155 Oral Health Impacts and Inequalities

Saturday, March 24, 2012: 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Session Type: Oral Session
1.5 CE hours

Learning Objectives:
To promote knowledge of current research on oral health impacts and inequalities
Chairs:
C. OKUNSERI and M. TAVARES
Alternate Chair:
C. AZODO
The Magnitude of Oral Health Inequalities in the Canadian population
V. RAVAGHI, Oral Health and Society Research Unit, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, C. QUIÑONEZ, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, and P. ALLISON, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Dental Caries and Dental Visits Among U.S. Women 1999–2004
A. AZOFEIFA, E. BELTRÁN-AGUILAR, C.J. ALVERSON, A. CORREA, and L. YEUNG, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Oral Health of Developmentally Disabled Adults: a Large Scale Study
J. MORGAN, P. MINIHAN, P. STARK, W. TAO, M. FINKELMAN, C. NOBLES, K. YANTSIDES, and A. MUST, Tufts University, Boston, MA
Dental Caries Among Twelve-Year-Old Puerto Ricans: 1997 and 2011
K.G. RAMIREZ1, M. MURILLO2, L. ORRACA2, E. SANTIAGO3, W.J. PSOTER4, S. RIVAS-TUMANYAN5, and A. ELIAS2, 1Restorative Sciences Department, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Juan, PR, 2Office of the Assistant Dean of Research, University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine, San Juan, PR, 3University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine, Guaynabo, PR, 4Epidemiology, New York University, New York, NY, 5Center for Clinical Research and Health Promotion, University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine, San Juan, PR
Racial Variations in Emergency Wait Times for Nontraumatic Dental Conditions
C. OKUNSERI1, S. HARUNANI1, C. CHILMAZA1, Q. XIANG2, and A. SZABO2, 1Department of Clinical Services, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 2Institute of Health and Society, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Use of and Attitudes Toward Non-Dentist Providers: from The Dental-PBRN
C. BLUE1, S. RIGGS1, D.B. RINDAL2, A.F.M. HASME3, D. WORLEY4, D. PIHLSTROM5, G.H. GILBERT6, and T. DPBRN COLLABORATIVE GROUP7, 1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Research Foundation, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MN, 3The Dental Practice-Based Research Network, Birmingham, AL, 4HealthPartners, White Bear Lake, MN, 5Permanente Dental Associates, Portland, OR, 6Dept. of General Dental Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 7University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL