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| Mark D MacekSummaryAffiliation: University of Maryland Country: USA Publications
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Exploring the association between overweight and dental caries among US childrenMark D Macek
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Dental School, University of Maryland, USA
Pediatr Dent 28:375-80. 2006..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between age-specific body mass index (BMI-for-age) and dental caries among US children...- Using toluidine blue as an adjunct to oral visual cancer screening among high-risk individuals may lead to increased detection of oral submucous fibrosisMark D Macek
Program in Health Services Research, Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1586, USA
J Evid Based Dent Pract 11:200-2. 2011.... 
Measuring conceptual health knowledge in the context of oral health literacy: preliminary resultsMark D Macek
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Public Health Dent 70:197-204. 2010..This study assesses the validity and reliability of a new instrument and describes conceptual oral health knowledge among a sample of low-income adults...- Dental care visits among dentate adults with diabetes and periodontitisMark D Macek
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 West Baltimore Street, Room 2207, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Public Health Dent 69:284-9. 2009..This report investigates the influence of periodontitis on the association between diabetes and dental care visits. It also tests whether disparities are limited to women... - Dental care visits among dentate adults with diabetes, United States, 2003Mark D Macek
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Public Health Dent 68:102-10. 2008..This analysis evaluates nationally representative data to test the relation between diabetes status and dental care visits, and to compare diabetes care, foot care, eye care, and dental care visits among dentate adults with diabetes... 
Blood lead concentrations in children and method of water fluoridation in the United States, 1988-1994Mark D Macek
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1586, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:130-4. 2006..Current evidence does not provide a basis for changing water fluoridation practices, which have a clear public health benefit...- Comparison of patient visits to emergency departments, physician offices, and dental offices for dental problems and injuriesLeonard A Cohen
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Public Health Dent 71:13-22. 2011..We undertook this study to examine whether there are differences in their use by low-income White and minority adults as compared with higher-income adults... - Toothache pain: a comparison of visits to physicians, emergency departments and dentistsLeonard A Cohen
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 139:1205-16. 2008..The authors conducted a study to explore their use by low-income and minority adults in comparison with the use of traditional dental services... - Toothache pain: behavioral impact and self-care strategiesLeonard A Cohen
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, Maryland, USA
Spec Care Dentist 29:85-95. 2009..The majority of respondents ultimately sought pain relief from a dentist. We identified a number of significant differences in the strategies used across racial/ethnic groups... - Behavioral and socioeconomic correlates of dental problem experience and patterns of health care-seekingLeonard A Cohen
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 142:137-49. 2011..To recognize and better understand barriers to dental care, the authors studied behavioral and socioeconomic factors specific to low-income and minority populations that contribute to patterns of professional health care-seeking... - Survey of dental sealants in Maryland third gradersUlla Britt I Arvidson Bufano
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, USA
Gen Dent 54:186-90. 2006..2 times as likely to lack dental sealants as their peers, compared with children from families with less than 12 years of education (2.7 times as likely) and those without dental insurance (1.9 times as likely)... - Role of pharmacists in consulting with the underserved regarding toothache painLeonard A Cohen
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 49:38-42. 2009..To examine the pharmacist's role in managing toothache pain from the patient's perspective... - Dental visits and access to dental care among Maryland schoolchildrenMark D Macek
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Dental School, University of Maryland, 21201-1586, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 136:524-33. 2005..PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Dentistry's challenge is to determine which characteristics are unique to those who visit the dentist regularly and use this information to help meet the needs of the underserved... - Comparison of patient centeredness of visits to emergency departments, physicians, and dentists for dental problems and injuriesLeonard A Cohen
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, USA
J Am Coll Dent 77:49-58. 2010..This report compares patient assessments of patient centeredness during treatment in hospital emergency departments (EDs) and physician and dentist offices for dental problems and injuries... - Low-income and minority patient satisfaction with visits to emergency departments and physician offices for dental problemsLeonard A Cohen
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, The Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
J Am Coll Dent 76:23-31. 2009.... - Self-reported awareness of unrestored dental caries. Survey of the Oral Health Status of Maryland Schoolchildren, 2000--2001Harold S Goodman
