Expanding school-based sealant programs to realize treatment cost savings in Colorado

TM Anselmo, DK Brunson, ME Martinez… - American Dental …, 2007 - jdh.adha.org
Children of lower socioeconomic status suffer a disproportionate amount of dental caries
compared to their higher income counterparts. Dental sealants have been shown to be …

Cost-effectiveness analysis of a school-based dental sealant program for low-socioeconomic-status children: a practice-based report

GP Zabos, SA Glied, JN Tobin, E Amato… - Journal of health care …, 2002 - muse.jhu.edu
The decline in dental caries prevalence among school-age children during the last decade
was masked by increased disparities of caries patterns between segments of the US …

Evaluation of school-based dental sealant programs: an updated community guide systematic economic review

SO Griffin, S Naavaal, C Scherrer, M Patel… - American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Context A recently updated Community Guide systematic review of the effectiveness of
school sealant programs (SSPs) still found strong evidence that SSPs reduced dental caries …

Impact of targeted, school-based dental sealant programs in reducing racial and economic disparities in sealant prevalence among schoolchildren--Ohio, 1998-1999

Centers for Disease Control and … - MMWR. Morbidity …, 2001 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the availability of highly effective measures for primary prevention, dental caries
(tooth decay) remains one of the most common childhood chronic diseases. When properly …

Improving Access to Preventive Dental Services through a School–Based Dental Sealant Program

D Devlin, M Henshaw - American Dental Hygienists' Association, 2011 - jdh.adha.org
Purpose: The lack of access to preventive dental services, such as dental sealants, can be a
major barrier to optimal dental health. School-based dental sealant programs can serve as …

Impact of school sealant programs on oral health among youth and identification of potential barriers to implementation

N Patel, SO Griffin, M Linabarger, S Lesaja - The Journal of the American …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background School sealant programs (SSPs) increase sealant prevalence among
children lacking access to oral health care. SSPs, however, are substantially underused …

Public health sealant delivery programs: optimal delivery and the cost of practice acts

CR Scherrer, PM Griffin… - Medical Decision …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. The greatest unmet health need for US children is dental care. School-based
sealant programs target low-income, high-risk second graders and are effective in …

Most states lag on delivering valuable, preventive dental care to low-income children

B Russell - Health Affairs Forefront, 2015 - healthaffairs.org
As our health system moves to pay for value, highly-effective but low-cost preventive
medicine becomes increasingly vital. Dental sealants provide a low-cost intervention to …

Statistical model for assessing the impact of targeted, school‐based dental sealant programs on sealant prevalence among third graders in Ohio

S Kim, AM Lehman, MD Siegal… - Journal of Public Health …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objectives: Since Ohio school‐based dental sealant programs target economically
disadvantaged groups, simple comparison of sealant prevalence between schools with …

Targeting school‐based dental sealant programs: who is at “higher risk?”

MD Siegal, AMR Detty - Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To assess the effect of various school‐level Free and Reduced Price Meal
Program (FRPMP) enrollment‐based risk thresholds on the ability of school‐based sealant …