Oral Health in America, 2000 to Present: Progress Made, But Challenges Remain

Murthy, Vivek

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“…12,13 However, the health status of people in the criminal justice system is not routinely included in national epidemiologic surveys. 12,13 However, the health status of people in the criminal justice system is not routinely included in national epidemiologic surveys.…”

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“…Incarceration represents an independent risk for poor oral health access in addition to carrying well-documented associations with barriers including transportation, finances, language, and dentist availability. 12,13 However, the health status of people in the criminal justice system is not routinely included in national epidemiologic surveys. 14 The most comprehensive data sets available for individuals who are incarcerated are those collected by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, which does not include measures of patients' oral health status.…”

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Teaching Dental Students About Incarceration and Correctional Dentistry: Results from a National Survey

Candamo

Tobey

Simon

2018

Journal of Dental Education

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People who are incarcerated or have a history of incarceration have high rates of dental disease, but access to dental treatment is often a challenge during and after incarceration. Dental students' exposure to this population is unknown: no data exist regarding the number of schools that provide didactic and clinical training in correctional dentistry. The aim of this study was to assess the extent of instruction in correctional dentistry and clinical opportunities at correctional facilities for dental students in the U.S. A survey was distributed to the academic deans at all 66 U.S. dental schools in 2017. Respondents were asked if their institutions had curricular content on correctional health and if they provided clinical opportunities in the correctional setting. Respondents from 30 schools completed the survey, for a response rate of 45%. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents said their institutions offered didactic instruction on the impact of incarceration on health, and eight schools offered a clinical experience at a correctional facility. The most common format was a community-based dental externship involving fourth-year dental students. Oral exams, prophylaxis, and extractions were the most common procedures performed. Respondents from schools that offered a clinical experience agreed more strongly than those that did not that exposure to correctional health care was important and that their students believed incarceration to be a social determinant of health. This study found that a substantial proportion of dental schools offered didactic education on correctional health, but a much smaller number offered student rotations in correctional facilities.

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Teaching Dental Students About Incarceration and Correctional Dentistry: Results from a National Survey

Candamo

Tobey

Simon

2018

Journal of Dental Education

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“…Fifteen years later, the current Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, reiterated the Department of Health and Human Service's commitment to integration of oral health into medicine as a primary strategy for reducing oral health disparities. His commitment included the adoption of an agency-wide Oral Health Strategic Framework, which will seek to integrate oral health across federal agencies in the form of funding priorities and workforce development [24]. The framework aims to reduce oral health disparities by integrating oral health into primary care and improving dissemination of oral health information and to increase oral health care services research [24].…”

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“…His commitment included the adoption of an agency-wide Oral Health Strategic Framework, which will seek to integrate oral health across federal agencies in the form of funding priorities and workforce development [24]. The framework aims to reduce oral health disparities by integrating oral health into primary care and improving dissemination of oral health information and to increase oral health care services research [24]. Already, the framework has led to increased funding for oral health care delivery in community health centers and grants to support the integration of oral health into primary care training at the medical school, advanced graduate education, and practitioner levels [16].…”

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Overcoming Historical Separation between Oral and General Health Care: Interprofessional Collaboration for Promoting Health Equity

Simon

2016

AMA Journal of Ethics

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Since the founding of dental schools as institutions distinct from medical schools, dentistry-its practice, service delivery, and insurance coverage, for example-and dental care have been kept separate from medical care in the United States. This separation is most detrimental to undeserved groups at highest risk for poor oral health. As awareness grows of the important links between oral and general health, physicians and dentists are collaborating to develop innovative service delivery and payment models that can reintegrate oral health care into medical care. Interprofessional education of medical and dental students can help produce clinicians who work together to the benefit of their patients.

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“…1 Recent interest in the integration of oral health and medicine is based upon several studies strongly suggesting that inclusion of oral health in primary care improves access to care and general health outcomes while reducing overall healthcare costs. 2,3…”

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Oral health care in the 21st century: It is time for the integration of dental and medical education

Donoff

Daley

2020

Journal of Dental Education

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Major issues exist in the provision of oral health care in America, especially to underserved populations. Access to care, health disparities, an aging population with higher chronic disease burden, and rising healthcare costs continue to impact health outcomes for millions. The marginalization of oral health care, like that of behavioral health care, is a contributor. This perspective presents an idea whose time has come: putting the mouth back in the body. Several national reports stress the imperative to better integrate the practice of medicine and dentistry, including the first‐ever Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health in 2000. A plan to lead a multifaceted integration of oral health into overall health is proposed. Leaders will come from new educational and practice models stressing teamwork, interprofessional education, innovative residency training programs and even dual degree options.

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Oral Health in America, 2000 to Present: Progress Made, But Challenges Remain

Cited by 33 publications

References 2 publications

Teaching Dental Students About Incarceration and Correctional Dentistry: Results from a National Survey

Teaching Dental Students About Incarceration and Correctional Dentistry: Results from a National Survey

Overcoming Historical Separation between Oral and General Health Care: Interprofessional Collaboration for Promoting Health Equity

Oral health care in the 21st century: It is time for the integration of dental and medical education

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