Alex Sheen DDS, MPH, Marcie S. Rubin DrPH, MPH, MPA, Burton L. Edelstein DDS, MPH
{"title":"Innovative state oral health initiatives","authors":"Alex Sheen DDS, MPH, Marcie S. Rubin DrPH, MPH, MPA, Burton L. Edelstein DDS, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>US health care delivery and financing arrangements are changing rapidly as payers and providers seek greater efficiency, effectiveness, and safety. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services uses grants and technical assistance to drive such development through innovative demonstration programs, including for oral health care. The authors reviewed these dental demonstrations to identify common themes and identify barriers to and facilitators of implementation.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The authors compared 12 identified demonstrations across 6 domains: grant and technical assistance, stakeholders, inner care settings, outer contextual settings, interventions, and outcomes. They developed program summaries for each demonstration and interviewed key informants using a semistructured guide to review, correct, clarify, and expand on program summaries.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Common across all programs were engagement of nontraditional providers, care in nontraditional settings, payment as a critical externality for program adoption, interventions that integrate medical and oral health care, use of alternative payment models, and tracking process measures. Adoption facilitators included an engaged oral health champion and obtaining mission support and alignment among stakeholders. Common barriers included unanticipated organizational disruptions, poor information technology infrastructure, cultural resistance to nontraditional care models, and lack of providers in high-need areas.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Descriptive findings suggest that oral health care may evolve as a more accountable, integrated, and accessible health service with an expanded workforce; collaboration between providers and payers will remain key to creating innovative, sustainable models of oral health care.</div></div><div><h3>Practical Implications</h3><div>The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ efforts to advance health equity, expand coverage, and improve health outcomes will continue to drive similar initiatives in oral health care</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141975961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disruptive innovation events in dentistry","authors":"Jill Sirko PhD, Wenyuan Shi PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142391492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors affecting wages of dentists in the United States: A guide for the graduating dentist in making career choices.","authors":"Dennis Park, Siew-Ging Gong","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.08.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2024.08.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142349076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is the quality of the orthodontic information in social media platforms reliable?","authors":"Emma Gutierrez-Pérez DDS, Natalia Zamora-Martínez PhD, Beatriz Tarazona-Álvarez PhD, Verónica García-Sanz PhD, Vanessa Paredes-Gallardo PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Social networks have become a widely used and accessible source of health-related information for patients, but this material is not always accurate or appropriate. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of orthodontic information available on 2 of the most popular social media platforms.</div></div><div><h3>Studies Reviewed</h3><div>The authors conducted a systematic search of the literature that analyzed the quality of information regarding orthodontics on social networks and used recognized quality-evaluation methods, such as DISCERN, modified DISCERN, and the Quality Global Scale or the Video Information Quality Index, in the electronic databases of PubMed, Embase, and Scopus and through a manual search of gray literature.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The authors identified a total of 534 potentially eligible articles, of which 22 eventually were included in the qualitative analysis. The application of the scales revealed that most of the content was of insufficient quality and lacked scientific rigor, precision, and support from reliable sources. The authors observed marked heterogeneity in the nature of the publications analyzed, with the most recurrent topics being general orthodontic treatment and the use of clear aligners.</div></div><div><h3>Practical Implications</h3><div>Social media platforms provide low-quality information to patients, which potentially can be harmful. These findings underscore the need to offer alternative ways to resolve patient queries before and during treatment and highlight the importance of promoting informed and responsible education regarding online information on orthodontic treatments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142108674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rashmi Lamsal PhD, Cameron G. Estrich PhD, Danessa Sandmann MPH, Kersten Bartelt RN, Ruth D. Lipman PhD
