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Racial and ethnic disparities in nontraumatic dental-condition visits to emergency departments and physician offices: a study of the Wisconsin Medicaid programChristopher Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services, Marqutte University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee 53201 1881, Wisconsin USA
J Am Dent Assoc 139:1657-66. 2008..Nontraumatic dental condition (NTDC) visits occur in emergency departments (EDs) and physician offices (POs), but little is known about factors associated with NTDC visit rates to EDs and POs...
Factors associated with receipt of preventive dental treatment procedures among adult patients at a dental training school in Wisconsin, 2001-2002Christopher Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 1881, USA
Gend Med 6:272-6. 2009..Preventive dental treatment procedures (PDTPs) are commonly accepted as the primary approach to prevent dental disease...- Racial/ethnic disparities in the acceptance of Medicaid patients in dental practicesChristopher Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services Room 356, Marquette University School of Dentistry, P O Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
J Public Health Dent 68:149-53. 2008..We therefore examined the factors associated with the acceptance of new Medicaid patients by dentists... - Racial/ethnic disparities in self-reported pediatric orthodontic visits in the United StatesChristopher Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
J Public Health Dent 67:217-23. 2007..We examined the effect of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic factors on pediatric orthodontic visits in the United States... - Hmong adults self-rated oral health: a pilot studyChristopher Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services, Room 356, Marquette University School of Dentistry, P O Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 10:81-8. 2008..About half of Hmong adults rated their oral health and access to dental care as poor. Dental insurance, access to dental care, past preventive dental/physician visits and SRGH were associated with SROH... - Racial and ethnic variation in the provision of dental proceduresChristopher Okunseri
Marquette University School of Dentistry, Department of Clinical Services, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201 1881, USA
J Public Health Dent 67:20-7. 2007..This study examined trends in the provision of dental procedures and sought to determine whether there are racial/ethnic differences in the provision of dental procedures... - Self-reported toothache experience in an adult population in Benin City, Edo State, NigeriaChristopher Okunseri
Public Health Program, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Department of Clinical Services, Room 356, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 1881, USA
Oral Health Prev Dent 3:119-25. 2005.... 
Provision of fluoride varnish treatment by medical and dental care providers: variation by race/ethnicity and levels of urban influenceChristopher Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services, School of Dentistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
J Public Health Dent 70:211-9. 2010....- Wisconsin Medicaid enrollees' recurrent use of emergency departments and physicians' offices for treatment of nontraumatic dental conditionsChristopher Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services, Room 356, School of Dentistry, Marquette University, P O Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 142:540-50. 2011..The authors examined the rate of return visits to EDs and POs for treatment of NTDCs among Wisconsin Medicaid enrollees and sought to characterize frequent and typical users of such care in this population... - Erosive tooth wear and consumption of beverages among children in the United StatesC Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
Caries Res 45:130-5. 2011..This study examined the relationship between the consumption of juices, drinks, milk and ETW in children in the United States... - Self-reported dental visits among adults in Benin City, NigeriaChristopher Okunseri
Marquette University School of Dentistry, Department of Clinical Services, 1801 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA
Int Dent J 54:450-6. 2004..To identify patterns and predictive factors independently associated with self-reported dental visits of adults resident in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria... - Factors associated with reported need for dental care among people who are homeless using assistance programsChristopher Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Spec Care Dentist 30:146-50. 2010..Strengthening existing oral health-care programs sensitive to the needs of people who are homeless may improve their oral health and reduce their dental-disease-related morbidity... - Erosive tooth wear among children in the United States: relationship to race/ethnicity and obesityJesse McGuire
Department of Developmental Sciences, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
Int J Paediatr Dent 19:91-8. 2009..The study aims were to estimate the prevalence of erosive tooth wear (ETW) in children and to specifically examine its association with race/ethnicity and obesity in the United States... - Primary language spoken at home and children's dental service utilization in the United StatesMatthew Noyce
Department of Developmental Sciences, Marquette University School of Dentistry, USA
J Public Health Dent 69:276-83. 2009..We examined the association of primary language spoken at home with the receipt of preventive and routine dental care for children in the United States... - Increased children's access to fluoride varnish treatment by involving medical care providers: effect of a Medicaid policy changeChristopher Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
Health Serv Res 44:1144-56. 2009..In 2004, the State of Wisconsin introduced a change to their Medicaid Policy allowing medical care providers to be reimbursed for fluoride varnish treatment provided to Medicaid enrolled children... - Socio-demographics of adult orthodontic visits in the United StatesJoseph Whitesides
Department of Developmental Sciences, School of Dentistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 133:489.e9-14. 2008..We examined the demographic profile of likely adult users of orthodontic services and whether there is racial and ethnic disparity in orthodontic visits... - Medications prescribed in emergency departments for nontraumatic dental condition visits in the United StatesChristopher Okunseri
Department of Clinical Services, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
Med Care 50:508-12. 2012..Prior research has documented factors associated with nontraumatic dental condition (NTDC) visits to emergency departments (EDs), but little is known about the care received by patients in EDs for NTDC visits... - Senior dental students' experience with Cariogram in a pediatric dentistry clinicCesar D Gonzalez
Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Developmental Sciences, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
J Dent Educ 74:123-9. 2010..Future studies should explore reasons why students do not feel inclined to use Cariogram as a caries risk assessment tool in their private practices even after being exposed to the tool in dental school... - Dental students' perceptions of self-efficacy and cultural competence with school-based programsDavid Gundersen
Department of Clinical Services, Marquette University School of Dentistry, P O Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201 1881, USA
J Dent Educ 76:1175-82. 2012..03-4.00). Dental students' participation in a mandatory oral health education rotation was associated with an increase in self-efficacy and cultural competence, but not with their intent to provide dental care in school-based settings... - Dental visits by pediatric HIV-infected medical patientsChristopher Okunseri
N Y State Dent J 69:26-9. 2003..The researchers believe that the study showed that a significant number of HIV-infected children on public insurance programs receiving consistent medical care had not visited any dental provider... - Dental care access for Hispanics in Minnesota: a culturally sensitive medical and dental modelChristopher Okunseri
Department of Preventive Sciences, Division of Health Ecology, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Northwest Dent 82:41-4. 2003 - Dental caries prevalence and treatment need among racial/ethnic minority schoolchildrenChristopher Okunseri
N Y State Dent J 68:20-3. 2002..The study showed a difference in dental caries prevalence, but the treatment need percentages did not differ between Hispanics and African-Americans in both dentition... - Prevalence of oral lesions and percent CD4+ T-lymphocytes in HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapyChristopher Okunseri
Department of Community Dentistry, Montefiore Medical Center, Affiliate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 55455, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 17:5-11. 2003..001). Compared to previous studies, overall prevalence estimates of oral lesions in this study was low. Children with low CD4 percent had more oral lesions, consistent with results from other HIV studies...