Presentation

(5142) Improving Oral Health in America: Oral Health Report Insights

Thursday, October 13, 2022

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST

Location: George R. Brown Convention Center, 361D

CE: 1 CE Hours

Audience: D, S, T
Fee: Included with Smile Pass / Platinum Smile Pass

Moderator(s)

Marcelo W. Araujo, DDS, MS, PhD

ADA Chief Science Officer
American Dental Association
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Speaker(s)

J. Timothy T. Wright, DDS, MS

Distinguished Professor
UNC, Pediatric Dentistry
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Marko Vujicic, PhD

Chief Economist
ADA Health Policy Institute
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Rena N. D’Souza, BDS, DDS, MS, PhD

Director
National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

The National Institutes of Health this year released a seminal report on oral health, taking a 20-year retrospective look at where we have come since the Surgeon General’s report on oral health in 2000. Our progress as a nation has been mixed when it comes to mouth health. Children have seen several positive developments, especially low-income children and diverse populations. For adults and seniors, overall there has been much less progress, and where there has been, it is disproportionately am

Learning Objectives:

Understand key trends in oral health in the US population for different age, income, and race
Explore ‘big ideas’ on what needs to change health policy, accelerating improvements in oral health
Identify implications for clinical practice of the findings of the NIH report on oral health in Amer