Oral Health Needs Index

Tag: BRFSS

  • What is your tongue saying about your health ?

    Many people do not know that examining your tongue can give you a large insight on different health problems you could have. There are many indicators that your tongue does not look how it normally should. Checking your tongue in the mirror is an easy way to check the status and look of your tongue. […]

  • $1 Million Kids Oral Health National Partnerships comes to Texas.

    Guardians Life Insurance Company of America committed $1 million to the Children’s Health Fund. The donation launched the Guardians of the Smile partnership to provide quality dental care and education to children in undeserved communities across the United States.  From January to June 2018, Children’s Health Fund’s programs provided more than 7,500 dental encounters to children in Washington D.C., Dallas, Idaho, Los Angeles, New York, and Southern […]

  • Where are the Dentists in Oakcliff, TX ?

    The map today shows the geographic location of dentists currently practicing in the Dallas, TX. In the process of conducting our GIS research, we noticed some areas that were heavily populated with oral health services as well as areas that are likely experiencing disparities in oral health care. To bring awareness to the current health […]

  • BRFSS interactive tool Use in knowing oral health disparities.

    The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the world’s largest continuously conducted telephone health survey, tracks health risks in the United States. Information from the survey is used to improve the health of US residents. BRFSS offers an interactive tool to create cross-tabulation and logistic regression to analyze the variables in their data pool for […]

  • Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Consumption Distribution

    CDC says, Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) or sugary drinks are leading sources of added sugars in the American diet. Frequently drinking sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with weight gain/obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, kidney diseases, non-alcoholic liver disease, tooth decay and cavities, and gout, a type of arthritis According to NCHS data briefs, adults and adolescents […]