Publications by authors named "Mark L Wagner"
The Survey of the Oral Health Status of Maryland Schoolchildren, 2000-2001 was used to describe dental sealant prevalence among third-grade public schoolchildren in Maryland. The presence/absence of dental sealants on permanent molars was scored according to visual criteria. Descriptor variables included gender, race/ethnicity, parent/guardian level of education, and dental insurance status.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Regular dental visits afford an opportunity for dentists to provide preventive services and to diagnose and treat disease. Not all children, however, have equal access to these services.
Methods: The authors conducted this study to describe access to and utilization of oral health care services for Maryland schoolchildren in kindergarten and third grade.
Objective: To describe the lifetime prevalence of dental pain among Maryland's school age children.
Methods: Data come from the Survey of Oral Health Status of Maryland School Children conducted in 2000-01. History of dental pain, as reported by an adult respondent, was analyzed for 2,411 kindergarten and third grade students.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess and compare parental awareness of unrestored dental caries needs in a schoolchildren population according to socioeconomic status.
Methods: Subjective and normative unrestored dental caries data of kindergarten and third-grade children were collected from parental awareness questionnaires and clinical examinations, respectively, used in a 2000--2001 statewide survey of Maryland schoolchildren. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed to assess awareness of unrestored dental caries.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe dental caries experience in the primary and permanent dentitions of Maryland schoolchildren in kindergarten and third grade, with an emphasis on untreated disease.
Methods: Data came from the Survey of the Oral Health Status of Maryland Schoolchildren, 2000--2001. Outcome variables were measures of dental caries experience for primary and permanent teeth.