INNOVATION AND ORAL HEALTH
CHARACTERIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION
Keywords:
Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Inovação, Saúde BucalAbstract
Objective:
The objective of this research was to characterize scientific publications on oral health and innovation.
Design/Method/Approach:
A quantitative and descriptive study was conducted, operationalized through a bibliometric analysis using the Web of Science database.
Originality/Relevance:
Oral health constitutes a prominent and timely topic, as there is increasing awareness that it influences human health systemically. Therefore, investigating oral health in conjunction with innovation represents a promising pathway for assessing technological progress.
Main Results/Findings:
Based on specific search criteria, a portfolio of 87 articles was identified. The results showed that research on this topic has intensified over the last three years (2022–2025), accounting for 47.13% of the manuscripts. It was also found that 11.76% of the journals are responsible for more than one third of the studies, and that the publications involve researchers from 32 different countries, with the United States and England standing out. Regarding the focus of the analyzed studies, they were grouped into two clusters: innovations in oral health education, and oral health practices and impacts.
Theoretical/Methodological Contributions/Implications:
The theoretical contributions of this study reflect the landscape of scientific publications, providing insights into the research frontier. In this way, the study advances scientific knowledge by compiling the predominant approaches in research on this topic.
Social/Managerial Contributions:
The managerial implications are grounded in the development of strategies and actions primarily aimed at public health, particularly concerning the implementation and dissemination of innovations related to oral health education.
References
Albeny, A.L & Santos, D.B.F. (2018). Doenças bucais que mais acometem o paciente na terceira idade: Uma revisão de Literatura. Revista de Psicologia,12(42):1215-1228. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14295/idonline.v12i42.1363
Almeida, G.C.M. de & Ferreira, M.A.F. (2008). Saúde bucal no contexto do Programa Saúde da Família: práticas de prevenção orientadas ao indivíduo e ao coletivo. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 24(9):2131-2140. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-311X2008000900019
Alvarado, R.U. (2002). A Lei de Lotka na bibliometria brasileira. Ciência da Informação, 31: 14-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-19652002000200002
Álvares, S. (2016). A Ciência fala inglês? Em tempos de mudança. Nascer e Crescer: Revista de Pediatria do Centro Hospitalar do Porto, 25(3):133-135.
Amanzadeh, B. & Fine, J.I. (2017). Alameda County’s Approach to improving oral health: Innovation, Collaboration and Strategy. Journal of the California Dental Association, 45(8): 419-425. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2017.12222483
Baas, J., Schotten, M., Plume, A., Côté, G. & Karini, R. (2020). Scopus as a curated, high-quality bibliometric data source for academic research in quantitative science studies. Quantitative Science Studies, 1(1):377-386. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00019
Barreto, M.L. (2013). O desafio de avaliar o impacto das ciências para além da bibliometria. Revista de Saúde Pública, 47(4):934-837. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-8910.2013047005073
Bernabe, E. et al. (2020). Global, Regional, and National Levels and Trends in Burden of Oral Conditions from 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study. Journal of Dental Research, 99(4):362-373. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034520908533
Bessant, J. & Tidd, J. (2009). Inovação e empreendedorismo. Porto Alegre, Bookman.
Birch, S., Ahern, S., Brocklehurst, P., Chikte, U., Gallagher, J., Listl, S., Laloo, R., O’Malley, L., Rigby, J., Tickle, M., Murphy, G.T. & Woods, N. (2021). Planning the oral health workforce: Time for innovation. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 49(1):17-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.12604
Block, C., König, H.-H. & Hajek, A. (2022). Oral health and quality of life: findings from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. BMC Oral Health, 22(1):606. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-022-02599-z
Boustany, J. (1997). La production des imprimés non-périodiques au Liban de 1733 à 1920: etude bibliométrique. Tese (Doutorado em Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication). Université Michel de Montaigne – Bordeaux III, Bordeaux.
Brookes, B.C. (1969). Bradford’s law and the bibliography of science. Nature, 224(5223):953-956.
