title: Oral health. Massachusetts versus the United States.
abstract: Results from the National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) 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, Massachusetts residents are doing very well in terms of some broad measures, but (1) only average in the rate of edentulism, (2) below average in the rank of states with regard to its population on public water supply systems with fluoridation, and (3) marked by wide variations between the many in-state population groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Management, SUNY at Stony Brook, New York, USA.
authors.forename: H Barry
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Perlman
authors.forename: Scott L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003777:Dental Prophylaxis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005457:Fluoridation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology