Oral health is essential to general health. It encompasses a person’s ability to perform actions of the mouth without pain, disease, or discomfort (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). Oral diseases disproportionately affect low-income populations including those living in the U.S. without citizenship status (World Health Organization, 2020).This study is a secondary data […]
C15-P: The Effectiveness of Dental Sealants in Preventing Dental Caries in the Ages 3 and Older
The Public Health major, with a focus in epidemiology, requires a capstone research project to be done in the field of public health and epidemiology. For my research project, I chose to study oral health and disease outcomes, specifically in the field of dentistry. Oral health dictates overall health in a variety of ways such […]