Dental Education's Role in Improving Children's Oral Health and Access to Care

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 440-445

  Seale, N Sue ^a   McWhorter, Alton G ^a   Mouradian, Wendy E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; children; dental care; dental education; oral health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; RESPONSIBILITY;

CHILD; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450258036     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. US Department of Health and Human Services. Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, Md: US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 2000. Available at: http://silk.nih.gov/public/hck1ocv.@www.surgeon.fullrpt.pdf. Accessed September 28, 2009.
2. Douglas-Hall A, Chau M. Basic facts about low-income children. National Center for Children in Poverty Web site. Available at: http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_845.html. Accessed August 28, 2009.
3. Children's Defense Fund. Child Poverty in America. Available at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/ch ild-poverty-in-america.pdf. Accessed August 28, 2009.
4. Census Bureau estimates nearly half of children under age 5 are minorities: estimates find nation's population growing older, more diverse [press release]. Washington, DC: US Census Bureau; May 14, 2009. Available at: http://www.census.gov/press-release/www/releases/archives/population/013 733.html. Accessed August 28, 2009.
5. Beltrán-Aguilar E.D., Barker L.K., Canto M.T., et al. Surveillance for Dental Caries, Dental Sealants, Tooth Retention, edentulism, and Enamel Fluorosis - United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2002. MMWR Surveill Summ 54 (2005) 1-43
6. Haden N.K., Catalanotto F.A., Alexander C.J., et al. Improving the oral health status of all Americans: roles and responsibilities of academic dental institutions: the report of the ADEA President's Commission. J Dent Educ 67 (2003) 563-583
7. Office of the Surgeon General. National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health. Available at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/oralhealth/nationalcalltoaction.htm l. Accessed August 6, 2009.
8. Mertz E., and Mouradian W.E. Addressing children's oral health in the new millennium: trends in the dental workforce. Acad Pediatr 9 (2009) 433-439
9. Nash D.A. Adding dental therapists to the health care team to improve access to oral health care for children. Acad Pediatr 9 (2009) 447-452
10. Chmar J.E., Weaver R.G., and Valachovic R.W. Dental school vacant budgeted faculty positions, academic years 2005-06 and 2006-07. J Dent Educ 72 (2008) 370-385
11. Weaver R.G., Haden N.K., Ramannea S., and Valachovic R.W. Applicant analysis: 2001 entering class. J Dent Edu 67 (2003) 690-709
12. American Dental Association. American Dental Association Workforce Model: 2006-2030 (2008), American Dental Association, Chicago, Ill
13. US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. Shortage designation: HPSAs, MUAs & MUPs. Available at: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/. Accessed August 6, 2009.
14. American Dental Education Association. Trends in Dental Education: Students. Available at: http://www.adea.org/publications/TrendsinDentalEducation/TDEStudents/Pag es/Under-RepresentedMinorities.aspx. Accessed August 8, 2009.
15. Manski RJ, Brown E. Dental Use, Expenses, Private Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004. Rockville, Md: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2007. Available at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/cb17/cb17.pdf. Accessed August 28, 2009.
16. Institute of Medicine. Sufficiency of the US oral health workforce in the coming decade: a workshop. Available at: http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3809/55302/55352.aspx. Accessed August 8, 2009.
17. Douglass A.B., Douglass J.M., and Krol D.M. Educating pediatricians and family physicians in children's oral health. Acad Pediatr 9 (2009) 453-457
18. American Dental Association Survey Center. 2000-01 Survey of Advanced Dental Education (2002), American Dental Association, Chicago, Ill
19. American Dental Association Survey Center. 2006-07 Survey of Advanced Dental Education (2008), American Dental Association, Chicago, Ill
20. Seale N.S., and Kendrick A. Management of caries in the child three years of age and younger: a survey of post-doctoral pediatric dentistry program directors. Pediatr Dent 24 (2002) 33-37
21. Seale N.S., and Kendrick A.G. A survey of pediatric dentists' management of dental caries in children three years of age or younger. Pediatr Dent 23 (2001) 211-216
22. Morris P.J., Freed J.R., Nguyen A., et al. Pediatric dentists' participation in the California Medicaid program. Pediatr Dent 26 (2004) 79-86
23. American Dental Association. Faculty and Support: 2000-2001 Survey of Predoctoral Dental Education (2002), American Dental Association, Chicago, Ill
24. Dental Education Association. Trends in dental education- average debt among all graduating students by type of school 1990-2007. Available at: http://www.adea.org/publications/TrendsinDentalEducation/TDEStudents/Pag es/Debt.aspx. Accessed August 6, 2009.
