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Is Oral Health coming to Your Office?
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* So don't forget to "Lift the Lip" and be sure
that your patients are receiving oral health care!

Resources:

* Licensed dentists and hygienists in PA:
2003

2005

2007

2009

Dentists
Eligible for License Renewal 10,235 10,249

9,937

11,238

* Smiles for Life Curriculum - www.smilesforlifeoralhealth.org

Renewals

9,241

8,757

9,222

9,274

* Dentists accepting Medicaid - http://www.InsureKidsNow.gov

Renewal Rate

90%

85%

93%

83%

* American Academy of Pediatric Dentists - www.aapd.org There is
also a link to a website for parents.

Dental Hygienists
Eligible for License Renewal 7,285

7,534

7,835

8,276

* Search "My Waters Fluoride" for fluoride concentration in tap
water anywhere in the US - apps.nccd.cdc.gov/MWF/Index.asp

Renewals

6,745

6,787

7,440

7,934

Renewal Rate

93%

90%

95%

96%

* American Academy of Pediatrics - Oral Health Section (many
practical resources + PACT course - 11 hours free CME!) - www.
aap.org/oralhealth/

* AAP website for parents - www.Healthychildren.org

* Locations where Dental Hygienists
Provided Care to Uninsured or
Underinsured Residents at a place
other than their primary job - PA
State Health Assessment 2013

* Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health - www.brightfutures.org/
oralhealth/pdf/index.html

* Designated Dental Health
Professional Shortage Areas, PA 2012

* National Maternal & Child Oral Health (MCOH) Resource
Center - www.mchoralhealth.org/PediatricOH/index.htm

2011

9,428

8,304

* American Dental Association - www.ada.org

DATA!
* Medicaid patients receiving oral health exam once per year:

* Tooth decay affects 48% of children in PA by age 8. By age
15, >50%. In low income households, l33% of children have
UNTREATED decay vs. 10% in higher income households.
* 85% of PA residents get their water from community water systems
but only 65% of these system are fluoridated.
* Every dollar invested in water fluoridation saves $38 in dental
treatment costs.
* Oral cancer was diagnosed in 1729 persons in 2010 and caused
360 deaths in PA.
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http://www.smilesforlifeoralhealth.org http://www.InsureKidsNow.gov http://www.aapd.org http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/MWF/Index.asp http://www.aap.org/oralhealth/ http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PediatricOH/index.htm http://www.Healthychildren.org http://www.brightfutures.org/ http://www.ada.org

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