PMID- 23756303
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140227
LR  - 20240321
IS  - 1942-5473 (Electronic)
IS  - 0164-1263 (Print)
IS  - 0164-1263 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 May-Jun
TI  - Factors affecting age at first dental exam for Medicaid-enrolled children seen at 
      Federally Qualified Health Centers.
PG  - E100-6
AB  - PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to estimate age at first dental visit 
      (FDV) and identify variables predicting earlier visits for Medicaid-enrolled 
      children at Iowa Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC). METHODS: Statewide 
      Medicaid claims data were used to draw a random sample of children who received 
      their FDV prior to six years old at a FQHC, were Medicaid-enrolled within the 
      first two months of life, and remained continuously enrolled over the study 
      period. Forty children from each of five FQHCs had their dental charts abstracted 
      and merged with other Medicaid records and birth certificate data. The 
      logarithmic age at FDV was regressed against several predictor variables. 
      RESULTS: Mean and median ages for FDV were 25.6 and 23 months old, respectively. 
      When controlling for other variables, there were differences in FDV age according 
      to: mother's marital status (P=.04); whether the child had any medical well-child 
      visits (MCVs) at a FQHC prior to the FDV (P<.001); and which FQHC the child 
      visited. Only approximately 28 percent of these children, however, had any MCV at 
      the FQHC. CONCLUSIONS: Medicaid-enrolled children who visited Federally Qualified 
      Health Centers for their first dental visit were seen at an earlier age than 
      previously recorded for such health centers (mean=four years old). Children who 
      also received any medical well-child visits at FQHCs were more likely to have 
      earlier FDVs.
FAU - Kuthy, Raymond A
AU  - Kuthy RA
AD  - Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, 
      University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. raymond-kuthy@uiowa.edu.
FAU - Pendharkar, Bhagyashree
AU  - Pendharkar B
FAU - Momany, Elizabeth T
AU  - Momany ET
FAU - Jones, Michael P
AU  - Jones MP
FAU - Askelson, Natoshia M
AU  - Askelson NM
FAU - Chi, Donald L
AU  - Chi DL
FAU - Wehby, George L
AU  - Wehby GL
FAU - Damiano, Peter C
AU  - Damiano PC
LA  - eng
GR  - RC1 DE020303/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States
GR  - 5RC 1 DE020303/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K08 DE020856/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PL  - United States
TA  - Pediatr Dent
JT  - Pediatric dentistry
JID - 7909102
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Community Health Centers/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Dental Care for Children/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Dental Records
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iowa
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Medicaid/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Preventive Health Services/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - United States
PMC - PMC4209902
MID - NIHMS636341
EDAT- 2013/06/13 06:00
MHDA- 2014/02/28 06:00
PMCR- 2014/10/27
CRDT- 2013/06/13 06:00
PHST- 2013/06/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/06/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/02/28 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2014/10/27 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Dent. 2013 May-Jun;35(3):E100-6.