Section 1: Filling Gaps in HIV Dental Care

Endnotes

1. About one-fourth (25.49 percent) of the adult U.S. population ages 20-64 had untreated cavities, according to data covering the time period 1999-2004. Dye BA, Tan S, Smith V, Lewis BG, Barker LK, Thornton-Evans G, et al. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.) Trends in oral health status: United States, 1988–1994 and 1999–2004. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat. 11(248). 2007. In Table 41, prevalence of untreated tooth decay in permanent teeth among dentate adults 20–64 years of age, by selected characteristics: United States. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994 and 1999–2004. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_248.pdf. Accessed May 29, 2008.
2. Forty percent of the adult U.S. population ages 20-64 did not see a dentist during the past 12 months, according to data for 1999-2004. Ibid. In Table 48, Time since last dental visit among adults 20–64 years of age, by selected characteristics: United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination, 1988–1994 and 1999–2004. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_248.pdf. Accessed May 12, 2008.
3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 2000. Available at http://silk.nih.gov/public/hck1ocv.@www.surgeon.fullrpt.pdf. Accessed June 24, 2008.
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6. Conversations with staff from HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau, which administers Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs.
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8. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Mouth problems and HIV. 2004. Available at: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D8E70B65-6F27-46BC-8043-30C309508B5F/0/MouthProblemsAndHIV.pdf. Accessed May 20, 2008. McCarthy GM. Host factors associated with HIV-related oral candidiasis. A review. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1992;73:181–186. Available at: http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content/full/136/10/1396. Accessed: April 7, 2008.
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