Open AccessComparing Medical and Dental Providers of Oral Health Services on Early Dental Caries Experience
Author(s) -
Ashley M. Kranz,
R. Gary Rozier,
John S. Preisser,
Sally C. Stearns,
Morris Weinberger,
Jessica Y. Lee
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.301972
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , oral health , family medicine , confounding , oral and maxillofacial pathology , dental care , dentistry , environmental health , health care , pathology , economics , economic growth
Most state Medicaid programs reimburse nondental primary care providers (PCPs) for providing preventive oral health services to young children. We examined the association between who (PCP, dentist, or both) provides these services to Medicaid enrollees before age 3 years and oral health at age 5 years.