title: The oral health of New Yorkers. It's good, but could be better.
abstract: Results from the National Oral Health Surveillance System provide an overview (at the state and national levels) of the burden of oral disease and the use of oral health services. Compared to national averages, New York State residents are doing fairly well. But these same indicators, when used to compare findings for individual states, place New York State residents far from the top and present wide variations among various population groups within the state. The challenge is made to reach beyond the complacency of doing fairly well and being just above average.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D003777:Dental Prophylaxis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005457:Fluoridation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D009909:Oral Health