TY - JOUR
T1 - Policy statement - Early childhood caries in indigenous communities
AU - Wong, Sam
AU - Abelson, William
AU - Banerji, Anna
AU - Baydala, Lola
AU - Jetty, Radha
AU - Schroter, Heide
AU - Moore, Kelly Roberta
AU - Bell, Joseph T.
AU - Brown, Ryan David
AU - Etzel, Ruth Ann
AU - Green, William Frederick
AU - Hoffman, Benjamin D.
AU - Eagle, Sara Juanita Jumping
AU - Ponder, Stephen Winfield
AU - Redding, Mark M.
AU - Volck, Brian Edward
AU - Waldron, Debra B.
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - The oral health of Indigenous children of Canada (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) and the United States (American Indian, Alaska Native) is a major child health issue: there is a high prevalence of early childhood caries (ECC) and resulting adverse health effects in this community, as well as high rates and costs of restorative and surgical treatments under general anesthesia. ECC is an infectious disease that is influenced by multiple factors, including socioeconomic determinants, and requires a combination of approaches for improvement. This statement includes recommendations for preventive oral health and clinical care for young infants and pregnant women by primary health care providers, community-based health-promotion initiatives, oral health workforce and access issues, and advocacy for community water fluoridation and fluoride-varnish program access. Further communitybased research on the epidemiology, prevention, management, and microbiology of ECC in Indigenous communities would be beneficial.
AB - The oral health of Indigenous children of Canada (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) and the United States (American Indian, Alaska Native) is a major child health issue: there is a high prevalence of early childhood caries (ECC) and resulting adverse health effects in this community, as well as high rates and costs of restorative and surgical treatments under general anesthesia. ECC is an infectious disease that is influenced by multiple factors, including socioeconomic determinants, and requires a combination of approaches for improvement. This statement includes recommendations for preventive oral health and clinical care for young infants and pregnant women by primary health care providers, community-based health-promotion initiatives, oral health workforce and access issues, and advocacy for community water fluoridation and fluoride-varnish program access. Further communitybased research on the epidemiology, prevention, management, and microbiology of ECC in Indigenous communities would be beneficial.
KW - American Indians
KW - Dental caries
KW - Early childhood caries
KW - First nations
KW - Indigenous
KW - Oral health
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2011-0847
DO - 10.1542/peds.2011-0847
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21624884
AN - SCOPUS:79957894474
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 127
SP - 1190
EP - 1198
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 6
ER -