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Oral Health

Goal

Introduction

Modifications to Objectives and Subobjectives

Progress Toward Healthy People 2010 Targets

Progress Toward Elimination of Health Disparities

Opportunities and Challenges

Emerging Issues

Progress Quotient Chart

Disparities Table (See below)

Race and Ethnicity

Gender, Education, and Disability

Objectives and Subobjectives

References

Related Objectives From Other Focus Areas

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Oral Health Focus Area 21

References


1U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: HHS, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), 2000, 155–188.

2HHS. Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: HHS, NIH, NIDCR, 2000, 61–93.

3Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Surveillance for dental caries, dental sealants, tooth retention, edentulism, and enamel fluorosis—United States, 1988–1994 and 1992–2002. In Surveillance Summaries, August 26, 2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 54(SS-3):8, 10, 2005.

4Comprehensive Health Manpower Training Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-157, Public Law 92-158). Report No. 92-578. Comprehensive Health Manpower Training Act of 1971, October 19, 1971, Conference Report.

5More information available at http://www.ucop.edu/cpac/documents/cpacfindings3.pdf; accessed October 31, 2006.

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8More information available at www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7378.pdf; accessed October 31, 2006.

9More information available at http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-09-93-00240.pdf; accessed October 31, 2006.

10HHS. A National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health. NIH Publication No. 03-5303. Rockville, MD: HHS, Public Health Service, CDC and NIH, NIDCR, May 2003, 14–15.

11Public Health Service. Alaska Dental Health Aide Program Brief. September 14, 2005. More information available at http://www.phs-dental.org/depac/chap/Alaska%20Dental%20Health%20Aide%20Program_white%20paper%20update91405.doc; accessed October 31, 2006.

12Ismail, A.I., et al. Dental caries in the second millennium. Journal of Dental Education 65(10):953–971, 2001.

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14HHS. Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: HHS, NIH, NIDCR, 2000, vii.

15Gooch, B.F., et al. The role of evidence in formulating public health programs to prevent oral disease and promote oral health in the United States. Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice 6:85–89, 2006.

16Eke, P.I. Public health implications of periodontal infections in adults: Conference proceedings. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 65(1):56, 2005.

17Weintraub, J.A., et al. Fluoride varnish efficacy in preventing early childhood caries. Journal of Dental Research 85(2):172–176, 2006.

18A dental home is the ongoing relationship between a dentist and a patient, inclusive of all aspects of oral health care delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible, coordinated, and family-centered way. Establishment of a dental home begins no later than 12 months of age and includes referral to dental specialists when appropriate. Council on Clinical Affairs, adopted 2006. More information available at www.aapd.org/media/Policies_Guidelines/D_DentalHome.pdf; accessed October 31, 2006.

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