Improving the Oral Health of Alaska Natives

Bibliographic Data

ID11039770
AuthorsEugene Sekiguchi (The authors are with the American Dental Association, Chicago, IL.), Albert H Guay (The authors are with the American Dental Association, Chicago, IL.), L Jackson Brown (0000-0003-3006-2686, The authors are with the American Dental Association, Chicago, IL.), Thomas J Spangler (The authors are with the American Dental Association, Chicago, IL.), T Spangler (American Dental Association)
Year2005
Volume95
Issue5
Pages769-773
Publication date2005-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2004.053546
PMID15855450
PMCIDPMC1449253
OpenAlexW2050965980
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited2

There is a high prevalence of oral disease in the Alaska Native population, much of which goes untreated, creating a large discrepancy between the level of their oral health and that of the general population. The causes of this discrepancy are multiple—a major cause being the lack of access to care, especially in remote Alaska Native villages. Improving the oral health status of Alaska Natives will require treatment of current disease and initiation of an effective program to prevent oral disease. Cooperation between the Alaska Native organizations, dental health aides, the dental profession, and the government will be important. A strategy that combines addressing the disease currently present and preventing the occurrence of disease in the long run is the only strategy that offers a sustainable solution

Disease · Environmental health · Ethnology · Family medicine · Government (linguistics) · Native american · Oral health · Pathology · Population · Sociology · Dental Health and Care Utilization · HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations · Medicine · Oral microbiology and periodontitis research · Gerontology

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