Impact of a Medicaid policy on preventive oral health services for children with intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, or both.

CONCLUSIONS: State Medicaid policies allowing delivery of POHS in medical offices increased receipt of POHS among Medicaid-enrolled children with IDD who were younger than 3 years. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Few children with IDD receive POHS in any setting. Efforts are needed to reduce barriers to POHS for publicly insured children with IDD. PMID: 32081299 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32081299?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - February 22, 2020 Category: Dentistry Tags: J Am Dent Assoc Source Type: research