The guided policies designed to modify the health care system occurred in three stages: the first occurred at the end of the military regimen with the implantation of the Integrated Actions of Health (AIS); the second came with the implantation of the Unified and Decentralized Health System (SUDS) in 1987; and the third was the promulgation of the Constitution in 1988, when the Brazilian Unifie...

OBJECTIVES Hospital emergency departments (EDs) are a place where many Americans seek treatment of dental conditions. Racial and ethnic minorities consistently have higher rates of ED utilization than whites for dental conditions. The reasons for these disparities and significant public health concerns are investigated less often. In this paper, we measure trends in racial disparities in ED dis...

BACKGROUND Dental caries is a persistent public health problem with little change in the prevalence in young children over the last 20 years. Once a child contracts the disease it has a significant impact on their quality of life. There is good evidence from Cochrane reviews including trials that fluoride varnish and regular use of fluoride toothpaste can prevent caries. The Northern Ireland Ca...

BACKGROUND Dental caries (decay) is the most prevalent disease of childhood. It is often left untreated and can impact negatively on general health, and physical, developmental, social and learning outcomes. Similar to other health issues, the greatest burden of dental caries is seen in those of low socio-economic position. In addition, a number of diet-related risk factors for dental caries ar...

This August 2012 issue of the Journal of Dental Education (JDE) is devoted to the economic and workforce issues that face the dental profession in the twenty-first century. Many of the issues it addresses are enduring and have occupied our profession for a long time. Previous reports have addressed these issues as they were expressed in the environment of the time. Other issues are more recent....

Although health care is a right of citizenship, severe inequities in oral health and access to care persist. This paper provides information on the financing, organization and delivery of oral health services in Canada. It concludes that dental care has largely fallen out of consideration as health care. The increasing costs of dental insurance and disparities in oral health and access to care ...

Dr. Bailit is Professor Emeritus, Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center and a Research Associate, Department of Community Dentistry, Columbia University. He received his D.M.D. degree from Tufts University and his Ph.D. degree (Anthropology) from Harvard University. Prior to his current position, he was Chair of the Department of Health Administration and Pol...

In Dutch healthcare, new market mechanisms have been introduced on an experimental basis in an attempt to contain costs and improve quality. Informed by a constructivist approach, we demonstrate that such experiments are not neutral testing grounds. Drawing from semi-structured interviews and policy texts, we reconstruct an experiment on free pricing in dental care that turned into a critical e...

Dental insurance is a type of policy that provides financial coverage for dental care expenses. plans may cover range services. With procedures becoming increasingly expensive, having can provide security and peace mind. are available in India individuals, families, groups, it important to carefully review the offered, premiums deductibles, exclusions, reputation provider when choosing plan. In...

India is the second most populous country in the world with an extensive rural population (68.8%). Children less than 18 years constitute about 40% of the population. Approximately, 23.5% of the urban population resides in urban slums. The extensive rural population, school children and the urban slum dwellers are denied of even the basic dental services though there is continuous advancement i...