Carcereri, D.L., Peres, A.C.O., Ludwig, C.P., Oliveira, T.F.S., Menosso, A.G., Bortoli, J.Q. & Da Silva, R.M. (2017). Práticas inovadoras de educação em saúde bucal para promoção de saúde: relato de experiência. Extension UFSC: Revista Eletrônica de Extensão, 14(26):143-151.
Choun, T.T.A., Ferreira, N.S., Kubo, C.H., Silva, E.G., Huhtala, M.F.R.L., Gonçalves, S.E.P. & Gomes, A.P. (2011). Avaliação do conhecimento e comportamento dos pacientes em tratamento odontológico em relação à cárie, doença periodontal e higiene bucal. RPG: Revista de Pós-Graduação, 18(3):140-147.
Cianciaruso, R., & Pedroso, M.C. (2024). Innovation through the adoption of startups solutions: an action research in a service company. Brazilian Journal of Management & Innovation, 11(3).
Costa, I.C.C., Fernandes, L., Silva, A.L. & Neves, H.F.A. (1999). Prevenção em odontologia, uma questão de atitude: um paralelo entre os serviços públicos e privado de Natal-RN. Faculdade de Odontologia de Lins,11(2).
Cruz, A.S. da C., Fidelis, Y.P., Guimarães, D.M., Muller, H.S., Martins, V.P. & Lia, E.N. (2022). Oral health and the presence of infectious microorganisms in hospitalized patients: a preliminary observational study. Annals of Medicine, 54(1):1908-1917. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2022.2092895
Drucker, P.F. (1986). Inovação e espírito empreendedor: práticas e princípios. São Paulo, Pioneira Thomson.
Esposti, C.D.D. (2016). As dimensões do acesso aos serviços de saúde bucal na mídia impressa. Saúde e Sociedade, 25:19-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902016141706
Fairthorne, R.A. (1969). Content analysis, specification, and control. Annual Review of Information Science & Technology, 4:73-109.
Ferreira, A.G.C. (2010). Bibliometria na avaliação de periódicos científicos. Data Grama Zero: Revista de Ciência da Informação, 11(3):1-9.
Figueiredo, N.M. (1990). Informação como ferramenta para o desenvolvimento. Ciência da Informação, 19(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.18225/ci.inf.v19i2.333
Figueiredo, N.M., Quelhas, Q., Vieira, J. & Ferreira, J.J. (2019). The role of knowledge intensive business services in economic development: A bibliometric analysis from Bradford, Lotka and Zipf laws. Gestão & Produção, 26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-530X4356-19
Fleuren, M., Wiefferink, K. & Paulussen, T. (2004). Determinants of innovation within health care organizations: literature review and Delphi study. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 16(2):107-123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzh030
Freeman, C. (1982). The economics of industrial innovation. 2. ed. Cambridge, The MIT. Press.
Guedes, V.L.S. (2012). A bibliometria e a gestão da informação e do conhecimento científico e tecnológico: uma revisão da literatura. Ponto de Acesso, 6(2):74-109.
Jesus, R.R. & Silva, G. (2025). Innovation in the business model: a study in small business facing the COVID-19 pandemic. Revista Brasileira de Gestão & Inovação, 12(1).
Junqueira, S. R., Fonsêca, G.S., Silveira, F., Carvalho Watanabe, M.G. & Botazzo, C. (2017). Projeto Inovação na Produção do Cuidado em Saúde Bucal. Revista de Graduação USP, 2(2):149-156.
Kelly, C.J. & Young, A.J. (2017). Promoting innovation in healthcare. Future Healthcare Journal, 4(2):121. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/futurehosp.4-2-121
Korom, P. (2019). A bibliometric visualization of the economics and sociology of wealth inequality: a world part. Scientometrics, 1:1-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-03000-z
Li, K., Rollins, J. & Yan, E. (2018). Web of Science use in published research and review papers 1997–2017: A selective, dynamic, cross-domain, content-based analysis. Scientometrics, 115(1),1-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2622-5
Lotka, A.J. (1926). The frequency distribution of scientific productivity. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 16(12):317-323.
