General dentists' referrals of 3- to 5-year-old children to pediatric dentists

McQuistan, Michelle R.; Kuthy, Raymond A.; Daminano, Peter C.; Ward, Marcia M.

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.2006.0262

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“…Behavior problems encountered by general dentists during simple restorative procedures often result in referral to pediatric dentists which limits access to care for those in communities without a pediatric dentist. [6] Uncooperative behavior of some children may also require that treatment be rendered using sedation or general anesthesia, which comes at an increased expense and risk to the patient. To better address the dental care needs of the child population, practitioners must continue to explore alternative strategies for caries management and restorative treatment.…”

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The success of stainless steel crowns placed with the Hall technique

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Vinson

et al. 2014

The Journal of the American Dental Association

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The success of stainless steel crowns placed with the Hall technique

Ludwig

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Vinson

et al. 2014

The Journal of the American Dental Association

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“…Although both BMP and dental fear may contribute to the growing number of referred children, the referral pattern is changing. Two factors that are reported to influence this pattern are the type of insurance and the number of children in a practice 4 . Further influences are a shorter mean treatment time, because of work load, and a higher number of children with high caries prevalence in regular dental practices 1 .…”

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“…It is not yet known to what extent referrals are justified. It is of importance to recognize dentist's referral patterns because it is of impact on the dentists work load and access to care for children 4 . Since the caries prevalence seems to increase, a large group of senior dentists in the Netherlands are retiring in the years to come and the number of paediatric dentists is stable, it is now of interest to assess what factors contribute to the referral pattern.…”

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Dental fear, communication, and behavioural management problems in children referred for dental problems

Klaassen

Veerkamp²,

Hoogstraten

2007

Int J Paed Dentistry

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“…30 Forty percent of Iowa dentists (about 860 dentists) treat Medicaid or State Children’s Health Insurance Program-enrolled (SCHIP) patients and 8% (about 172 Iowa general dentists) have practices with ≥25% Medicaid or SCHIP patients. 31 …”

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Impact of Chronic Condition Status and Severity on Dental Utilization for Iowa Medicaid-Enrolled Children

Donald¹,

Momany²,

Neff³

et al. 2011

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Background Although Medicaid-enrolled children with a chronic condition (CC) may be less likely to use dental care because of factors related to their CC, dental utilization for this population is poorly understood. Objective To assess the relationship between CC status and CC severity, respectively, on dental utilization for Iowa Medicaid-enrolled children. Research Design Retrospective cohort study of Iowa Medicaid data (January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2006). Subjects Medicaid-enrolled children aged 3 to 14 (N = 71,115) years. Measures The 3M Corporation Clinical Risk Grouping methods were used to assess CC status (no/yes) and CC severity (episodic/life-long/malignancy/complex). The outcome variable was any dental utilization in 2006. Secondary outcomes included use of diagnostic, preventive, routine restorative, or complex restorative dental care. Results After adjusting for model covariates, Iowa Medicaid-enrolled children with a CC were significantly more likely to use each type of dental care except routine restorative care (P = 0.86) than those without a CC, although the differences in the odds were small (4%–6%). Compared with Medicaid-enrolled children with an episodic CC, children with a life-long CC were less likely to use routine restorative care (P < 0.0001), children with a malignancy were more likely to use complex restorative care (P < 0.03), and children with a complex CC were less likely to use each type of dental care except complex restorative care (P = 0.97). Conclusions There were differences in dental utilization for Iowa Medicaid-enrolled children by CC status and CC severity. Children with complex CCs were the least likely to use dental care. Future research efforts should seek to understand why subgroups of Medicaid-enrolled children with a CC exhibit lower dental utilization.

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General dentists' referrals of 3- to 5-year-old children to pediatric dentists

Cited by 24 publications

References 7 publications

The success of stainless steel crowns placed with the Hall technique

The success of stainless steel crowns placed with the Hall technique

Dental fear, communication, and behavioural management problems in children referred for dental problems

Impact of Chronic Condition Status and Severity on Dental Utilization for Iowa Medicaid-Enrolled Children

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