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Covid-19 Pandemic Impact On Us Childhood Caries And Potential Mitigation, Christina Scherrer, Shillpa Naavaal, Susan O. Griffin, Mei Lin
Covid-19 Pandemic Impact On Us Childhood Caries And Potential Mitigation, Christina Scherrer, Shillpa Naavaal, Susan O. Griffin, Mei Lin
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Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and Hispanic and low-income US children have a higher prevalence of untreated caries than their higher-income and non-Hispanic White (NHW) counterparts. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many dental offices and school sealant programs closed beginning March 2020. We examine the effect of reduced access to restorative care and sealants on the oral health of children from low-income households overall and by race/ethnicity and how increased sealant delivery in September 2022 could mitigate these effects. We used Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation to model COVID-19’s impact on first permanent molar (1M) caries incidence and loss in quality of …
Association Between Periodontal Disease And Oral Cancer Screening Among Us Adults: Nhanes 2011-2014, Shillpa Naavaal, Dina T. Garcia, Xiaoyan Deng, Dipankar Bandyopadhya
Association Between Periodontal Disease And Oral Cancer Screening Among Us Adults: Nhanes 2011-2014, Shillpa Naavaal, Dina T. Garcia, Xiaoyan Deng, Dipankar Bandyopadhya
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Objectives:
To examine oral cancer screening rates and associated factors among adults with periodontal disease (PD). We hypothesized that adults with severe PD will be less likely to report receipt of any type of oral cancer screening than adults with no PD.
Materials and Methods:
We used 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data on adults ≥ 30 years. PD status was classified as no PD, mild/moderate PD, and severe PD. Survey-adjusted logistic regression analysis was used to examine the model adjusted risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the outcome of not receiving intraoral, extraoral …
Comprehensive Pregnancy Dental Benefits Improved Dental Coverage And Increased Dental Care Utilization Among Medicaid-Enrolled Pregnant Women In Virginia, Shillpa Naavaal, David W. Harless
Comprehensive Pregnancy Dental Benefits Improved Dental Coverage And Increased Dental Care Utilization Among Medicaid-Enrolled Pregnant Women In Virginia, Shillpa Naavaal, David W. Harless
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Objectives: To evaluate the changes in dental insurance and utilization among pregnant women before and after the pregnancy Medicaid dental benefit policy implementation in 2015 in Virginia.
Methods: We used pooled cross-sectional data from six cycles of the Virginia Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System on women aged ≥21 years. Using logistic regression models and a difference-in-difference design, we compared the effects of policy implementation on dental insurance and utilization between pre-policy (2013-2014) and post-policy period (2016-2019) among women enrolled in Medicaid (treatment, N = 1,105) vs. those with private insurance (control, N = 2,575). A p-value of 0.05 was …