The ability to afford needed dental care is the key difference between those children who miss school due to a dental problem and those who do not. Among all school age children, those who need dental care but cannot afford it are more likely to miss one or more school days due to dental problems Of the 7,240,000 school age children ages 5-17 in California, an estimated 504,000 (7%) missed at l...

The United States faces a significant problem with access to oral health care, particularly for children. More than 50 countries have developed an alternative dental provider, a dental therapist, practicing in public, school-based programs, to address children's access to care. This delivery model has been demonstrated to improve access to care and oral health outcomes while providing quality c...

This report analyzes the use of dental services by children enrolled in Medicaid from federal fiscal years (FFY) 2000 to 2010. The number and percent of children receiving dental services under Medicaid climbed continuously over the decade. In FFY 2000, 6.3 million children ages 1 to 20 were reported to receive some form of dental care (either preventive or treatment); the number more than doub...

PURPOSE This study sought to identify barriers and facilitators to dental care among families of predominately low socioeconomic status having children with and without HIV. METHODS Twelve focus group sessions with African-American and Hispanic caregivers and 18 individual semistructured interviews with key informant health care providers were held at two sites: a hospital-based program (HBP)...

General anesthesia (GA) is a treatment modality for very young children who require extensive dental treatment, are fearful, and are medically compromised. It is relatively safe when administered in a hospital setting, but is not without risk of complications.1, 2 Successful outcome of full-mouth rehabilitation for the pediatric dental patient under GA depends on the expertise of the medical an...

Previous studies suggest that Medicaid-enrolled children have difficulties accessing dental care, which can lead to untreated dental disease, poor oral health, and compromised overall health status. While Medicaid-enrolled children with a chronic condition (CC) encounter additional barriers to dental care, most relevant studies on dental utilization fail to adopt risk adjustment methods. As suc...

The universe of current adult day care center administrators (n = 36) and a stratified random sample of child day care center administrators (n = 300) in Virginia were surveyed to gather information about professionals' perceptions of the benefits and problems associated with providing regular intergenerational exchanges in day care settings. Findings of a qualitative analysis revealed that pro...

Dental care utilization patterns have been shifting dramatically in the United States the past decade. More children than ever are visiting the dentist, with the largest increases over time coming from low-income children. In contrast, adult dental care utilization rates have been falling steadily for all income groups and also among those with private dental benefits coverage.1 Many factors ar...

medicaid programs are particularly interested in dental care because oral health problems, such as dental caries, are more prevalent and severe among children from low-income families. RIte Smiles, Rhode Island’s managed oral health program, was designed to increase access to dental services, promote the development of good oral health behaviors, decrease the need for restorative and emergency ...

AIM To draw up a program for coordination of dental care for children with special needs between the Course at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCMC) (Specialisation in holistic dental care for children with special needs), and the Disabled Children's Oral Health Unit (DCOHU) within the Madrid Health Service (SERMAS). MATERIAL AND METHODS UCMC Protocol for children with special needs. D...