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Oral Health, U.S. 2002 Annual Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. INTRODUCTION
B. LIST OF FIGURES
C. LIST OF TABLES
D. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
E. LIST OF INDICATORS OF ORAL HEALTH
  SECTION 1      CARIES
  *1.1 Untreated dental caries prevalence among children (2–4 and 6–8 years old), adolescents (12–15 years old), and adults (35–44 years old)
  *1.2 Dental caries severity - decayed, missing, and filled tooth surfaces (DMFS/dfs among children (2–4 and 6–8 years old), adolescents (12–15 years old), and adults (35–44 years old)
  *1.3 Trends in the prevalence of untreated dental caries among children (2–4 and 6–8 years old), adolescents (12–15 years old), and adults (35–44 years old)
  SECTION 2      PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONS
  *2.1 Dental sealants
  *2.2 Fluoridation of community water systems
  SECTION 3      PERIODONTAL DISEASES
  *3.1 Percentage of adults with gingivitis
  *3.2 Percentage of adults with destructive periodontal disease
  SECTION 4      TOOTH LOSS
  *4.1 Persons with full dentition
  4.2 Adults with 21 or more teeth
  *4.3 Edentulism
  4.4 Edentulous people who have and use dentures
  SECTION 5      OVERALL ORAL HEALTH
  5.1 Perceived oral health status
  SECTION 6      ORAL INFECTIONS
  6.1 Oral infections and benign lesions
  SECTION 7      DELIVERY OF DENTAL SERVICES
  *7.1 Use of the oral health care system on an annual basis
  *7.2 Use of the oral health care system by residents of long-term care facilities
  *7.3 Preventive dental services for low-income children
  *7.4 School-based health centers with an oral health component
  *7.5 Community-based health centers with an oral health component
  *7.6 State dental programs with full-time dental directors and other full-time employees
  7.7 Usual source of dental care
  7.8 Annual use of preventive, orthodontic, periodontic, and endodontic services
  7.9 Proportion of the population that could not obtain dental care due to cost
  SECTION 8      ORAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
  *8.1 National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS)
  SECTION 9      CONGENITAL CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES
  9.1 Cleft lip/plate and other frequent anomalies
  SECTION 10      OROFACIAL PAIN
  10.1 Chronic orofacial pain
  10.2 Acute orofacial pain
  SECTION 11      INJURIES
  11.1 Craniofacial injuries reported from emergency rooms
  SECTION 12      TOBACCO
  12.1 Smokeless tobacco lesions
  12.2 Trends in tobacco use
  SECTION 13      ORAL AND PHARYNGEAL CANCER
  *13.1 Stage at diagnosis of oral and pharyngeal cancer
  *13.2 Oral and pharyngeal cancer screening
  *13.3 Oral and pharyngeal cancer deaths
  13.4 Site-specific oral and pharyngeal cancer
  SECTION 14      XEROSTOMIA
  14.1 Xerostomia
  SECTION 15      LINKS TO SYSTEMIC HEALTH/MANIFSTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC DISEASE
  15.1 Prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
  *15.2 Dental visits in the past year among those diagosed with diabetes
  15.3 Prevalence of HIV/AIDS-related oral manifestations
  15.4 Prevalence of osteoporosis
  SECTION 16      DENTAL CARE WORKFORCE/COST OF DENTAL CARE/ACCESSIBILITY OF DENTAL CARE
  16.1 The percentage of the population with dental insurance compared to the percentage with medical insurance
  16.2 Trends in annual per capita costs for dental services and mean annual dental expense, by sources of payment
  16.3 Trends in the proportion of dental care paid for by public programs, private insurance, and out of pocket
  16.4 Percentage of the population residing in dental health professional shortage areas
  16.5 Ratio of dentists to population and ratio of physicians to population
  16.6 Minority representation among dentists
  *16.7 Proportion of dental degrees awarded to members of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups
  SECTION 17      SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ORAL DISEASE
  17.1 Work days and school days lost due to oral disease
F. TECHNICAL NOTES
  Analytic Methods
  Sources of Data
G. TABLE SECTION

*Designated indicators are part of the Healthy People 2010 Objectives.


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