Macinnis, D.J. (2011). A framework for conceptual contributions in marketing. Journal of Marketing, 75(4):136-154. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1509/jmkg.75.4.136
Maltrás Barba, B. (2003). Indicadores de Producción. In: Maltrás Barba, B. (Org.). Los Indicadores Bibliométricos: fundamentos y aplicación al análisis de la ciencia. Gijón, Ediciones Trea.
McBurney, M.K. & Novak, P.L. (2002). What is bibliometrics and why should you care?. In: Proceedings IEEE International Professional Communication Conference:108-114. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2002.1049094
Menegaz, A.M., Silva, A.E.R. & Cascaes, A.M. (2018). Intervenções educativas em serviços de saúde e saúde bucal: revisão sistemática. Revista de Saúde Pública, 52:52. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2018052000109
OCDE. (2005). Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico. Manual de Oslo: Diretrizes para coleta e interpretação de dados sobre inovação. 3. ed. Oslo, OECD/FINEP.
Oliveira, E.L., Riatto, S.G., Vieira, A.P.S.B., Carvalho, G., Fonseca, M., Guedes, V., Pereira, J. & Rocha, K. (2019). A importância do nível de conhecimento dos professores de escola pública do ensino fundamental sobre saúde bucal–revisão de literatura. Revista Campo do Saber, 4(5).
Oliveira, R.M.P., Junior, N.G.O., Cavalcanti, P.C.S., Alves, M., Saidel, M.G.B., Dutra, V.F.D. & Loyola, C.M. (2021). A importância da saúde bucal na reabilitação psicossocial: Sorrir e cuidar em saúde mental. Research, Society and Development, 10(5):e0610514578-e0610514578. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i5.14578
Peng, X., Cheng, L., You, Y., Tang, C., Ren, B., Li, Y., Xu, X. & Zhou, X. (2022). Oral microbiota in human systematic diseases. International Journal of Oral Science, 14(1):14.
Powell, T.H., Kouropalatis, Y., Morgan, R.E. & Karhu, P. (2016). Mapping knowledge and innovation research themes: Using bibliometrics for classification, evolution, proliferation and determinism. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 20(3-4):174-199. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2016.077960
Pranckutė, R. (2021). Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus: The titans of bibliographic information in today’s academic world. Publications, 9(1):12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/publications9010012
Pritchard, A. & Wittig, G.R. (1981). Bibliometrics. Watford, AllM Books.
Pucca Jr., G.A., Gabriel, M., Araujo, M.E. & Almeida, F.C.S. (2015). Ten years of a National Oral Health Policy in Brazil: innovation, boldness, and numerous challenges. Journal of Dental Research, 94(10):1333-1337. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034515599979
Ramos-Gomez, F., Kinsler, J. & Askaryar, H. (2020). Understanding oral health disparities in children as a global public health issue: how dental health professionals can make a difference. Journal of Public Health Policy, 41:114-124. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-020-00222-5
Reis, D.M., Pitta, D.R., Ferreira, H.M.B., Jesus, M.C.P., Moraes, M.E.L. & Soares, M.G. (2010). Educação em saúde como estratégia de promoção de saúde bucal em gestantes. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 15(1):269-276.
Rodrigues, K.T., Medeiros, L.A.D.M., Sousa, J.N.L., Sampaio, G.A.M. & Rodrigues, R.Q.F. (2020). Associação entre condições sistêmicas e gravidade da doença periodontal em pacientes atendidos na Clínica-Escola da UFCG. Revista de Odontologia da UNESP, 49: e20200025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-2577.02520
Santos, R.N.M. & Kobashi, N.Y. (2009). Bibliometria, cientometria, infometria: conceitos e aplicações. Pesquisa Brasileira de Ciência da Informação, 2(1):155-172.
