Little is known about health care spending variation across the US for recent years. To
estimate health spending by state and payer, we combined data from the government's State …

Methods The data for the study were extracted from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS)-416 EPSDT report for states' Medicaid and CHIP programs' effectiveness …

Prosthodontic treatment is a common procedure for the elderly as tooth loss is a reality in old
age. Dentists take care of increasingly older patients with physiological age manifesting as …

Background Successful and inclusive policies that embrace oral health as part of the health
agenda have the potential to alleviate the burden of oral diseases and to promote dental …

Objectives To determine whether and to what extent the state policy environment for the
dental hygiene workforce affects the availability of dental services at Federally Qualified …

Objectives This study aimed to estimate the latency of getting the first job among graduates
of King AbdulAziz University Faculty of Dentistry (KAUFD) and to assess the factors that may …

Objective. This study assessed changes in caries experience, untreated caries, sealant
prevalence, and preventive behavior among third-grade children in New York State to …

Objectives To examine the distribution of treatment facilities accepting patients with acute
odontogenic maxillofacial infections (AOMIs), time trends in incidence and relate these …

Oral health is crucial to overall health and a focus of the US Health Center program, which
provides preventive dental services in medically underserved communities. Dental hygiene …

Purpose: This study assessed state Medicaid dentist enrollment processes and identified
best practices for state authorities. Methods: A 2018 search of state government websites …