{"title":"Declining US dental amalgam restorations in US Food and Drug Administration–identified populations: 2017-2023","authors":"Rashmi Lamsal PhD, Cameron G. Estrich PhD, Danessa Sandmann MPH, Kersten Bartelt RN, Ruth D. Lipman PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>In light of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and efforts to phase down dental amalgam use, tracking dental amalgam proportions across US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–identified at-risk populations is of interest to optimize material selection aligned with patient needs.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A retrospective observational study of Epic’s Cosmos electronic health records data set was conducted to calculate the rates of dental amalgam restorations from 2017 through 2023 and stratified using the social vulnerability index (quartile 4 indicates the highest social vulnerability and quartile 1 indicates the lowest) and payer type (Medicare, Medicaid, self-pay, miscellaneous or other). The authors included the following FDA-identified at-risk populations: pregnant people, children younger than 6 years, people with preexisting neurologic conditions, and people with impaired kidney function (n = 1,897,976).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The overall rate of dental amalgam restoration placements in the general population declined from 21.8% in 2017 to 4.1% in 2023. Dental amalgam restoration trends, according to social vulnerability index quartile and payer type, decreased consistently across all 4 evaluated populations. Of all the social vulnerability index quartiles, quartile 4, representing the most socially vulnerable group, had the smallest decrease in dental amalgam placement rates among the FDA-identified populations examined.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The study results showed a decreasing trend in dental amalgam restorations from 2017 through 2023 among FDA-identified populations, consistent with the Minamata Convention on Mercury directive for a phasedown in dental amalgam use. Notwithstanding improvements, lingering disparities persist among the most vulnerable population.</div></div><div><h3>Practical Implications</h3><div>Even within the groups identified as most vulnerable to harm, more targeted interventions and strategies are required to improve treatment among the most socially vulnerable.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Working with your dentist during cancer care","authors":"Anita M. Mark","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142391493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association Directory","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0002-8177(24)00464-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-8177(24)00464-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Penicillin Allergies","authors":"Marc R. Leffler DDS, Esq.","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142108675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katherine France DMD, MBE, Morgan Faist, Dana Kost BA, Yueping Luo MSc, Jinbo Niu BMgt, Lake Seymour DMD, Tamara Cadet PhD, LICSW, MPH
{"title":"Perceptions of the role of dentists in human papillomavirus and COVID-19 vaccinations","authors":"Katherine France DMD, MBE, Morgan Faist, Dana Kost BA, Yueping Luo MSc, Jinbo Niu BMgt, Lake Seymour DMD, Tamara Cadet PhD, LICSW, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Human papillomavirus (HPV) and COVID-19 are contagious diseases for which effective vaccines exist. Dental care professionals’ involvement in vaccination campaigns for these conditions has been proposed, but there is a lack of understanding of dentists’ roles in vaccination, specifically assessing patients' attitudes around dentists as vaccinators for HPV and COVID-19.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Using a cross-sectional design and convenience sampling, a 12-item validated survey was distributed to community members to determine perceptions about dentists' roles in vaccination for HPV and COVID-19. Demographic characteristics, vaccination status, knowledge of the diseases, vaccination intentions, and willingness to receive education about, recommendations for, and administration of vaccine from a dentist were assessed. Responses were analyzed using bivariate and multivariate analysis.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of 618 participants, most were vaccinated previously against HPV and COVID-19 (n = 462 [75.6%] and n = 371 [61.0%], respectively). Participants responded more favorably to dentist involvement in educating, discussing, and administering COVID-19 vaccines than HPV vaccines (<em>P</em> < .05). Participants' knowledge of HPV was found to be low compared with that of COVID-19. There were significant differences across demographic groups, with race most frequently associated with differences in responses to COVID-19 and HPV-related questions.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Formative data to develop interventions to support dentists’ participation in vaccination campaigns are provided. Participants' acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination over HPV vaccination may reflect the public awareness of COVID-19 vs HPV due to daily relevance of this disease, or the lack of knowledge about HPV, particularly its oropharyngeal impacts.</div></div><div><h3>Practical Implications</h3><div>The authors provide evidence to support dentists' involvement in vaccine education and distribution, expanding previous literature into evaluation of a new disease context (COVID-19). Lack of knowledge of HPV may affect willingness to receive the HPV vaccine, presenting an opportunity for education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142289909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Necrotic palatal collapse in a 72-year-old woman with uncontrolled diabetes","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.adaj.2023.11.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adaj.2023.11.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Dental Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139983207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}