Trends in Pediatric Dental Care Use

Natalia I Chalmers; Joseph S Wislar; Matt Hall; Cary Thurm; Man Wai Ng

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2017.11.008

Trends in Pediatric Dental Care Use

Dent Clin North Am. 2018 Apr;62(2):295-317.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2017.11.008.

Authors

Natalia I Chalmers¹, Joseph S Wislar², Matt Hall³, Cary Thurm³, Man Wai Ng⁴

Affiliations

¹ Analytics and Publication, DentaQuest Institute, 10320 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 214, Columbia, MD 21044, USA. Electronic address: Natalia.Chalmers@DentaQuestInstitute.org.
² Analytics and Publication, DentaQuest Institute, 10320 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 214, Columbia, MD 21044, USA.
³ Children's Hospital Association, 600 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

PMID: 29478459
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2017.11.008

Abstract

This article explores trends in 3 areas of dental services use for children less than 21 years of age. First, it examines the change in access to prevention, diagnostic, and treatment services over time among Medicaid-enrolled children and how access to care is affected by state-level factors. Second, it evaluates trends and health care costs associated with the treatment of oral health conditions in the operating room of pediatric hospitals. Third, it examines the trends in use of emergency departments for dental needs among children in the United States.

Keywords: Emergency department; Health disparities; Medicaid EPSDT Benefit; Operating room; Pediatric oral health.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Age Factors
Child
Child, Preschool
Dental Care for Children / statistics & numerical data*
Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Medicaid / statistics & numerical data
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
United States
Young Adult