Inequalities in Untreated Root Caries and Affordability of Dental Services among Older American Adults

Badr, Fatma; Sabbah, Wael

doi:10.3390/ijerph17228523

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“…47 Approximately 1 in 6 of older adults living in the United States experience root caries. 48 Poor plaque control, smoking tobacco, lower socioeconomic status, salivary gland hypofunction and lack of funds to afford dental care are the most important risk factors related to root caries. [48][49][50] Older patients should be informed of the intraoral risk factors related to their chronic conditions including the medications utilized to manage them.…”

Section: Prevention and Treatment Of Cariesmentioning

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Oral health for baby boomers: Past, present, and future

Suarez-Durall

Mulligan

Enciso

2023

Special Care in Dentistry

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Aims This paper reviews the oral health services which were available for early (1945–1955) and late (1956–1964) baby boomers, as well as predicts their future oral healthcare needs. Methods and Results The knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of the parents of the baby boomers toward dental hygiene and oral healthcare, are reviewed. The introduction of dental health screenings occurred from 1910 to early 1970s, the creation of the first dental hygiene school and the introduction of water fluoridation influenced oral healthcare. Technology introduced in the dental offices in the 1960s included the high‐speed handpiece, followed by intraoral suction in 1979. Baby boomers are keeping their teeth at higher rates than preceding generations due to improved prevention and advances in the treatment of periodontal disease, and overall lower rates of smoking in older adults, when compared to younger adults. However, access to dental care remains an issue for many. Advances in prevention and treatment of periodontal disease, early detection of root caries, new restorative techniques, and improved technologies to replace teeth are also discussed. Conclusions Early detection of periodontal disease, oral, and oropharyngeal cancer, risk factors for tooth loss and untreated caries are needed to improve the oral health for baby boomers. Access to oral healthcare is still an issue due to socio‐economic disparities in America.

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Section: Prevention and Treatment Of Cariesmentioning

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“…Approximately 1 in 6 of older adults living in the United States experience root caries 48 . Poor plaque control, smoking tobacco, lower socioeconomic status, salivary gland hypofunction and lack of funds to afford dental care are the most important risk factors related to root caries 48–50 .…”

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Oral health for baby boomers: Past, present, and future

Suarez-Durall

Mulligan

Enciso

2023

Special Care in Dentistry

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“…Di sebagian besar negara berkembang, situasi ini semakin dipengaruhi oleh fakta bahwa perawatan gigi tidak diatur dengan baik dan bahkan tidak dianggap sebagai salah satu komponen penting dari sistem perawatan kesehatan primer (Badr, F., & Sabbah, W. 2020). Selain itu, dalam keadaan pandemi global COVID-19 baru-baru ini, dipertanyakan apakah para praktisi gigi akan secara konsisten menggunakan praktik pengendalian infeksi yang aman (Lo, Angela, et al 2020) 40 .…”

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Kebijakan Tindakan Praktik Kedokteran Gigi Selama Wabah Covid-19: Tinjauan Pencegahan Global

Putra¹,

Kasiwi²

2021

JGI

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The paper aim to examine how dental policy across the world could confront health regulators worldwide in the face of outbreaks and financial constraints faced by dentists worldwide. Globally, current dental practice is limited to providing only emergency treatments. This move is appreciative, but has resulted in enormous financial losses worldwide sustained by dental care providers (DCPs). This research are using qualitative analysis that are gathering the data using perish and publish, and collecting the data through scopus database as the main sources in this research. In advance of collecting the data, this research is analysis by Nvivo tools and Vosviewer to knowing the clustering values of dental policy and knowing the networking of spreading the virus in term of dental policy. The result show that the guideline and policy in each country, since every country has different values those are faced in their country especially talking with Asian Country. As regards the contagious nature of COVID-19, an appropriate standard procedure policy for patient management and a recommendation for dental treatment in hospitals during the pandemic are imperative for some institutions. Dental treatment requires close proximity, face-to-face practices, and may produce droplets or aerosols containing water, saliva, blood, any other microorganisms and other debris during the procedure.

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“…Untreated dental caries can affect the overall quality of life by interfering with speech, eating, sleep, and work by causing pain. Cost can be a barrier for treating dental caries and the minority groups are often faced with financial burdens and have difficulties affording and accessing oral health care services [21].…”

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A Global Perspective of Racial–Ethnic Inequities in Dental Caries: Protocol of Systematic Review

Nath

Sethi

Bastos

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Though current evidence suggests that racial–ethnic inequities in dental caries persist over time and across space, their magnitude is currently unknown from a global perspective. This systematic review aims to quantify the magnitude of racial/ethnic inequities in dental caries and to deconstruct the different taxonomies/concepts/methods used for racial/ethnic categorization across different populations/nations. This review has been registered in PROSPERO; CRD42021282771. An electronic search of all relevant databases will be conducted until December 2021 for both published and unpublished literature. Studies will be eligible if they include data on the prevalence or severity of dental caries assessed by the decayed, missing, filled teeth index (DMFT), according to indicators of race-ethnicity. A narrative synthesis of included studies and a random-effects meta-analysis will be conducted. Forest plots will be constructed to assess the difference in effect size for the occurrence of dental caries. Study quality will be determined via the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale and the GRADE approach will be used for assessing the quality of evidence. This systematic review will enhance knowledge of the magnitude of racial/ethnic inequities in dental caries globally by providing important benchmark data on which to base interventions to mitigate the problem and to visualize the effects of racism on oral health.

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Inequalities in Untreated Root Caries and Affordability of Dental Services among Older American Adults

Cited by 9 publications

References 31 publications

Oral health for baby boomers: Past, present, and future

Oral health for baby boomers: Past, present, and future

Kebijakan Tindakan Praktik Kedokteran Gigi Selama Wabah Covid-19: Tinjauan Pencegahan Global

A Global Perspective of Racial–Ethnic Inequities in Dental Caries: Protocol of Systematic Review

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