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Oral Health of Children and Adolescents
OH-1 Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who have dental caries experience in their primary or permanent teeth
Baseline:
33.3 percent of children aged 3 to 5 years had dental caries experience in at least one primary tooth in 1999–2004
Target:
30.0 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
54.4 percent of children aged 6 to 9 years had dental caries experience in at least one primary or permanent tooth in 1999–2004
Target:
49.0 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
53.7 percent of adolescents aged 13 to 15 years had dental caries experience in at least one permanent tooth in 1999–2004
Target:
48.3 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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OH-2 Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents with untreated dental decay
Baseline:
23.8 percent of children aged 3 to 5 years had untreated dental decay in at least one primary tooth in 1999–2004
Target:
21.4 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
28.8 percent of children aged 6 to 9 years had untreated dental decay in at least one primary or permanent tooth in 1999–2004
Target:
25.9 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
17.0 percent of adolescents aged 13 to 15 years had untreated dental decay in at least one permanent tooth in 1999–2004
Target:
15.3 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Oral Health of Adults
OH-3 Reduce the proportion of adults with untreated dental decay
Baseline:
27.8 percent adults aged 35 to 44 years had untreated dental decay in at least one permanent tooth in 1999–2004
Target:
25.0 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
17.1 percent of adults aged 65 to 74 years had untreated coronal caries in at least one permanent tooth in 1999–2004
Target:
15.4 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
37.9 percent of adults aged 75 years and older had untreated root surface caries in at least one permanent tooth in 1999–2004
Target:
34.1 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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OH-4 Reduce the proportion of adults who have ever had a permanent tooth extracted because of dental caries or periodontal disease
Baseline:
76.4 percent of adults aged 45 to 64 years have ever had a permanent tooth extracted because of dental caries or periodontitis in 1999–2004
Target:
68.8 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
24.0 percent of adults aged 65 to 74 years had lost all of their natural teeth in 1999–2004
Target:
21.6 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
12.7 percent of adults aged 45 to 74 years had moderate or severe periodontitis in 2001–04
Target:
11.4 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
32.5 percent of oral and pharyngeal cancers were diagnosed at the localized stage (stage 1) in 2007
Target:
35.8 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), CDC; Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program, NIH, NCI
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Access to Preventive Services
Baseline:
44.5 percent of persons aged 2 years and older had a dental visit in the past 12 months in 2007
Target:
49.0 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), AHRQ
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Baseline:
26.7 percent of children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level received a preventive dental service during the past year in 2007
Target:
29.4 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), AHRQ
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OH-9 Increase the proportion of school-based health centers with an oral health component
Baseline:
24.1 percent of school-based health centers with an oral health component included dental sealants in 2007–08
Target:
26.5 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
School-based Health Care Census, National Assembly of School Based Health Care (NASBHC)
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Baseline:
10.1 percent of school-based health centers with an oral health component included fillings and extractions in 2007–08
Target:
11.1 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
School-based Health Care Census, National Assembly of School Based Health Care (NASBHC)
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Baseline:
29.2 percent of school-based health centers with an oral health component included fluoride rinses, varnish, or supplements in 2007–08
Target:
32.1 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
School-based Health Care Census, National Assembly of School Based Health Care (NASBHC)
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OH-10 Increase the proportion of local health departments and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that have an oral health component
Baseline:
75 percent of Federally Qualified Health Centers had an oral health care component in 2007
Target:
83 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
Uniform Data System (UDS), HRSA, BPHC
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Baseline:
25.8 percent of local health departments had an oral health prevention or care program in 2008
Target:
28.4 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD); National Association of County and City Health Officials
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Baseline:
17.5 percent of patients at Federally Qualified Health Centers received oral health services in 2007
Target:
33.3 percent
Target-Setting Method:
90 percent improvement
Data Source:
Uniform Data System (UDS), HRSA, BPHC
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Oral Health Interventions
OH-12 Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who have received dental sealants on their molar teeth
Baseline:
1.4 percent of children aged 3 to 5 years received dental sealants on one or more of their primary molars in 1999–2004
Target:
1.5 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
25.5 percent children aged 6 to 9 years received dental sealants on one or more of their first permanent molars in 1999–2004
Target:
28.1 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
19.9 percent of adolescents aged 13 to 15 years received dental sealants on one or more of their first permanent molars and one or more second permanent molars in 1999–2004
Target:
21.9 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
72.4 percent of the U.S. population served by community water systems received optimally fluoridated water in 2008
Target:
79.6 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
CDC Water Fluoridation Reporting System (WFRS), CDC, ONDIEH, NCCDPHP
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OH-14 (Developmental) Increase the proportion of adults who receive preventive interventions in dental offices
Potential Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Potential Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Potential Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
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Monitoring, Surveillance Systems
OH-15 (Developmental) Increase the number of States and the District of Columbia that have a system for recording and referring infants and children with cleft lips and cleft palates to craniofacial anomaly rehabilitative teams
Potential Data Source:
Annual Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Public Health Programs, Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
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Potential Data Source:
Annual Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Public Health Programs, Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
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Baseline:
32 States had an oral and craniofacial health surveillance system in 2009
Target:
51 (50 States and the District of Columbia)
Target-Setting Method:
Total coverage (all 50 States and the District of Columbia)
Data Source:
Annual Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Public Health Programs, Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
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Public Health Infrastructure
OH-17 Increase health agencies that have a dental public health program directed by a dental professional with public health training
Baseline:
23.4 percent of States (including the District of Columbia) and local health agencies that served jurisdictions of 250,000 or more persons had a dental public health program directed by a dental professional with public health training in 2009
Target:
25.7 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
Annual Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Public Health Programs, Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
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Baseline:
11 Indian Health Service Areas and Tribal health programs that served jurisdictions of 30,000 or more persons had a dental public health program directed by a dental professional with public health training in 2010
Target:
12 programs
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health
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