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Native Americans’ Dental Health: Problems and Progress

(9 days ago) WebWhile AI/AN adults are still more likely to have missing teeth than the general U.S. population (83% compared with 66%, according to CareQuest), the percentage who maintain 20 or more natural teeth has gone up since the time of the first IHS survey. …

https://www.dentaquest.com/en/news-and-resources/industry-insights/native-americans-dental-health-problems-and-progress

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National Indian Health Board Tribal Oral Health …

(2 days ago) WebDiseases of the mouth and access to oral healthcare are critical issues for many American Indians and Alaska Natives. In fact, American Indians and Alaska Native children ages 2-5 years have an …

https://www.nihb.org/oralhealthinitiative/

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Native Americans: With oral health in crisis, dental …

(4 days ago) WebThat makes him a rarity: According to the American Dental Education Association, the number of Native American dental school applicants has plummeted from a 2006 high of 92 to just 16 in 2019 and

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/19/native-americans-with-oral-health-in-crisis-dental-students-decline/70213380007/

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Native Americans facing oral health crisis rooted in …

(4 days ago) Web3:05. American Indians and Native Alaskans face a “disproportionate burden” of oral health disease in the U.S. from childhood onward, a crisis with roots in structural racism and exacerbated

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/01/native-americans-facing-oral-health-crisis-rooted-structural-racism/11529998002/

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American Indians Face Significant Barriers to Oral Health

(9 days ago) WebNative Americans face pronounced oral health challenges. A 2014 Indian Health Service (IHS) survey found that the prevalence of tooth decay among American Indian/Alaska …

https://www.deltadentalinstitute.com/news/expert-voices-blog/american-indians-face-significant-barriers-to-oral-health/

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Oral Health of Native Americans CareQuest Institute

(2 days ago) WebThe number of AI/AN students applying to dental school has decreased dramatically ― from 92 in 2006 to 19 in 2021. Solutions to oral health disparities …

https://www.carequest.org/resource-library/american-indian-and-alaska-native-communities-face-disproportionate-burden-oral

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Addressing a Dental Care Crisis Winds of Change

(9 days ago) Web2023 Summer Issue. Aug 01 2023. by Tyler Rust. Beyond maintaining your winning smile, dental care is crucial in promoting overall health and well-being. But …

https://woc.aises.org/content/addressing-dental-care-crisis

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Oral Health of American Indian and Alaska Native …

(1 days ago) WebThe Indian Health Service Division of Oral Health recently released a new data brief summarizing the oral health of American Indian and Alaska Native adults ages 35 and older who are served by IHS, …

https://www.ihs.gov/newsroom/ihs-blog/march-2023-blogs/oral-health-of-american-indian-and-alaska-native-adults-continues-to-improve-new-ihs-data-brief/

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Native American Community Perspectives on Oral Health Access

(4 days ago) WebKeywords: access to oral healthcare, American Indian/Alaska Native, health disparities, the majority appear to think it is not related to other chronic issues and it has been …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606298/

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Addressing Native American Children's Dental Disease …

(3 days ago) WebNative American and Canadian Indigenous children are experiencing a health crisis of dental disease. In these communities, children are five times more likely than the general U.S. child population to have dental …

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/news/Pages/Native-American-Dental-Disease-Crisis.aspx

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Indian Health Service Data Brief March 2016

(2 days ago) WebOral diseases such as dental caries (tooth decay), periodontal (gum) disease, and tooth loss are major health problems for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults. …

https://www.ihs.gov/DOH/documents/IHS_Data_Brief_March_2016_Oral_Health%20Survey_35_plus.pdf

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Improving Indigenous Oral Health: Native American Reservation …

(8 days ago) WebNative American Reservation Dental Care is an issue that needs to be addressed. The dental needs of Native American Reservation people are often ignored …

https://nativetribe.info/improving-indigenous-oral-health-native-american-reservation-dental-care/

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Dental Therapists Can Close the Oral Health Gap for Native Youth

(9 days ago) WebA program successful in Alaska — and around the world — at delivering dental care to remote populations could head off the most dangerous health impacts of …

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/dental-therapists-can-close-oral-health-gap-native-youth/

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Repairing the Oral Health Safety Net for Native American Families

(5 days ago) WebRepairing the Oral Health Safety Net for Native American Families. April 23, 2021. “Is dental care a right or a privilege? What is our responsibility as oral health …

https://dentistry.umn.edu/news-events/repairing-oral-health-safety-net-native-american-families

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Oklahoma needs more Native practitioners to combat oral health …

(9 days ago) WebFortunately, things are steadily reversing. From 2010 to 2019, the prevalence of untreated decay in children ages 1 to 5 decreased from 39% to 34%, and from 1999 to …

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2024/01/08/opinion-dentist-oklahoma-needs-more-native-practitioners-to-combat-oral-health-crisis/72007502007/

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Using Storytelling to Address Oral Health Knowledge in American …

(7 days ago) WebStorytelling is a potential mechanism to communicate health messages among AIANs (9), including oral health messages (10). AIAN communities have a storytelling tradition (11), …

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2018/17_0305.htm

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The Caries Epidemic in Native American Communities

(7 days ago) WebTHE PROBLEM. Dental caries affects a large proportion of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children before they begin school, and at levels of severity …

https://dimensionsofdentalhygiene.com/article/the-caries-epidemic-in-native-american-communities/

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Dental Disease in Native American Communities

(6 days ago) WebA recent study has underscored the fact that poor oral health is one of the most serious problems facing the nation’s Native American population. Oral health …

https://greenspointdental.com/native-americans-and-dental-disease/

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Widespread oral health problems among Navajo, study shows

(1 days ago) WebMuch of it is remote with 22 dental clinics serving 225,639 residents. The dentist-to-patient ratio is 32.3 dentists per 100,000 residents, among the lowest in the country. The …

https://www.soladentalspa.com/widespread-oral-health-problems-navajo-study-shows/

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The Red Road: The Issue of Poor Native American Health

(3 days ago) WebNatives Americans, accounting for only 2% of the population, have the highest abuse rates of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and hallucinogen use disorders and the second highest …

https://theredroad.org/issues/native-american-health/

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Health a Critical Issue for Native Americans - AARP

(8 days ago) WebIt is related to the concept of "social determinants of health" — we have challenging conditions, which then leads to poor health outcomes. The life expectancy is …

https://www.aarp.org/home-family/friends-family/info-2017/native-americans-health-concerns-fd.html

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Ancient remedies: Some healing secrets for dental pain have …

(9 days ago) WebGoldenseal: Native Americans introduced the power of goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) to the early American explorer. 23 Using a rinse made from one teaspoon …

https://www.rdhmag.com/patient-care/alternative-practice/article/16409428/ancient-remedies-some-healing-secrets-for-dental-pain-have-withstood-the-test-of-time

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Can dental therapists fill the gap in oral care? - NPR

(3 days ago) WebDental therapists have been practicing in other parts of the world for decades, but in the U.S. they are relatively few and far between. Like a hygienist, dental therapists …

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/28/1197964889/oral-care-dental-therapy-states

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