Young children were more likely to get basic dental care and less likely to consume sugary drinks in recent data, according to a state epidemiology report.
Information about childhood tooth decay is displayed on Oct. 17, 2023, at a booth at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage. The booth promoted the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium's Dental Health Aide Therapist program. Young children's dental health has improved significantly in recent years, indicating that educational efforts and the services provided by dental therapists are having positive effects.
Among children 3 and younger, tooth decay prevalence is down, as is consumption of sugary beverages, while visits to dental offices for checkups are up, according to the report cited in aThe report compared data from two, three-year periods, 2009-2011 and 2016-2019. In that time, “there was a considerable decrease in the percentage of parents reporting that a healthcare provider had told them their child had tooth decay or cavities.” The drop was 16% between those periods.
The epidemiology report does not pinpoint the reasons for the positive trends, but it notes that the time covered includes the startup of some helpful programs.— a subject of struggle for many parents, said Laura Grage of the Alaska Dental Action Coalition, one of the bulletin’s authors.The 2016 to 2019 period “does happen to overlap with the period of activity for the Play Every Day campaign and the sugary beverage education outreach.
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