Health Improvement Strategy
Garrett County HD Dental Care Center
https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/garrett-county-hd-dental-care-center-28520238/
Goal:
Decrease in the number of persons in Garrett County with untreated dental caries.
Strategy Description:
Provide dental prevention and treatment services to MA children and adults
Provide affordable dental prevention and treatment services to adults and children without dental insurance.
Level of Change:
Programs
Primary Focus Area:
Access to Care and Linkages to Community Resources
Data Category Tag:
GCHD Dental
Strategic Planning Alignment:
Estimated Implementation Date:
2000-01-01
Estimated Completion Date:
2025-06-30
Estimated Ease of Implementation:
Moderate
Estimated Cost of Implementation:
High
Potential Community Benefit:
High
Research:
Adv Clin Exp Med. 2016 Jul-Aug;25(4):767-73. doi: 10.17219/acem/62212.
Retrospective Evaluation of the Relationship Between the First Dental Visit and the DentalCondition of Six- and Seven-Year-Old Children.
Grzesiak-Gasek I1, Kaczmarek U1.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:
The delayed time of a childfs first dental visit can influence a future dental condition.
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the dental condition of children in relation to the age at which their first dental visit took place and the frequency of subsequent visits.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:
The study involved 584 parents of 6.7-year-old children regarding the age and the reason for the first childfs dentalvisit, the frequency of subsequent visits and caries preventive counseling obtained during the visits. The childrenfs dental condition was assessed by dmft and DMFT values.
RESULTS:
Nine point five percent of the children first visited the dentist up to 1 year old, 44.0% over 3, and 38.7% have not yet had. The highest dmft and DMFT values were among children having their first dental visit at the age of < 2 . 3. The most frequent reason for the first visit was a check-up (54.3%) and a carious lesion (42.4%). Higher dmft and DMFT values were among children with a symptomatic first visit than with an asymptomatic one. Caries severity in the primary teeth was correlated with the reason for the first dental visit and the frequency of subsequent visits.
CONCLUSIONS:
Caries severity in primary teeth may be predicted by the reason for the first dental visit and the frequency of subsequent visits.
KEYWORDS:
6.7-year-olds; dental caries; first dental visit
PMID:
27629853
