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History Of Periodontitis Diagnosis And Edentulism As Predictors Of Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, And Mortality In Postmenopausal Women., Michael J Lamonte, Robert J Genco, Kathleen M Hovey, Robert B Wallace, Jo L Freudenheim, Dominique S Michaud, Xiaodan Mai, Lesley F Tinker, Christian R Salazar, Christopher A Andrews, Wenjun Li, Charles B Eaton, Lisa W Martin, Jean Wactawski-Wende
History Of Periodontitis Diagnosis And Edentulism As Predictors Of Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, And Mortality In Postmenopausal Women., Michael J Lamonte, Robert J Genco, Kathleen M Hovey, Robert B Wallace, Jo L Freudenheim, Dominique S Michaud, Xiaodan Mai, Lesley F Tinker, Christian R Salazar, Christopher A Andrews, Wenjun Li, Charles B Eaton, Lisa W Martin, Jean Wactawski-Wende
Medicine Faculty Publications
Background
Few studies have reported associations between periodontitis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in older women, which is the objective of the present investigation.
Methods and Results
Participants were 57 001 postmenopausal women ages 55 to 89 years (mean 68 years; >85% 60 and older) who were enrolled (1993–1998) in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, and were without known CVD when history of periodontitis and edentulism was assessed by questionnaire at study Year‐5 (1998–2003). There were 3589 incident CVD events and 3816 total deaths during a mean follow‐up of 6.7 years. In multivariable analysis, periodontitis was not associated with …
Oral Health Checkup: Progress In Tough Fiscal Times?, Cynthia Shirk
Oral Health Checkup: Progress In Tough Fiscal Times?, Cynthia Shirk
National Health Policy Forum
Almost ten years after the surgeon general’s report designating dental disease as the “silent epidemic,” the nation continues to struggle with adequate access to and utilization of dental services. This is particularly true for low-income individuals, who experience more than twice the amount of untreated dental disease as their higher-income peers. This issue brief reviews sources of dental coverage for low-income children and adults and the challenges these programs face. It highlights some examples of state Medicaid initiatives to improve access and utilization for children and the progress of these initiatives. Finally, it examines the potential effects of the economy …
The Effects Of State Dental Practice Laws Allowing Alternative Models Of Preventive Oral Health Care Delivery To Low-Income Children, Lea Nolan, Brian Kamoie, Jennel Harvey, Lissette Vaquerano, Sarah Blake, Satvinder Chawla, Jeffrey Levi, Sara J. Rosenbaum
The Effects Of State Dental Practice Laws Allowing Alternative Models Of Preventive Oral Health Care Delivery To Low-Income Children, Lea Nolan, Brian Kamoie, Jennel Harvey, Lissette Vaquerano, Sarah Blake, Satvinder Chawla, Jeffrey Levi, Sara J. Rosenbaum
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
The purpose of this project was to examine state dental practice laws and the extent to which they encourage alternative models of delivering preventive oral health care. This project encompassed two distinct study components: 1) an analysis of existing state dental statutes and regulations; and 2) case studies to examine the enactment of public health-oriented provisions encouraging alternative models of delivering preventive oral health care to low-income children; and the development and implementation of such alternative models.