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Annotation: This brochure for parents provides information about how to keep infants safe from tobacco smoke. The brochure discusses why tobacco is harmful, the three types of tobacco smoke (smoking, secondhand smoke, and thirdhand smoke), tips to protect infants from the effects of all types of smoke, and the benefits of keeping infants away from smoke.

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Keywords: Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumer education materials, Costs, Infant health, Otitis media Pneumonia, Passive smoking, Prevention, SIDS, Safety, Smoking

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information for parents about fluoride varnish (FV). Topics include what FV is, why FV application is recommended for children, how to tell if a child needs FV,and at what ages FV should be applied. Also discussed is what parents should do after FV is applied to their child's teeth, the cost of FV application, the safety of FV, and how long FV lasts. The fact sheet is available in Arabic, English, and Spanish.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Costs, Fluoride, Non English language materials, Oral health, Prevention, Safety, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This video for consumers discusses the use of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) to treat tooth decay. It explains that SDF, unlike the traditional treatment method, is inexpensive, painless, and does not require numbing or drilling, and that non-dentists can be trained to apply it. The video also describes how tooth decay develops and its consequences and discusses the importance of good oral health and of treating decay in primary teeth. The video is available in American Sign Language, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Dari, English, French, Kirundi, Haitian Creole, Maay Maay, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Pashto, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Costs, Non English language materials, Oral health, Prevention, Silver diamine fluoride, Spanish language materials, Treatment

Annotation: This paper examines three interrelated policy and economic categories that have been shaping oral health care use and market dynamics and are likely to continue doing so. The categories are (1) policies directly affecting oral health care, (2) broad health care regulations with indirect effects on oral health care use, and (3) economic and fiscal pressures shaping overall health care use.

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Keywords: Costs, Economic factors, Health care utilization, Oral health, Public policy, Regulations

Annotation: This brief describes the impact that a ban on community water fluoridation would have on children. It provides information on tooth decay and discusses what states could expect if water fluoridation were banned, including projected state Medicaid costs and effects on children, parents, and other adults enrolled in Medicaid. It also discusses whether using fluoridated toothpaste provides sufficient protection against tooth decay.

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Keywords: Costs, Dental caries, Fluoride, Legislation, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oral health, Prevention

Annotation: This brief offers lessons from six states on how federal Medicaid cuts result in reductions in access to oral health care for people with low incomes. Examples are provided about how cuts have restricted access to care, shifted costs from one part of the health care system to others (e.g, hospital emergency departments), and led oral health professionals to leave the Medicaid network. Information is presented on how cuts have affected California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.

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Keywords: Access to health care, California, Costs, Low income groups, Maryland, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Missouri, Oral health, Oregon, Pennsylvania, State information

Annotation: This brief provides information on the safety of community water fluoridation and its importance for oral health. It discusses how fluoridation improves health and reduces health-care-related costs, and it offers recommendations for protecting access to fluoridated community water.

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Keywords: Costs, Dental caries, Fluoride, Oral health, Prevention

Annotation: This brief highlights ten key things about Medicaid. It provides information on the number of Medicaid beneficiaries, coverage, and financing; Medicaid’s share of all health care and long-term care spending and how Medicaid spending is divided among children vs. those who qualify based on age or disability; and the effect of state Medicaid spending on cost per beneficiary across states. Also discussed are the share of beneficiaries who receive care through managed care organizations, how Medicaid coverage impacts beneficiaries, section 1115 demonstration waivers, and public views on Medicaid.

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Keywords: Costs, Health insurance, Long term care, Low income groups, Managed care, Medicaid

Annotation: This brief estimates the fiscal impact on states of removing adult Medicaid dental benefits for the 41 states and District of Columbia that offer benefits at the limited or enhanced level. It analyzes medical care costs incurred for emergency department visits, for those with conditions such as diabetes or heart disease, and for pregnant women. The brief also provides a review of previous policy changes to several states' Medicaid dental benefits and examines the impact of these changes.

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Keywords: Costs, Dental insurance, Emergency rooms, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oral health, Pregnant women

Annotation: This report presents findings on the state of women's and family health benefits in the workplace based on two surveys conducted in October-November 2024. It addresses challenges facing employees and employers, including rising healthcare costs, burnout among working parents, and increased anxiety around reproductive health. The report highlights how companies are responding through expanded benefits, with 69% planning to increase family health benefits vendors in the coming years. It discusses the benefits of offering comprehensive women's and family health support, including improved employee retention and reduced healthcare costs. The report includes specific statistics on employer and employee priorities, testimonials from benefits leaders, and guidance for designing effective family benefits programs. Sections cover topics such as fertility support, parenting challenges, men's reproductive health, and the role of digital health solutions in improving outcomes.

