This paper explores one published article reporting the findings of a 2011 xylitol toothpaste trial on preventing early childhood caries. Examining four Head Start classrooms residing in the Republic of the Marshall Islands on Majuro Atoll. The Washington Institutional Review Board granted acquiescence to the Ministry of Health to commence the trial as requisitioned. The Ministry of Health worked with the children four to five years of age of the Marshall Islands enrolled in Head Start during the school year of the trial. During the introductory census at the commencement of the school year 196 children enrolled and received a baseline caries exam. However, by the end of the trial, only 168 children accepted a caries exam and of those 145 children …show more content…
Accordingly, the Washington Institutional Review Board granted the Ministry of Health acquiescence to commence the trial as requisitioned. The Ministry of Health worked with the children there from ages four to five enrolled in Head Start during the school year of the trial. During the initial census at the beginning of the school year there were 196 children enrolled who received a baseline caries …show more content…
However, brushing with a low strength toothpaste with the combination of xylitol and fluoride in a high caries risk populace was not shown to be any more influential in eliminating early childhood caries, than a fluoride only toothpaste. However, it is important to remember that the results were definitely altered due to noncompliance. As a result, the findings of the xylitol toothpaste trial prevail to remain inconclusive. Consequentially, the benefits of xylitol toothpaste are not substantial enough for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAPD) to endorse its use over fluoride toothpaste to high caries risk
Seven-year-old Carlos Smith came to Universal Pediatric Dental Clinic for his first dental appointment. During his dental visit his hygienist learned he has a sweet tooth and rather drink juice/soda than water and never turn down candy. He is a big chocolate fan, of course the gummy stuff, the Mike, cheerios and Ikes. His hygienist already see two area of caries on his primary teeth. Dr. Jonathan CalBrim, suggested dental sealants, which could help keep tooth decay at Carlos’ permanent molar as well as other teeth. His parents had no idea about caries as well as sealant. His parents have many questions and worried that information may not have been disclosed to public about sealant.
Fewer children enrolled in CDBS compared to children in the other States. Ironically, around 40% of children aged 4-14 years are Indigenous which 80% of those children live in the rural or remote area (Australian Bureau of Statistic 2015). A number of studies that assessed the oral health status of indigenous people in Australian reported the poor oral health (Martin‐Iverson et al. 2000). While, children in general, based on Child Dental Health Survey in 2007 was reported that among 5 to 6 year-old children has the highest levels of untreated decay and dmft (Mejia, Amarasena, Roberts-Thomson & Ellershaw 2012; Jamieson et al. 2006; Chrisopoulos , Harford & Ellershaw 2016, p.
Over 130 million Americans do not have dental insurance. On top of that, almost a million emergency room visits last year resulted from preventable oral conditions. Many Americans today are unaware of how the condition of their dentition affects their overall health. Socioeconomic limitations, the lack of dental education in parents, eating habits, and simply the availability of dentists plays a key role in the state of children’s oral health; implementing a universal dental care program will help lower the barriers that many people face when it comes to receiving the dental care they need. The program will target high-risk individuals who are prone to dental caries and provide them with standard
Over 130 million Americans do not have dental insurance. On top of that, almost a million emergency room visits last year resulted from preventable oral conditions. Many Americans today are unaware of how the condition of their dentition affects their overall health. Socioeconomic limitations, the lack of dental education in parents, eating habits, and simply the availability of dentists plays a key role in the state of children’s oral health; implementing a universal dental care program will help lower the barriers that many people face when it comes to receiving the dental care they need. The program will target high-risk individuals who are prone to dental caries and provide them with standard treatment.
In Tina Fey’s memoir of her life, Bossypants, she provides many examples of challenging the ideas of femininity in today’s modern society. This is important because it shows younger women that despite the inequalities for women in the workplace, the inequalities can be overcome, and women can go on to live successful lives with the careers that they want. In Bossypants, Fey tells different anecdotes about the struggles that she ran into during her position as a female writer in Saturday Night Live and how these struggles ultimately made her a better writer and person after she had overcome them. In today’s society, one of the biggest examples of inequality in the workplace is that in the majority of the fields, females get paid significantly less than their male co workers who do the same job. The book Bossypants is the perfect example of how to educate the audience about important issues such as inequalities in the workplace while also keeping the audience entertained with one-liners and different forms of comedy throughout the whole story. It is important that Fey talks about these examples because she shows that even though she may have struggled and that her male co workers were not always supportive of her, she did her best anyways and she worked to become the boss so that she could be in charge of her own work. In Bossypants, Tina Fey talks about the struggles of being a female writer in her field, and how to focus her energy on her work to become the boss. She elaborates on the inequalities of women in the world of employment and how these inequalities can affect women’s careers.
