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Oral Health Intervention: A Multifaceted Approach to Improve Oral Health Care during Pregnancy
Ford, Tabitha Frechette, Gregory Sakamori, Sruthi Seufert, Caleb Shu, I-hsiang Silveira, Patrick Davis, Wendy Fontaine, Kristin
Ford, Tabitha
Frechette, Gregory
Sakamori, Sruthi
Seufert, Caleb
Shu, I-hsiang
Silveira, Patrick
Davis, Wendy
Fontaine, Kristin
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Introduction: Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is the most common chronic disease of childhood Mothers’ oral health status is a strong predictor of the oral health status of their children 2009: Vermont spends $2.7 million treating children ages 0-5 with Early Childhood Caries 2012: Vermont lifts the $495 Medicaid cap on reimbursement for a woman’s dental care during pregnancy and up to 60 days after delivery American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Guidelines on prenatal dental care are published 2013: 74% of surveyed Vermont providers treating pregnant women are unaware of the Medicaid change 82% of these providers are not using guidelines to assess oral health during pregnancy Objective: To improve prenatal dental referral rates from obstetric providers by facilitating Vermont-specific implementation of ACOG guidelines
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2016-01-21