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What are the oral Health disparityies? |
black, non-hispanic hispanics american indians alaska natives
have higher levels of disease |
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What are some other groups that are affected? |
aging, disabilities, geographic, socioeconomic stat, sexual orientation |
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What is the most common chronic childhood disease? |
Dental Carries |
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More than ____ million school hours are lost each year to dental related illness |
51 million |
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What disparity ages 2-4 years has 5 times the rate of dental decay of all US children? |
american indian/alaska native children |
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Low income children have ___ to ___ times more caries than high income children |
2 - 5 |
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How many more times are insured children children more likely to get dental care than uninsured children? |
2.5 times more likely |
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Why are some people more limited and have more health disparities? |
limited knowledge or oral health limited access to preventative measures have communication and cultural problems with predominately english speaking caregivers (no knowledge of english language)
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How many school hours are lost because of untreated dental-related illness? |
51 million |
