Children’s
Dental Health
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The 2007 Check-Up for Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties
Key Findings
Background
The evidence is in -- dental disease is the single most common chronic childhood disease in California. Awareness of the pervasive and often devastating effects of this preventable disease in children is growing. New data, new programs, and -- most significantly -- new legislative mandates are building the momentum to address this crisis statewide and locally.
County agencies and health care providers in both San Mateo and Santa Clara counties have been engaged on this issue for some time. That level of awareness and the relatively high percentage of children in those counties with dental insurance together create a valuable opportunity to systematically prevent a disease that all too frequently goes untreated, particularly among low-income children.
Download the full brief, "Children's Dental Health in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties"