SynthesisAmerican journal of preventive medicine2017
Evaluation of School-Based Dental Sealant Programs: An Updated Community Guide Systematic Economic Review.
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- Silver Diamine Fluoride vs Atraumatic Restoration for Managing Dental Caries in Schools: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Clinical Comparison of School-Based Dental Sealant Programme Among Different Caries-Risk School Children: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study.International journal of paediatric dentistry · 2026Article
- School-Based Caries Prevention Programs and Recruitment of High-Risk Pediatric Medicaid Populations.JAMA network open · 2026Article
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- Health and Economic Impact of a Large-Scale School-Based Pit and Fissure Sealant Program in Dongguan, China: A Real-World Program Evaluation.International journal of dentistry · 2026Article
- Are resin sealants effective to treat caries lesions in the outer 1/3 of dentin compared to composite resin restorations? Systematic review and meta-analysis.The Japanese dental science review · 2025Review
- Integrating silver diamine fluoride into school-based oral health programs: A pilot study.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Second molar sealants among US adolescents and their association with select sociodemographic factors and first molar sealants: A cross-sectional study using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2024Article
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- The role of income and frequency of dental visits in the relationship between dental sealant use and resin fillings after extended coverage: a retrospective cohort study.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Impact of school sealant programs on oral health among youth and identification of potential barriers to implementation.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2022Article
- Acculturation and dental sealant use among US children.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2022Article
- Comparison of Two Types of Pit and Fissure Sealants in Reducing the Incidence of Dental Caries Using a Split-Mouth Design.Acta stomatologica Croatica · 2021Article
- A Validation and Cost-Analysis Study of a Targeted School-Based Dental Check-Up Intervention: Children's Dental Program.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Does the Registered Dentists' Program Alleviate the Socioeconomic Gap in the Use of Dental Sealants?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Measuring sealant placement in children at the dental practice level.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2020Article
- Association between Medicaid expansion, dental coverage policies for adults, and children's receipt of preventive dental services.Health services research · 2020Article
- The cost-utility of school-based first permanent molar sealants programs: a Markov model.BMC oral health · 2019Article
- An Economic Evaluation of a Comprehensive School-Based Caries Prevention Program.JDR clinical and translational research · 2019Article
- Economic Evaluations of School Sealant Programs and the Consent Conundrum.Journal of dental research · 2019Article
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Abstract
contextA recently updated Community Guide systematic review of the effectiveness of school sealant programs (SSPs) still found strong evidence that SSPs reduced dental caries among schoolchildren. This follow-up systematic review updates SSP cost and benefit information from the original 2002 review. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: Using Community Guide economic review methods, the authors searched the literature from January 2000 to November 20, 2014. The final body of evidence included 14 studies-ten from the current search and four with cost information from the 2002 review. Nine studies had information on SSP costs; six on sealant benefit (averted treatment costs and productivity losses); four on SSP net cost (cost minus benefit); and three on net cost to Medicaid of clinically delivered sealants. The authors imputed productivity losses and discounted costs/outcomes when this information was missing. The analysis, conducted in 2015, reported all values in 2014 U.S. dollars. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: The median one-time SSP cost per tooth sealed was $11.64. Labor accounted for two thirds of costs, and time to provide sealants was a major cost driver. The median annual economic benefit was $6.29, suggesting that over 4 years the SSP benefit ($23.37 at a 3% discount rate) would exceed costs by $11.73 per sealed tooth. In addition, two of four economic models and all three analyses of Medicaid claims data found that SSP benefit to society exceeded SSP cost.
conclusionsRecent evidence indicates the benefits of SSPs exceed their costs when SSPs target schools attended by a large number of high-risk children.
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