An interprofessional school-based initiative to increase access to oral health care in underserved Florida counties.

Objective: To examine and describe the effect of an oral health education program on school-based nurses' acquisition of oral health knowledge.

Methods: Three-hour synchronous videoconference sessions provided training for nurses to conduct oral health risk assessments, screen for oral diseases, deliver oral health education, apply fluoride varnish, and refer children identified in need of further assessment and treatment to a dentist. Oral health knowledge acquisition was assessed by comparing pre-training and post-training examination scores.

Oral health inequities: Recommended public policies to achieve health equity.

In the United States (US), racial and ethnic minority populations experience poorer oral health than the general population. Social and commercial determinants of health embedded in structural and institutional racism and/or discrimination generate and exacerbate oral health inequities. We provide examples of oral health disparities (including oral health status and workforce issues) among selected racial and ethnic minority groups in the US.

Everolimus for cardiac rhabdomyomas in children with tuberous sclerosis. The ORACLE study protocol (everOlimus for caRdiac rhAbdomyomas in tuberous sCLErosis): a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase II trial.

Introduction: Tuberous sclerosis complex is a rare genetic disorder leading to the growth of hamartomas in multiple organs, including cardiac rhabdomyomas. Children with symptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma require frequent admissions to intensive care units, have major complications, namely, arrhythmias, cardiac outflow tract obstruction and heart failure, affecting the quality of life and taking on high healthcare cost. Currently, there is no standard pharmacological treatment for this condition, and the management includes a conservative approach and supportive care.

Dental Status and Treatment Needs of Children in Foster Care.

This study compared the dental status and treatment needs of children in foster care with other children enrolled in Florida Medicaid. The study was a retrospective dental records review of patients who were associated with a foster care agency and an age-matched group of other Medicaid recipients in 2016. We abstracted the electronic dental records of 548 two- to 18-year-olds in foster care and an age-matched group of 548 Medicaid-enrolled children not in foster care.

Hospital inpatient admissions for nontraumatic dental conditions among Florida adults, 2006 through 2016.

Background: In this study, the authors analyzed patterns, trends, and correlates of hospital inpatient admissions for nontraumatic dental conditions (NTDCs) in Florida for the calendar years 2006 through 2016.

Methods: The study was a retrospective analysis of hospital inpatient admissions for NTDCs throughout Florida. The authors derived data from a database maintained by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, the state's primary health policy and planning entity.