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Missouri Dental Health In Bad Shape

by Gopalan on February 03, 2010 at 11:00 AM General Health News

Missisouri’s oral health is in a pretty bad shape. But it also suffers from a serious shortage of dental professionals. A way out could be to allow dental therapists to practise in the state, some feel. But dentists don’t seem to be too very happy with the idea.

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A dental therapist is a licensed dental auxiliary who specializes in treating children's teeth and oral hygiene. Local dental regulations determine the duties therapists are able to perform. Typically, therapists under the prescription of a dentist are licensed to examine children's teeth, administer restricted techniques of local anesthesia and take radiographs.

A state like Missouri would be well served with these paramedics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked the state 47th in terms of the percentage of the population that visited a dentist last year.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said in a report back in 2005, “While most dental disease, including tooth decay, is preventable, the prevalence of decay in Missouri’s children has increased over the last five years, and certain groups continue to suffer disproportionately from dental disease – including both low-income and minority children. Two major factors affect an individual’s overall oral health status: their disease rate and their ability to access and obtain dental treatment. Unfortunately, those individuals at highest risk of dental disease are also the least likely to have access to routine professional dental care.”

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