Changes in the Oral Health of US Children and Adolescents and Dental Public Health Infrastructure Since the Release of the Healthy People 2010 Objectives

Tomar, Scott L.; Reeves, Anne

doi:10.1016/j.acap.2009.09.018

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“…1 Dental caries remains the most common chronic disease in childhood and affects the most vulnerable. 2 The most recent epidemiologic surveillance data reveal that 14% of 3-to 5-year-old US children had untreated dental decay in 2009-2010; this proportion was 25% for families living below the poverty level.…”

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Influence of Caregivers and Children’s Entry Into the Dental Care System

Divaris¹,

Lee²,

Baker³

et al. 2014

Pediatrics

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OBJECTIVES: Early preventive dental visits are essential in improving children’s oral health, especially young children at high risk for dental caries. However, there is scant information on how these children enter the dental care system. Our objectives were as follows: (1) to describe how a population-based cohort of young Medicaid-enrolled children entered dental care; and (2) to investigate the influence of caregiver characteristics on their children’s dental care–seeking patterns. METHODS: We relied on Medicaid claims and interview data of caregiver–child dyads who were enrolled in the Carolina Oral Health Literacy study during 2007–2008. The analytical cohort comprised 1000 children who had no dental visits before enrollment. Additional information was collected on sociodemographic characteristics, oral health status, health literacy, dental neglect, and access to care barriers. Our analyses relied on descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate methods. RESULTS: During the 25-month median follow-up period, 39% of the children (mean baseline age: 16 months) entered the dental care system, and 13% of their first encounters were for emergency care. Caregivers’ dental neglect emerged as a significant predictor of nonentrance. Children with reported oral health problems at baseline were more likely to enter the dental care system compared with children with better oral health, but they were also more likely to require emergency care. CONCLUSIONS: Caregivers have a pivotal role in children’s oral health and care. Interventions aimed at improving children’s oral health should involve community outreach to engage caregivers in a culturally appropriate manner when their children are infants or toddlers.

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Influence of Caregivers and Children’s Entry Into the Dental Care System

Divaris¹,

Lee²,

Baker³

et al. 2014

Pediatrics

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“…Caries in permanent teeth declined among children and adolescents, while the prevalence of dental sealants increased significantly. State oral health programs' funding and staffing remained modest, although the proportion of states with sealant programs increased 75% in 2000 to 85% in 2007 and the proportion with fluoride varnish programs increased from 13% to 53% (Tomar & Reeves, 2009). …”

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Caries Incidence in School Children Included in a Caries Preventive Program: A Longitudinal Study

Rodríguez‐Vilchis¹,

Contreras‐Bulnes²,

González-Solano³

et al. 2012

Contemporary Approach to Dental Caries

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“…In 2000 the Surgeon General linked oral health to physical health and described the lack of preventive oral health as a neglected epidemic. 19 Studies have correlated decreased incidence of periodontal disease with increased physical health; 20 linked oral health changes in children and adolescents to general physical health; 21 and linked infectious bacteria found in periodontal disease to atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and musculoskeletal disease.…”

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