Schumpeter, J.A. (1982). Teoria do desenvolvimento econômico: uma investigação sobre capital, crédito, juro e ciclo econômico. São Paulo, Abril.
Sengupta, I.N. (1990). Bibliometrics and its application. Atlantic, Library and Information Science.
Serra, F.A.R. & Ferreira, M.A.S.P.V. (2014). O título, resumo e palavras-chave dos artigos. Revista Ibero Americana de Estratégia,13(4):1-7.
Shah, S.H.H., Lei, S., Ali, M., Doronin, D. & Hussain, S.T. (2020). Prosumption: bibliometric analysis using Hist Cite and VOSviewer. Kybernetes, 49(3): 1020-1045. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/K-12-2018-0696
Thakur, R., Hsu, S.H.Y. & Fontenot, G. (2012). Innovation in healthcare: Issues and future trends. Journal of Business Research, 65, n. 4, p. 562-569, 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.02.022
Thompson, D.F. & Walker, C.K. (2015). A descriptive and historical review of bibliometrics with applications to medical sciences. Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, 35(6):551-559. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/phar.1586
Tsuzuki, F.M., Silva, J.C., Ishizu, L., Calazans, C.M., Silva, M.C. & Rocha, N.B. (2018). Prevalência e severidade da cárie dentária em um município em condição de vulnerabilidade social no Estado do Paraná. Archives of Health Investigation, 7(4). DOI: https://doi.org/10.21270/archi.v7i4.2983
Uchida, T.H., Tereda, R.S.S., Tenuda, L.M.A. & Fujimaki, M. (2016). Práticas preventivas realizadas por Técnicos em Saúde Bucal: um estudo qualitativo. Revista da ABENO, 16(1):110-124. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30979/rev.abeno.v16i1.240
Van Eck, N.J. & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2):523-538. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-009-0146-3
Varkey, P., Horne, A. & Bennet, K.E. (2008). Innovation in health care: a primer. American Journal of Medical Quality, 23(5):382-388. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860608317695
Wolf, T.G., Cagetti, M.G., Fisher, J.-M., Seeberger, G.K. & Campus, G. (2021). Non-communicable diseases and oral health: an overview. Frontiers in Oral Health, 2:725460. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/froh.2021.725460
Zhang, X., Yu, P., Yan, J. & Spil, I.T.A.M. (2015). Using diffusion of innovation theory to understand the factors impacting patient acceptance and use of consumer e-health innovations: a case study in a primary care clinic. BMC Health Services Research, 15:1-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0726-2
Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Li, H., Ni, C., Du, Z. & Yan, F. (2018). Human oral microbiota and its modulation for oral health. Biomed Pharmacother, 99:883-893. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2018.01.146
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Alice Munz Fernandes
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The author must guarantee that:
- there is full consensus among all the coauthors in approving the final version of the document and its submission for publication.
- the work is original, and when the work and/or words from other people were used, they were properly acknowledged.
Plagiarism in all of its forms constitutes an unethical publication behavior and is unacceptable. Revista Brasileira de Gestão e Inovação has the right to use software or any other method of plagiarism detection.
All manuscripts submitted to RBGI - Revista Brasileira de Gestão e Inovação go through plagiarism and self-plagiarism identification. Plagiarism identified during the evaluation process will result in the filing of the submission. In case plagiarism is identified in a manuscript published in the journal, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct a preliminary investigation and, if necessary, will make a retraction.
This journal, following the recommendations of the Open Source movement, provides full open access to its content. By doing this, the authors keep all of their rights allowing Revista Brasileira de Gestão e Inovação to publish and make its articles available to the whole community.
RBGI - Revista Brasileira de Gestão e Inovação content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Any user has the right to:
- Share - copy, download, print or redistribute the material in any medium or format, linking to RBGI site.
- Adapt - remix, transform and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
According to the following terms:
- Attribution - You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions - You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything that the license permits.
#RBGI
