Author: Marilyn Jane Field
Publisher: National Academies
Keywords: change, challenges, crossroads, education, dental
Number of Pages: 374
Published: 1995
eBookDB-ID: NAP:14177

Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. This book offers specific recommendations on oral health assessment, access to dental care, dental school curricula, financing for education, research priorities, examinations and licensing, and other key areas. It explores the relationship of dental education to the university, the dental profession, and society at large.

Author: Barbara F. Gooch
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: dentistry, practices, control, infection, recommended
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 1993-05
ISBN-10: 0788140116
ISBN-13: 9780788140112

These recommendations should reduce the risk of disease transmission in the dental environment, from patient to dental health-care worker (DHCW), from DHCW to patient, & from patient to patient. Delineates recommendations for vaccination of DHCW's; protective attire & barrier techniques; hand washing & care of hands; the use & care of sharp instruments & needles; sterilization or disinfection of instruments; cleaning & disinfection of the dental unit & environmental surfaces; disinfection & the dental lab; use & care of hand pieces, anti retraction valves, & other intraoral dental devices.

Author: American Society of Dental Surgeons
Publisher: Nabu Press
Keywords: science, dental, journal, american
Number of Pages: 802
Published: 2011-09-26
ISBN-10: 1246781417
ISBN-13: 9781246781410

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Author: Alicia Puente Cackley
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: decreased, congressional, testimony, children, disease, extent, dental, medicaid
Number of Pages: 23
Published: 2009-02-01
ISBN-10: 143791070X
ISBN-13: 9781437910704

In recent years, concerns have been raised about the adequacy of dental care for low-income children. Attention to this subject became more acute due to the case of Deamonte Driver, a 12-year-old boy who died as a result of an infected tooth that led to a fatal brain infection. Deamonte had health coverage through Medicaid, including dental care, for millions of low-income children. Deamonte had extensive dental disease and his family was unable to find a dentist to treat him. A report was issued that examined the extent to which children in Medicaid experience dental disease, the extent to wh

Author: Alicia Puente Cackley
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: dental, services, gaps, remain, access, children, state, federal, actions, improve, medicaid
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2010-01
ISBN-10: 1437924174
ISBN-13: 9781437924176

Children's access to Medicaid dental services is a long-standing concern. Medicaid -- a joint fed. and state program that provides health care coverage, including dental care, for 30 million low-income children -- but, many children in Medicaid experience difficulty finding a dentist who would treat them. At the fed. level, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) oversees Medicaid. This report examined: (1) state strategies to monitor and improve access to dental care for children in Medicaid; and (2) CMS actions since 2007 to improve oversight of Medicaid dental services for chil

Author: James S. Benson
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: strategy, service, research, education, regulation, health, public, amalgam, scientific, review, recommended, dental
Number of Pages: 206
Published: 1999-06-01
ISBN-10: 0788180568
ISBN-13: 9780788180569

A report on the question of whether mercury-containing amalgam used in clinical dentistry produces adverse health effects. Contents: perspectives on dental caries prevention and tooth restoration; highlights of the report; amalgam use and benefits; amalgam risks; alternatives; selection of a dental restorative material; policies on dental amalgam; research; education; regulation; recommended PHS strategy; contributors to the report; appendices.

Author: James C. Cosgrove
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: estimated, untreated, tooth, decay, millions, decreased, extent, dental, disease, children, medicaid
Number of Pages: 46
Published: 2009-02
ISBN-10: 1437910742
ISBN-13: 9781437910742

In recent years, concerns have been raised about the adequacy of dental care for low-income children. Attention to this subject became more acute due to the widely publicized case of Deamonte Driver, a 12-year-old boy who died as a result of an untreated infected tooth that led to a fatal brain infection. Deamonte had health coverage through Medicaid, a joint fed. and state program that provides health care coverage, incl. dental care, for millions of low-income children. He had extensive dental disease and his family was unable to find a dentist to treat him. This report examines the extent t