Millions of Children Estimated to Have Untreated Tooth Decay: New Report
Posted by bibby1 on September 29, 2008
On September 22, the Government Accountability Office released a report stating that more than 6.5 million children who are currently enrolled in Medicaid have problems with tooth decay. Furthermore, children in Medicaid remain at higher risk of dental disease compared to children with private health insurance. In fact, children in Medicaid were almost twice as likely to have untreated tooth decay.
A summary, with links to the full report, may be found here.
A list of recent articles on Medicaid and Oral Health may be found in PubMed.
