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Watch Your Mouth! Promote Oral Health. Renée W. Joskow DDS, MPH, FAGD CAPT, USPHS Senior Dental Advisor U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Special Health Affairs. 2011. 2011. 2010. 2009. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Renée W. Joskow DDS, MPH, FAGDCAPT, USPHS
Senior Dental AdvisorU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesHealth Resources and Services Administration
Office of Special Health Affairs
Watch Your Mouth! Promote Oral Health
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Maximize Momentum
• Study: Minority Kids Most Likely To Have Unmet Dental Needs• 73% untreated dental caries• 53% fillings or crowns• 81% unmet need• Asians were more likely to have
untreated dental caries, followed by Hispanics and then African-Americans. http://www.blackradionetwork.com/
HEADLINES
Access to Care
One-in-four U.S. adults aged 65 or older have lost all of their teeth
A story of need…..
• Overall. Non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians and Alaska Natives generally have the poorest oral health
• Children and Tooth Decay. The greatest disparity is seen in Mexican American and black, non-Hispanic children
• Adults and Untreated Tooth Decay. Blacks, non-Hispanics, and Mexican Americans experience untreated tooth decay nearly twice as much as white, non-Hispanics.
• Adults and Oral Cancer. The 5–year survival rate is lower for oral pharyngeal (throat) cancers among black men than whites (36% versus 61%).
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/oral_health_disparities.htm
Disparities persist
Oral cancer rates are higher for Hispanic & Black males than for White males.
Oral Health= Overall Health
Renée W. Joskow, DDS, MPH
Health Resources and Services Administration
Senior Dental Advisor
301.443.6769
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