BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Although preventive dental visits are considered important for maintaining pediatric oral health, there is relatively little research showing that they reduce subsequent nonpreventive dental visits or costs. At least 1 study seemed to find that early preventive dental care is associated with more restorative and emergency visits. Previous studies are limited by their in...

Despite the fact that dental caries are preventable with ageappropriate and effective caries management through periodic dental visits, many children experience dental decay. Based on The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, more than a quarter of US children age 2 to 5 years and more than half of the children age 6 to 8 years had dental caries in the period of 1999–2004. The 2007-...

Hospital emergency departments (eds) pRoVIde cRItIcal and highly-demanded services to communities, including treatment for emergency oral/dental problems. EDs also serve as dental safety net points of access for a significant number of low income and uninsured Rhode Island children and adults who have limited access to oral health care due to lack of dental insurance, immigration status, or a n...

I n light of two fairly recent events — a crisis in pediatric dental care, precipitated by the lack of pediatric anesthe-siologists, and a study from the Quebec Health Department reporting that Quebeckers have some of the highest tooth decay rates in the industrialized world — it is interesting to look at the history of what we have called " free " dental care in Quebec. I doubt that anyone tru...

background and aims. preventing oral disease is the most desirable way of ensuring good dental health for children with heart disease. dental and gingival infections in patients with cardiac problems may lead to infective endocarditis. the aim of this study was to evaluate oral and dental health status in children with heart disease referred to a cardiac center compared with the control group. ...

BACKGROUND In this study, the authors examined the prevalence and cost of care for children enrolled in Medicaid for potentially preventable dental conditions who receive surgical care in hospital operating rooms (ORs) or ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). METHODS The authors analyzed Medicaid data from 8 states to find cases in which children aged 1 to 20 years received surgical care in ORs ...

The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of school children towards oral health and dental care as well as to evaluate the factors that determine these variables. School children (n=557) of an average age of 13.5 years attending public schools in North Jordan were recruited into this study. The subjects completed a questionnaire that aimed to evaluate young scho...

AIM To examine dental service use and dental care receipt by a range of factors among Maori, Pacific and New Zealand European or Other children in New Zealand. METHODS Data were from the 2002 National Children's Nutrition Survey. Bivariate associations were calculated between three dental service use and dental care receipt measures, and 48 personal characteristics in five domains. Analyses t...

BACKGROUND Significant disparities exist in children's receipt of preventive dental care (PDC) in the United States. Many of the children at greatest risk of dental disease do not receive timely PDC; when they do receive dental care, it is often more for relief of dental pain. Chelsea is a low-income, diverse Massachusetts community with high rates of untreated childhood caries. There are vario...

OBJECTIVE To measure the impact of Medicaid reforms, in particular increases in Medicaid dental fees in Connecticut, Maryland, and Texas, on access to dental care among Medicaid-eligible children. DATA 2007 and 2011-2012 National Survey of Children's Health. STUDY DESIGN Difference-in-differences and triple differences models were used to measure the impact of reforms. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS ...