadi: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Doris Klingelhöfer: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Christina Erbe: Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, 55131 Mainz, Germany
Fabian Holzgreve: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
David A. Groneberg: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Daniela Ohlendorf: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: Objectives: Inadequate oral hygiene still leads to many serious diseases all over the world. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze scientific research in the field of oral health in order to be able to comprehend their relevant subject areas, research connections, or developments. Methods : This study aimed to assess the global publication output on oral hygiene to create a world map that provides background information on key players, trends, and incentives of research. For this purpose, established bibliometric parameters were combined with state-of-the-art visualization techniques. Results : This study shows the actual key players of research on oral hygiene in high-income economies with only marginal participation from lower economies. This still corresponds to the current burden situations, but they are more and more shifting to the disadvantage of the low-income countries. There is a clear North–South and West–East gradient, with the USA and the Western European nations being the most publishing nations on oral hygiene. As an emerging country, Brazil plays a role in the research. Conclusions : The scientific power players were concentrated in high-income countries. However, the changing epidemiological situation requires a different scientific approach to oral hygiene. This requires an expansion of the international network to meet the demands of future global oral health burdens, which are mainly related to oral hygiene.

Keywords: oral health; oral health burden; bibliometrics; publication output; socio-economic influences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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