NIDCR/CDC
Dental, Oral and Craniofacial
Data Resource Center
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New at the NIDCR/CDC Data Resource Center
Conferences and Meetings
Calendars—December 2012
- Calendars of oral health related
organizations and their conferences and meetings
have been updated. These documents include
location and date, abstract submission
information and websites related to the
conferences and meetings. These documents will
be updated quarterly.
2012 Calendar of Oral
Health Related Conferences and Meetings
2013 Calendar of Oral Health Related Conferences and
Meetings
New features in Data Query
System—October 2012
The Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Data Resource
Center (DRC) has added data and features to the Data
Query System, http://drc.hhs.gov/dqs.htm . Two new
years of data from the Medical Expenditure Panel
Survey (MEPS) have been added, so that data from
1996-2009 are now available for these groups of
self-reported indicators:
- Dental Visits
- Dental Services
- Dental Expense and Payment Source
- Provider Type
- Edentulism
The new features give users the ability to create
their own groupings from continuous variables in
MEPS 1996-2009, such as the number of dental visits
in a year, age in years, and number of years of
education.
Catalog of Surveys and Archive of
Procedures Related to Oral Health—September 2012
- The September 2012 release of the
Catalog of Surveys and Archive of Procedures
Related to Oral Health contains new survey
entries along with updated survey information of
entries already in the Catalog. To view the
September 2012 release online, go to the
Catalog/Archive page.
Online Searching only—September 2011
- Due to low utilization of the download
option, the Catalog of Surveys and Archive
of Procedures Related to Oral Health—September
2011 is no longer available to download. To
access the Catalog of Surveys and Archive of
Procedures Related to Oral Health—September
2011, go the DRC website at
Catalog/Archive page.
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey updates
available through the Data Query System—August 2010
The Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Data Resource
Center (DRC) has
recently updated its Data Query System. Some of the
noted changes related to the Medical Expenditure
Panel Survey (MEPS) are:
- Added MEPS 2007 data.
- Added three dental services
indicators.
- Dental sealants
- A group of three preventive services -
prophylaxes, fluoride treatment and
sealants.
- A group of five services corresponding
to those used in Healthy People 2010
Objective 21-12 (general examination,
x-rays, prophylaxes, fluoride treatment and
sealants)
- Added more categorical groups
including more age groups, more race/ethnic
groups, dentate status (age 18+ only), and
disability status.
The MEPS Data are available to be used to create
a customized query to produce reliable national
statistics. To go to the Data Query System click
here http://drc.hhs.gov/dqs.htm.
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, conducted by
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, is a
set of large-scale surveys of families and
individuals, their medical providers, and employers
across the United States. MEPS is the most complete
source of data on the cost and use of health care
and health insurance coverage.
NIDR data available to download—August
2010
The DRC has made the NIDR Survey Data and
documentation from their early surveys (National
Dental Caries Prevalence Survey: 1979–1980,
National Survey of Oral Health in U.S. School
Children: 1986–1987,
National Survey of Oral Health in U.S. Employed
Adults and Seniors: 1985–1986,
The Oral Health Surveys of NIDR: Diagnostic Criteria
and Procedures) available to
download from the DRC website. Go to
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dohdrc/nidr_survey.asp
to read more about the NIDR data.
Oral Health Questions Included in National
Health Surveys—March 2010
- The inventory of survey questions used in
national surveys now contains updated
information to reflect survey questions used
through 2010. It is available free of charge on
CD-ROM. To order the Oral Health Questions
included in National Health Surveys on CD or
view the March 2010 updates, go to the
Survey Question page.
New URL for the Data Resource Center—December 2006
New Report on the Oral Health of Americans—September 2005
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