The method from Health Education Journal was based on collecting and evaluating evidence, “…using a combined approach incorporating the Cochrane Public Health and Health Promotion Field Handbook and the Health Gains Notation in order to a develop a synthesis approach to reporting,” (Satur et al., 2010). However, Community Dental Health utilized electronic searching, iterative-hand searching, critical appraisal and data synthesis in which the primary research reviewed settings were at clinical, community, schools or other institutions in which children, elderly, people with handicaps and disabilities were the participants. Another difference in both articles is the conclusions. Community Dental Health concluded that the use of fluoride is efficient in reducing caries through oral health promotion, chairside oral health promotion is shown to be effective; however mass media programs have not. On the other hand, the article from Health Education Journal states that even though there is a respectable support in incorporating the oral health into the general health promotion, it is vital to observe the outcomes in oral health terms.
Introduction There is a long-lasting discussion in Australia about closing health care gaps, including oral health, between low SES groups and the whole population. On the one hand, Australia undeniably benefits from widespread fluoridation, which is highly renowned for its cost efficiency in oral health improvement. On the other hand, inequality in oral health persists in spite of many health interventions, including fluoridation. The aim of this rapid review is to examine an evidence for the effectiveness of fluoridation in improving poor oral health with a special emphasis on its impact on oral health among the low SES group.
The program called the CHP came up with many ways to make it successful. Education is the key for success. Keeping this idea in mind the program used education as the main element of their program to teach them about oral health and make them more aware of the oral health issues. They educated the parents on the importance of how
The purpose of this research was to prove that the School-Based Dental Sealant program could improve access to Preventive Dental Service. The authors investigated 8145 students in Framingham, Massachusetts which was considered representative of the 66190 residents living in west/ southwest of Boston. The study began after applying oral survey to all first and second-grade students in Framingham from 2000 to 2009. In this period of time, all students were screened for the number of teeth filled, number of teeth with untreated decay, number of teeth extracted, existing sealants on the first molar, and identification of first molars in need of sealant. And then the dental officials applied sealant to the molars of those students who had high potential of developing carries.
Administration of this clinical skill involved undertaking an assessment of my colleague’s mouth before delivering any care in order to help determine the most appropriate means of delivering oral care. Malkin (2009) asserts that this is a critical component of the procedure and was one I was keen not to overlook. The World Health Organisation (WHO 2010) describes a healthy mouth as being free of chronic mouth and facial pain and in the situation described; this is the condition I found my partner’s mouth to be in. I was therefore happy to proceed with cleaning his teeth as instructed. I selected to use a soft bristled toothbrush and toothpaste. The use of these adjuncts are described by many writers as being the most appropriate in terms of removing plaque and preventing trauma to the gums (Holman et al 2005,McCauliffe 2007).Despite this it has been identified that they are also most
Studies on oral health range from the impact of dental health insurance to the efficiency of state or federal programs and services. More recently, studies have also highlight the role of less advantageous populations. In the study by Edelstein, Hirsch, Frosh, & Kumar (2015), a Medicaid population is examined on its available interventions in an effort to reduce childhood dental carries. The researchers used systems model analysis of the Medicaid population in New York in order to assess the cost savings and disease reduction capacity of nine interventions, which include the following: fluoride varnish application, water fluoridation, fluoride toothpaste, fluoride varnish, medical screening, motivational interviewing, secondary prevention,
British Imperialism in Kenya Colonialism is when one nation takes control of another. The British wanted the raw resources in Africa such as diamond, gold, copper, tin, and wool. They also wanted new market where they could sell their products. The Europeans solution to this was stealing the African’s land and making the people produce the resources for them. The colonization in Africa changed the African society, economy, intellect, and politics by stripping culture, expanding railroads, and making new laws.
This article was an action research model. It was action research because the article used a variety of research methods. Research was based on emancipatory, developmental, and critical action research. These are all qualitative research methods. The research problem was how to ensure that prospective teachers become culturally responsive individuals.
Dental Hygiene is very important to me and has been since I was a child, this has influenced my desire of becoming a pediatric dentist. In a personal interview i conducted with Dr.Bills she informed me of this, “Dental Hygiene is emphasized by all dentists, we want our patients to have elegant white teeth and pleasant breath”(Bills). I would like to teach children the importance of keeping their teeth brushed so that they will have a beautiful smile and healthy teeth. Pediatric Dentistry is a superb fit for me because I care about dental health and I want children to know the importance as well. It is never too early for children to learn how important dental hygiene is.
Although considered preventable, 53.6% of Medicaid eligible kindergarteners studied in California had a history of dental caries and 27.8 % had decay present at the time of the screening (Dental Health Foundation, 2006). Teaching young children effective oral hygiene techniques is the most effective way to protect the child’s teeth and help them to develop a daily oral wellness routine ("Dental Health," 2015). By focusing on those most in need, Medicaid eligible preschool aged children, teaching and reinforcing effective oral hygiene strategies early in life will foster a lifelong habit of oral health wellness (Gardner, Lally, & Wardle, 2012).