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Keywords: Employer health costs, Family support services, Health Benefits Plans, Employee, Insurance benefits, Maternal health, Perinatal care, Reproductive health services, Statistics, Surveys, Trends, Women's health, Workplace health promotion

Annotation: These proceedings present information from a workshop convened to explore innovative practices and models for advancing oral health across the lifespan. Topics include a global perspective on improving oral health, an overview of U.S. federal oral health policies and programs, an overview of U.S. state-level oral health policies, supporting all people to improve their oral health, increasing access to oral health care, the role of public and private payers in improving access to and affordability of oral health care, oral health care for varying populations, dentistry in 2035, enhancing oral health research and innovation, and the potential for systems transformation.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Costs, Dentistry, Health systems, Oral health, Policy, Research, World health

Annotation: This brief provides background on community water fluoridation (CWF) and estimates the fiscal impact of removing fluoride from community water systems across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It discusses the experiences of three communities that removed fluoride from their water systems, and the decisions of two of them to re-implement CWF owing to the increased rate of tooth decay and related costs, especially among young children. Data and methods are discussed.

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Keywords: Costs, Dental caries, Fluoride, Oral health, Prevention, Public policy, Young children

Annotation: This report provides information on the cost and prevalence of emergency department (ED) visits for non-traumatic oral conditions (NTOCs). It offers an overview of problems associated with using the ED for oral health care. It presents statistical information on topics including the number of people who visited the ED for NTOCs in 2019, 2021, and 2022; the estimated total cost of visits; the rates of ED visits; the rate of visits by age groups; and the rate of visits by people living in different types of rural and urban areas.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Age factors, Costs, Data, Emergency medicine, Emergency room data, Income factors, Medicaid, Oral health, Rural population, Trends, Urban population

Annotation: This report examines spending on oral health care and oral-health-related medical treatment for people from birth to age 89, and evaluates differences in oral health care spending between Medicaid and commercial insurance plans to highlight how the two types of coverage differ in spending across the lifespan. It provides results in the following categories: average spending on prevention or basic oral health care, major oral health care, and oral-health-related medical care; average Medicaid and commercial spending by treatment categories; and average Medicaid and commercial spending by specific treatment types.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Adult health, Costs, Health insurance, Infant health, Medicaid, Older adults, Oral health, Prevention, Treatment

Annotation: This video presents information about the safety of fluoridated drinking water. It discusses the history and purpose of adding fluoride to drinking water in the United States. The video also addresses problems related to tooth decay in children, especially those from families with low incomes, and how fluoridated drinking water can help prevent tooth decay and reduce costs related to oral health treatment.

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Keywords: Costs, Dental caries, Fluoride, Low income groups, Oral health, Safety

Annotation: This brief provides information about MORE Care, a program in Ohio conducted by Health Ohio and CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, in partnership, to improve children’s oral health and reduce costly, invasive dental procedures by advancing value-based care and integrating oral health care into primary care. The brief describes how the program works, offers information about Health Ohio and the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, and presents an example of how MORE Care is being implemented.

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Keywords: Costs, Health care delivery, Low income groups, Ohio, Oral health, Oral health equity, Prevention, Primary care, Service integration, State programs

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information about why it is important for children and adolescents to have good oral health to succeed in school. It provides information about the impact of tooth decay on school attendance, the number of children and adolescents who missed at least one school day due to oral health problems in the past year, and the cost to school districts of students missing school days. Information on how parents can help ensure that their child has a healthy mouth and teeth and is successful in school is also presented.

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Keywords: Academic achievement, Adolescent health, Costs, Dental caries, Health care utilization, Oral health, Prevention, School age children

Annotation: This manual provides information about how to integrate oral health care and medical care. Topics include coordination with oral health professionals and non-oral-health professionals, utilization management (i.e., evaluating the efficiency and appropriateness of services), financial management, optimizing bundled payments in the dental supply network, technology and adapting to change, and regulatory and policy considerations.

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Keywords: Costs, Medical care, Oral health care, Public policy, Regulations, Service coordination, Service integration

Annotation: This assessment and environmental scan provides information on and examples of how the integration of oral health care and medical care may impact the oral health care field. Topics include (1) oral health care pricing and reimbursement, (2) Medicare and the oral health care market, (3) tangential industries moving to Medicare-based payment models, and (4) value-based care models and their potential implications for oral health care.

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Keywords: Costs, Low income groups, Medical care, Medicare, Oral health care, Reimbursement, Service integration

Annotation: This report provides information on a study of oral health professionals conducted to explore factors and policy incentives that influence their decisions on treating people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and on participating in government programs that provide oral health care coverage for this population. Topics includes research questions, input from the population, input from health professionals, demonstrating a return on investment, and promising practices.

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Keywords: Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Costs, Developmental disabilities, Intellectual development, Oral health, Public policy, Research, Special health care needs