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The Benefit of Early Preventive Dental Care for Children

The Benefit of Early Preventive Dental Care for Children Letters there were not significant reductions in suicide attempts 2 years dressed by Milgrom and Cunha-Cruz in the accompanying edi- prior to same-sex marriage. We found that suicide attempts torial warrant further consideration. were stable over time prior to the implementation of state The primary outcome, annual claims for caries-related same-sex marriage policies, suggesting that improvements in treatment, was not well-suited to measure the benefit of pre- outcomes that might be associated with increasingly support- ventive dental care. A 2013 Cochrane meta-analysis demon- ive environments for sexual minorities did not predate changes strated that fluoride varnish reduced the number of future de- in legal status of same sex marriage. cayed, missing, or filled surfaces by 37% (95% CI, 24% to 51%; We also agree that there is a need for further high-quality P < .001) but not necessarily the proportion of children need- evidence to better understand the nature of the association be- ing future caries-related treatment (relative risk, 0.81; 95% CI, tween same-sex marriage and suicide attempts among both 0.62-1.06; P = .13). Therefore, the a priori hypothesis that pre- adolescent and adult populations. While Kamtchum- ventive care would lead to fewer caries-related treatment Tatuene et al suggest http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Pediatrics American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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2168-6203
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10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.2066
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Abstract

Letters there were not significant reductions in suicide attempts 2 years dressed by Milgrom and Cunha-Cruz in the accompanying edi- prior to same-sex marriage. We found that suicide attempts torial warrant further consideration. were stable over time prior to the implementation of state The primary outcome, annual claims for caries-related same-sex marriage policies, suggesting that improvements in treatment, was not well-suited to measure the benefit of pre- outcomes that might be associated with increasingly support- ventive dental care. A 2013 Cochrane meta-analysis demon- ive environments for sexual minorities did not predate changes strated that fluoride varnish reduced the number of future de- in legal status of same sex marriage. cayed, missing, or filled surfaces by 37% (95% CI, 24% to 51%; We also agree that there is a need for further high-quality P < .001) but not necessarily the proportion of children need- evidence to better understand the nature of the association be- ing future caries-related treatment (relative risk, 0.81; 95% CI, tween same-sex marriage and suicide attempts among both 0.62-1.06; P = .13). Therefore, the a priori hypothesis that pre- adolescent and adult populations. While Kamtchum- ventive care would lead to fewer caries-related treatment Tatuene et al suggest

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JAMA Pediatrics – American Medical Association

Published: Oct 1, 2017

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