Journal article
Improving children's oral health: an interdisciplinary research framework
Journal of dental research, Vol.93(10), pp.938-942
10/2014
DOI: 10.1177/0022034514547273
PMCID: PMC4212323
PMID: 25122218
Abstract
Despite the concerted efforts of research and professional and advocacy stakeholders, recent evidence suggests that improvements in the oral health of young children in the United States has not followed the prevailing trend of oral health improvement in other age groups. In fact, oral health disparities in the youngest children may be widening, yet efforts to translate advances in science and technology into meaningful improvements in populations' health have had limited success. Nevertheless, the great strides in genomics, biological, behavioral, social, and health services research in the past decade have strengthened the evidence base available to support initiatives and translational efforts. Concerted actions to accelerate this translation and implementation process are warranted; at the same time, policies that can help tackle the upstream determinants of oral health disparities are imperative. This article summarizes the proceedings from the symposium on the interdisciplinary continuum of pediatric oral health that was held during the 43rd annual meeting of the American Association for Dental Research, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. This report showcases the latest contributions across the interdisciplinary continuum of pediatric oral health research and provides insights into future research priorities and necessary intersectoral synergies. Issues are discussed as related to the overwhelming dominance of social determinants on oral disease and the difficulty of translating science into action.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Improving children's oral health: an interdisciplinary research framework
- Creators
- P S Casamassimo - The Ohio State UniversityJ Y Lee - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillM L Marazita - University of PittsburghP Milgrom - University of WashingtonD L Chi - University of WashingtonK Divaris - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of dental research, Vol.93(10), pp.938-942
- DOI
- 10.1177/0022034514547273
- PMID
- 25122218
- PMCID
- PMC4212323
- ISSN
- 0022-0345
- eISSN
- 1544-0591
- Grant note
- R01 DE014899 / NIDCR NIH HHS U54 DE019346 / NIDCR NIH HHS K08-DE020856 / NIDCR NIH HHS 1U54-DE019346 / NIDCR NIH HHS R01-DE014899 / NIDCR NIH HHS R01-DE018045 / NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE016148 / NIDCR NIH HHS K08 DE020856 / NIDCR NIH HHS R01-DE016148 / NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE018045 / NIDCR NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2014
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283561002771
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