Watch Your Mouth! Promote Oral Health

1. Watch Your Mouth! Promote Oral Health Renée W. Joskow DDS, MPH, FAGD CAPT, USPHS Senior Dental Advisor U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Special Health Affairs

2. 2011 • 2011 2010 2009 Maximize Momentum • 2003 • 2000

3. HEADLINES • Study: Minority Kids Most Likely To Have Unmet Dental Needs • 73% untreated dental caries • 53% fillings or crowns • 81% unmet need • Asians were more likely to have untreated dental caries, followed by Hispanics and then African-Americans. http://www.blackradionetwork.com/

4. Access to Care

5. One-in-four U.S. adults aged 65 or older have lost all of their teeth

6. A story of need…..

7. Disparities persist • Overall. Non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians and Alaska Natives generally have the poorest oral health • Children and Tooth Decay. The greatest disparity is seen in Mexican American and black, non-Hispanic children • Adults and Untreated Tooth Decay. Blacks, non-Hispanics, and Mexican Americans experience untreated tooth decay nearly twiceas much as white, non-Hispanics. • Adults and Oral Cancer. The 5–year survival rate is lower for oral pharyngeal (throat) cancers among black men than whites (36% versus 61%). Source: http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/oral_health_disparities.htm

8. Oral cancer rates are higher for Hispanic & Black males than for White males.

9. Oral Health= Overall Health

11. Contact Information Renée W. Joskow, DDS, MPH Health Resources and Services Administration Senior Dental Advisor RJoskow@hrsa.gov 301.443.6769