25. Okwuje I., Anderson E., and Valachovic R.W. Annual ADEA survey of dental school seniors: 2008 graduating class. J Dent Educ 73 (2009) 1009-1032
26. Seale N.S., and Casamassimo P.S. US predoctoral education in pediatric dentistry: its impact on access to dental care. J Dent Educ 67 (2003) 23-30
27. Academy for Academic Leadership. ADEA/AAL Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL) Program for Dental School Faculty. Available at: http://www.academicleaders.org/itl.html. Accessed August 19, 2009.
28. American Association of Endodontists Foundation. Grants and awards. Available at: http://www.aae.org/foundation/grants_awards/. Accessed August 19, 2009.
29. American Dental Education Association. ADEA Strategies to Enhance Diversity. Available at: http://www.adea.org/policy_advocacy/diversity_equity/Pages/ADEAStrategie stoEnhanceDiversity.aspx. Accessed August 8, 2009.
30. University of Pennsylvania. DMD dual degree options. Available at: http://www.dental.upenn.edu/academic/dual-degree.htm. Accessed August 19, 2009.
31. American Dental Association. Commission on Dental Accreditation. Available at: http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/accred/standards/predoc.pdf. Accessed August 19, 2009.
32. American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. 2008-09 definitions, oral health policies, and clinical guidelines. Available at: http://www.aapd.org/media/Policies_Guidelines/G_InfantOralHealthCare.pdf . Accessed August 19, 2009.
33. Mouradian W.E. The face of a child: children's oral health and dental education. J Dent Educ 65 (2001) 821-831
34. Wehr E., and Jameson E.J. Beyond health benefits: the importance of a pediatric standard in private insurance contracts to ensuring health care access for children. Future Child 4 (1994) 115-133
35. Stein R.K. Health care for children (1997), United Hospital Fund, New York, NY 4-5
36. Seale N.S., and Casamassimo P.S. Access to dental care for children in the United States: a survey of general practitioners. J Am Dent Assoc 134 (2003) 1630-1640
37. In: Berg J.H., and Slayton R.S. (Eds). Early Childhood Oral Health (2009), Wiley- Blackwell, Indianapolis, Ind
38. Access to Baby and Child Dentistry. Overview of the Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD) Program. Available at: http://www.abcd-dental.org/pdf/overview.pdf. Accessed August 19, 2009.
39. American Dental Association. Commission on Dental Accreditation, Accreditation Standards for Predoctoral Dental Education. Available at: http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/accred/standards/index.asp#predoctoral. Accessed August 19, 2009.
40. Liaison Committee on Medical Education. New standard on service learning: standard IS-14-A: effective 7-1-08. Available at: http://www.lcme.org/standard.htm#servicelearning. Accessed August 19, 2009.
41. Smith C.S., Ester T.V., Rohr Inglehart M., and Habil P. Dental education and care for underserved patients: an analysis of students' intentions and alumni behavior. J Dent Edu 70 (2006) 398-408
42. McQuistan M.R., Kuthy R.A., Heller K.E., et al. Dentists' comfort in treating underserved populations after participating in community-based clinical experiences as a student. J Dent Educ 72 (2008) 422-430
43. Dental Pipeline. Pipeline, profession & practice: community-based dental education. Available at: http://www.dentalpipeline.org/. Accessed August 28, 2009.
44. American Dental Association. Principles of ethics and code of professional conduct. Available at: http://www.ada.org/prof/prac/law/code/ada_code.pdf. Accessed August 6, 2009.
45. American Dental Education Association. ADEA Statement of Professionalism in Dental Edcuation. Available at: http://www.adea.org/Pages/Professionalism.aspx. Accessed August 6, 2009.
46. American Student Dental Association. Ethics code. Available at: http://www.asdanet.org/_AboutPage.aspx?id=5810. Accessed August 6, 2009.
47. Hafferty F.W. Beyond curriculum reform: confronting medicine's hidden curriculum. Acad Med 73 (1998) 403-407
48. Solomon E.S., Williams C.R., and Sinkford J.C. Practice location characteristics of black dentists in Texas. J Dent Educ 65 (2001) 571-574
49. United States Medical Licensing Examination. 2009 USMLE Step2 CS Content Description and General Information Booklet. Available at: http://www.usmle.org/Examinations/step2/step2cs_content.html. Accessed August 28, 2009.
50. Dennehy P.C., Susarla S.M., and Karimbux N.Y. Relationship between dental students' performance on standardized multiple-choice examinations and OSCEs. J Dent Educ 72 (2008) 585-592
51. Eva K.W., Reiter H.I., Trinh K., et al. Predictive validity of the multiple mini-interview for selecting medical trainees. Med Educ 43 (2009) 767-775
52. Boone W., McWhorter A., and Seale N. Purposeful assessment techniques (PAT) applied to an OSCE-based measurement of competencies in a pediatric dentistry curriculum. J Dent Educ 65 (2001) 1232-1237
53. Zartman R., McWhorter A., Seale N., and Boone W. Using OSCE-based evaluation: curricular impact over time. J Dent Educ 66 (2002) 1323-1330
54. National Dental Examining Board of Canada. OSCE examination. Available at: http://www.ndeb.ca/en/accredited/osce_examination.htm. Accessed August 28, 2009.
55. American Dental Association. Accreditation standards for advanced specialty education programs pediatric dentistry. Available at: http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/accred/standards/ped.pdf. Accessed August 7, 2009.
56. Mouradian W.E. Ethics and leadership in children's oral health. Pediatr Dent 29 (2007) 64-72
57. Mouradian W, Huebner C. Future directions in leadership training of MCH professionals: cross-cutting MCH leadership competencies. Matern Child Health J. 2007;11:211-218.
58. Maternal and Child Leadership Competencies Web site. Available at: http://leadership.mchtraining.net/. Accessed August 26, 2009.
59. Massey C.S., Raybould T.P., Skelton J., et al. Advanced general dentistry program directors' attitudes and behaviors regarding pediatric dental training for residents. J Dent Edu 72 (2008) 344-351
60. American Dental Education Association. PASS programs. Available at: http://www.adea.org/dental_education_pathways/pass/Pages/defaul t.aspx. Accessed August 19, 2008.
61. American Dental Education Association. Competencies for the New General Dentist. Available at: http://www.adea.org/about_adea/governance/Pages/CompetencesfortheNewGene ralDentist.aspx. Accessed August 19, 2009.
62. Formicola A.J., Bailit H.L., Beazoglou T.J., and Tedesco L.A. The interrelationship of accreditation and dental education: history and current environment. J Dent Educ 72 2 suppl (2008) 53-60
63. Mouradian W., and Maier R. The total health team: working together to improve children's oral health. In: Berg J.H., and Slayton R.S. (Eds). Early Childhood Oral Health (2009), Wiley-Blackwell, Indianapolis, Ind 237-261
64. American Academy of Pediatrics. The Oral Health Initiative. Available at: http://www.aap.org/commpeds/dochs/oralhealth/. Accessed August 28, 2009.
65. Hendrickson WD. The ADEA CCI Series of Articles: Perspectives and Reflections in Dental Education (PRIDE). J Dent Educ. 2009;73:160-165. Available at: http://www.jdentaled.org/cgi/reprint/73/2/160. Accessed September 28, 2009.
66. Formicola A., Valachovic R.W., Chmar J.E., et al. Curriculum and clinical training in oral health for physicians and dentists: report of Panel 2 of the Macy Study. J Dent Educ 72 2 suppl (2008) 73-85
67. Association of American Medical Colleges. MedEdPORTAL. Available at: http://services.aamc.org/30/mededportal/servlet/segment/mededportal/info rmation/. Accessed August 28, 2009.
68. National Dental Examining Board of Canada. Competency for a beginning dental practitioner in Canada. Available at: http://www.ndeb.ca/en/accredited/competencies.htm. Accessed August 28, 2009.
69. Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (2002), The National Academies Press, Washington, DC
70. In: Buckley L. (Ed). Why Health Professions Need to Understand the Disadvantaged (1974), Charles Thomas, Springfield, Ill
71. Pyle M.A. Changing perceptions of oral health and its importance to general health: provider perceptions, policymaker perceptions. Spec Care Dent 22 (2002) 8-15