Dental disease is one of the most prevalent illnesses facing children in the United States today. Eighty percent of untreated dental disease in permanent teeth is found in roughly 25 percent of 5- to 17-year old children, most of whom come from low-income and other vulnerable populations. The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)…

This manual is designed for use by school personnel and dental personnel to aid in the development and maintenance of school-based or school-linked dental sealant programs. The sections include (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Guidelines" (school selection, school contacts, dental providers, target grades, and tooth selection…

Considered the problems of dental educators and the dental profession in Europe. (Author/RK)

Discusses the meaning of dental health education and models that seem most appropriate for use as dental health education materials. (RK)

With a new dental health program the hard financial support should come from three main sources: a portion of the compulsory student health fee, fees for restorative Services rendered, plus budgetary funds from the particular college involved. (Author/CB)

Results of an inservice training program for preschool teachers and health coordinators to encourage the classroom teaching of preventive dental health measures. (SP)

Describes development of scale, and the testing of that scale for reliability and validity. Concludes that cultural as well as dental factors determine validity of an attitude scale for dental health. Presented at American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, 1969. (Author/CJ)

Dental health of preschool and school children will only be improved if the behavior of several target groups" (children, parents, school staffs and dental professionals), is modified by an educational program with explicit goals, defined in terms of actions, aimed at each of the target groups. Such programs offer unusual opportunities for that…

The ongoing adoption of school-based fluoride mouthrinse programs has provided the opportunity to study issues surrounding the adoption and implementation of health technology by public schools. This article reports data on and implications of the National Study on the Diffusion of Preventive Health Measures to Schools. (Authors/CJ)

Suggestions for facilitating dental health education programs in public schools include: (1) determining who will be responsible for dental health education; (2) involving parents; (3) using community health resources; and (4) assessing the results of programs. (JN)

Guidelines for first aid procedures for temporary relief of dental emergencies include information on: (1) dental first aid supplies; (2) treatment of oral injuries; (3) orthodontic emergencies; (4) toothaches; and (5) prolonged bleeding due to an extraction. Consulting a dentist as soon as possible is strongly recommended. (JN)

Discusses general structure and specification guidelines for interactive simulation/games, which include development of a computer simulation model, embedding the model in an interactive simulation, and embedding the simulation in a game. An outline following these guidelines is presented for the development of DENTIST, a dental health care…

The main emphasis of Southern Illinois University's Student Emergency Dental Service is to treat patients with dental-related disorders of an emergency nature. Its other purpose is to help raise the level of dental knowledge among the student population so as to prevent the emergency situations from occurring. (Authors/CJ)

Secondary analysis of data originally collected to determine attitudes and behavior in dental health assesses the differences in amount of health knowledge possessed by Anglos and Chicanos in the El Paso, Texas, area. (JMF)