Oral Health Needs Index

Tag: Public Health

  • Oral Healthcare Locations in Georgia

    Georgia Oral Health Coalition (GOHC) aims to increase access to dental care, prevent and reduce dental caries, periodontal disease, oral-facial trauma, and tobacco use, and detect oral cancer in early stages and reduce its incidence thus, improving oral health and quality of life for all Georgians. They provide various resources for the public. One such […]

  • Geographic variation in use of Preventive Dental Services

    Tooth decay is one of the most common childhood chronic diseases. It is a growing problem: according to CDC, among children ages, 2 to 5, the prevalence of early childhood caries increased 15 percent between 1988–1994 and 1999–2004. Untreated tooth decay affects 19.5 percent of 2-to-5-year-olds and 22.9 percent of 6-to-9-year-olds. The disease is almost entirely preventable […]