The economics of pit and fissure sealants in preventive dentistry: A review

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 95-103

  Kitchens, Dinah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Primary prevention; Risk assessment; Sealants

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 30744463495     PISSN: 15263711     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-6-3-95     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Cons NC, Pollard ST, Leske GS. Adhesive sealant clinical trial: results of a three-year study in a fluoridated area. J Prev Dent. 1976 May-Jun;3(3 Pt 2):14-9.
2. Holloway PJ, Clarkson JE. Cost: benefit of prevention in practice. Int Dent J. 1994 Aug;44(4):317-22.
3. Harris N, Godoy-Garcia F. Primary Preventive Dentistry, 5th ed. Stanford, Connecticut: Appleton and Lange, 1999.
4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 2000.
5. Newacheck P, Hughes D, Hung Y, et al. The unmet health needs of America's children. Pediatrics. 2000 Apr;105(4 Pt 2):989-97.
6. Edelstein BL, Douglass CW. Dispelling the myth that 50 percent of U.S. schoolchildren have never had a cavity. Public Health Rep. 1995 Sep-Oct;110(5):522-30; discussion 521, 531-3. Review.
7. Newacheck P, Hughes D, Hung Y, et al. The unmet health needs of America's children. Pediatrics. 2000 Apr; 105(4 Pt 2):989-97.
8. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Current estimates from the National Health Interview Survey 1996. Series 10, No. 200. Hyattsville (MD): Public Health Service; 1996.
9. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). National health expenditures, 1998. Washington: Health Care Financing Administration. Available from: http://www.hcfa.gov/stats.NHE-Proj (2000b Apr 25).
10. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Current estimates from the National Health Interview Survey 1996. Series 10, No. 200. Hyattsville (MD): Public Health Service; 1996.
11. JAMA, 283 (10), March 8 2000, 1283-6, Achievements in Public Health, 1990-1999: Fluoridation of Drinking Water to Prevent Dental Caries, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly.
12. Burt BA, Eklund SA. Dentistry, dental practice, and the community. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders, 1999.
13. Bohannan H, Caries Distribution and the case for sealants. J Public Health Dentistry. 1983;33:200-204.
14. Rethman J. Trends in preventive care: caries risk assessment and indications for sealants. J Am Dent Assoc. 2000 Jun;131 Suppl:8S-12S. Review.
15. Buonocore M. Caries prevention in pits and fissures sealed with an adhesive resin polymerized by ultraviolet light: a two-year study of a single adhesive application. J Am Dent Assoc. 1971 May;82(5):1090-3.
16. Rock WP, Anderson RJ. A review of published fissure sealant trials using multiple regression analysis. J Dent. 1982 Mar;10(1):39-43. Review.
17. Deery C, Fyffe H, Nuttal N, et al. The dental caries status of Scottish adolescents reported to the regular attendees. Initial results from a primary dental care based network. Br Dent J, July 1999; 24(2)95-100.
18. Mitchell L, Murray J. Fissure sealants: a critique of their cost-effectiveness. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1989 Feb;17(1):19-23. Review.
19. Niessen L, Douglass C. Theoretical considerations in applying benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analyses to preventive dental programs. J Public Health Dent. 1984 Fall;44(4):156-68.
20. Leverett DH, Handelman SL, Brenner CM, et al. Use of sealants in the prevention and early treatment of carious lesions: cost analysis. J Am Dent Assoc. 1983 Jan;106(1):39-42.
21. Klein S, Bohannan H, Bell R, et al. The cost and effectiveness of school-based preventive dental care. Am J Public Health. 1985 Apr;75(4):382-91.
22. Weintraub J, Stearns S, Burt B, et al. A retrospective analysis of the cost-effectiveness of dental sealants in a children's health center. Soc Sci Med. 1993 Jun;36(11):1483-93.
23. Weintraub J, Stearns S, Rozier G, et al. Treatment outcomes and costs of dental sealants among children enrolled in Medicaid. Am J Public Health. 2001 Nov;91(11):1877-81.