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State Performance on Reaching Low-Income Children with Dental Sealants: The Reality and the Promise


Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 2:50 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.

William Maas, DDS, MPH, Children's Dental Policy, The Pew Charitable Trusts, North Bethesda, MD

Matthew Crespin, MPH, RDH, Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Paul Casamassimo, DDS, MS, Section on Dentistry, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Larry Hill, DDS, MPH, Greater Cincinnati Oral Health Council, Cincinnati, OH

  
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School-based dental sealant programs are an evidence-based strategy for decreasing caries among low-income children. Yet, despite the scientific evidence of their value and government recommendations for their wide-scale implementation, formidable barriers – including regulatory, legislative and financing—work against their use. Speakers at this seminar will present highlights from a new study released by the Pew Charitable Trusts that grades all 50 states on their policies and practices that promote children’s access to sealants. A public health program director and state dental association official will discuss successful strategies in their states for expanding school-based sealant programs. Discussion will also include suggestion of how school-based sealant programs could be far more effective in preventing and controlling dental disease if they were to allow dental hygienists to provide temporary fillings to children with cavities.

Learning Areas:

Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Program planning
Public health administration or related administration

Learning Objectives:
Describe state performance on providing sealants to children in schools, as well as policies and practices that both enhance and hinder sealant placement. Identify potential for school-based sealant programs to maximize their effectiveness and fight dental disease by allowing hygienists to provide temporary fillings for children who need them.

Keyword(s): Policy/Policy Development

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I participate in design of the study, collection and interpretation of data, and writing of the report.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: In my position I have led efforts to increase our statewide sealant program from serving 10,000 children to more than 50,000 in 61 of Wisconsin's 72 Counties. Funding for school-based programs has increased from $60,000 to nearly $1 million annually under my direction. My work has centered around improving program efficiency and leveraging funding for school-based programs statewide.
Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Name of Organization Clinical/Research Area Type of relationship
Children's Dental Health Project School-based sealant program data analysis Consultant
American Dental Hygienists' Association n/a Advisory Committee/Board
Children's Dental Health Project Chair - Sealant Work Group Advisory Committee/Board and Consultant
American Dental Association ADA Council on Scientific Affiars Expert Workgroup on the Clinical Recomendations for Dental Sealants Advisory Committee/Board

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have conducted school-based sealant programs in the State of Ohio. I have reviewed manuscripts for refereed publications dealing with sealants. I perform sealants in clinical practice. I have served on professional committees to address state practice act issues related to sealants in Ohio.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I initiated one of the first school based dental sealant programs in the country and co-wrote Seal America: The prevention Invention, a cookbook manual for developing school based dental sealant programs. I assisted HRSA in developing the guidance for BMCH/HRSA sealant grants. I have also served a stye president of the Ohio
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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