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, Program in Pediatric Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Dent 26:369-75. 2004..The purpose of this study was to assess and compare parental awareness of unrestored dental caries needs in a schoolchildren population according to socioeconomic status... - Coping with toothache pain: a qualitative study of low-income persons and minoritiesLeonard A Cohen
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Public Health Dent 67:28-35. 2007..This study examined the behavioral impact of toothache pain as well as self-care strategies for pain relief among minority and low-income individuals... - Oral cancer examinations among adults at high risk: findings from the 1998 National Health Interview SurveyMark D Macek
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Dental School, University of Maryland, 666 West Baltimore Street, Room 3 E 02, Baltimore, MD 21201 1586, USA
J Public Health Dent 63:119-25. 2003..This investigation assessed whether cigarette smoking and alcohol use were associated with receipt of an oral cancer examination... - Dental visits among older U.S. adults, 1999: the roles of dentition status and costMark D Macek
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Dental School, University of Maryland, 21201 1586, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 135:1154-62; quiz 1165. 2004..Aging populations will bring unique challenges to dentistry. Understanding dental visit patterns will help the profession become prepared... - Dental insurance visits and expenditures among older adultsRichard J Manski
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, 666 W Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Am J Public Health 94:759-64. 2004..We examined the effect of age, income, and coverage on dental service utilization during 1996... - Special Olympics: the oral health status of U.S. athletes compared with international athletesBritt C Reid
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, 666 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 20201, USA
Spec Care Dentist 23:230-3. 2003..8 versus 13.5%), fluorosis (3.5 versus 8.8%), signs of gingival disease (27.8 versus 40.1%), or to be edentulous (0.1 versus 3.7%). These relationships persisted after adjustment for sex and age differences between the populations... - Survey of Oral Health Status of Maryland Schoolchildren, 2000--2001Mark D Macek
Department of Oral Health Care Delivery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Dent 26:329-36. 2004..The purpose of this study was to describe dental caries experience in the primary and permanent dentitions of Maryland schoolchildren in kindergarten and third grade, with an emphasis on untreated disease... - Prevalence and predictors of untreated caries and oral pain among Special Olympic athletesBritt C Reid
Department of Oral Health Care Delivery, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, 666 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 20201, USA
Spec Care Dentist 23:139-42. 2003..These findings were discouraging given that the study participants represented a generally well-supported, high-functioning stratum of persons with mental retardation in the United States... - Private dental coverage: who has it and how does it influence dental visits and expenditures?Richard J Manski
Department of Oral Health Care Delivery, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 133:1551-9. 2002..Dental insurance coverage may influence people's decisions to use dental care. During 1996, 42.9 percent of all dental expenditures were paid by private dental insurance... - Dental pain in Maryland school childrenClemencia M Vargas
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, 666 West Baltimore Street, Room 3 E 11, Baltimore, Maryland 20201 1586, USA
J Public Health Dent 65:3-6. 2005..To describe the lifetime prevalence of dental pain among Maryland's school age children... - Race/ethnicity and untreated dental caries: the impact of material and behavioral factorsBritt C Reid
Department of Health Promotion and Policy, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 32:329-36. 2004..To use nationally representative data, group variables into categories of material and behavioral factors, and assess their relative contribution to racial/ethnic variation in untreated caries... - Updated comparison of the caries susceptibility of various morphological types of permanent teethMark D Macek
Department of Oral Health Care Delivery, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Dental School, University of Maryland, 666 West Baltimore Street, Room 3 E 02, Baltimore, MD 21201 1586, USA
J Public Health Dent 63:174-82. 2003..This investigation used more recent data to assess whether declines in dental caries prevalence over time have been accompanied by changes in the relative susceptibility of permanent tooth types... - Is 75 percent of dental caries really found in 25 percent of the population?Mark D Macek
Department of Oral Health Care Delivery, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Dental School, University of Maryland, 666 West Baltimore Street, Room 3 E 02, Baltimore, MD 21201 1586, USA
J Public Health Dent 64:20-5. 2004..Results provide accurate age-specific and dentition-specific X values for the general statement, "75 percent of dental caries is found in X percent of the population.".. - Comparing oral health care utilization estimates in the United States across three nationally representative surveysMark D Macek
Department of Oral Health Care Delivery, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Dental School, University of Maryland, 21201, USA
Health Serv Res 37:499-521. 2002..A validation study should be conducted to establish "true" utilization estimates...
Research Grants
- Health Literacy and Oral Health KnowledgeMARK MACEK; Fiscal Year: 2007..It is anticipated that these results will ultimately improve oral health and eliminate disparities in the United States. ..