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| PETER M MILGROMSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Response to Reisine & Douglass: psychosocial and behavioral issues in early childhood cariesP Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7475, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 26:45-8. 1998..Primary prevention of early childhood caries will fail unless it begins in the prenatal period and addresses the health of both mother and child...
Clinical evidence for polyol efficacyP Milgrom
University of Washington, Box 357475, B 509 Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7475, USA
Adv Dent Res 24:112-6. 2012..Other studies are ongoing but are not systematic and will fail to answer important questions about how xylitol, or other polyols, can address the global dental caries problem...- Reliability and cross-cultural validity of a Japanese version of the Dental Fear SurveyToshiko Yoshida
Center of the Development of Medical and Healthcare Education, Okayama University, Shikata cho, Okayama City, Okayama, 700 8525, Japan
BMC Oral Health 9:17. 2009..CONCLUSION: The Japanese version of the DFS appears reliable and demonstrates cross-cultural validity. The modeling confirms the three factors on which the English language version was based... 
Evaluation of the Total Design Method in a survey of Japanese dentistsYukie Nakai
Department of Behavioral Pediatric Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
BMC Med Res Methodol 5:27. 2005..The TDM was chosen because survey response rates in Japan are unacceptably low and the TDM had previously been used in a general population survey...- Exploring the potential for foreign-trained dentists to address workforce shortages and improve access to dental care for vulnerable populations in the United States: a case study from Washington StateNaseem Bazargan
University of Washington School of Dentistry, Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 357475, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 10:336. 2010..S.-trained dentists; and b) among newly licensed dentists who participated in the Medicaid program, foreign-trained dentists are more likely to practice in dental HPSAs than U.S.-trained dentists... - Enhancing sedation treatment for the long- term: pre-treatment behavioural exposurePeter Milgrom
Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, King's College Dental Institute, London
SAAD Dig 23:29-34. 2007 - Xylitol pediatric topical oral syrup to prevent dental caries: a double-blind randomized clinical trial of efficacyPeter Milgrom
Northwest Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities, Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7475, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:601-7. 2009..To evaluate the effectiveness of a xylitol pediatric topical oral syrup to reduce the incidence of dental caries among very young children and to evaluate the effect of xylitol in reducing acute otitis media in a subsequent study... - Dissatisfaction with dental care among mothers of Medicaid-enrolled childrenPeter Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7475, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 36:451-8. 2008..We describe levels of satisfaction with care among mothers whose preschool children were enrolled in Medicaid in Washington State. We report mothers' satisfaction related to having a RSDC by type of dental setting/office... - The impact of behavioral technology on dental cariesP Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7475, USA
J Dent Educ 65:1102-5. 2001..A third category of studies should center on provider competency. Studies are recommended in each of these areas... - Evaluation of Pacific Islands Early Childhood Caries Prevention Project: Republic of the Marshall IslandsPeter Milgrom
Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357475, Seattle, WA 98195 7475, USA
J Public Health Dent 69:201-3. 2009..This communication reports an outcomes evaluation of the Pacific Islands Early Childhood Caries Prevention Project... - Improving America's access to care: The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research addresses oral health disparitiesPeter Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7475, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 135:1389-96. 2004..Center investigators also recognize that solutions to these vexing problems must be built on an understanding of the social, economic, racial, educational, political and behavioral factors that affect most health care issues... - Research productivity of members of IADR Behavioral Sciences and Health Services Research Group: relationship to professional and personal factorsPeter Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Box 357475, Seattle, WA 98195 7475, USA
J Dent Educ 72:1142-8. 2008..Trends toward clinically oriented, non-research-intensive dental schools in the United States and reductions in time and funding available to conduct research should be of concern... - Empowering Head Start to improve access to good oral health for children from low income familiesPeter Milgrom
University of Washington, Box 357475, Seattle, WA, 98195 7475, USA
Matern Child Health J 15:876-82. 2011.... - Mutans streptococci dose response to xylitol chewing gumP Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, Northwest Alaska Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
J Dent Res 85:177-81. 2006..011/0.038). Xylitol at 6.44 g/day and 10.32 g/day reduces mutans streptococci in plaque at 5 wks, and in plaque and unstimulated saliva at 6 mos. A plateau effect is suggested between 6.44 g and 10.32 g xylitol/day... - Oral health in the United States: the post-fluoride generationP Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7475, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 21:403-36. 2000.... - Providing a dental home for pregnant women: a community program to address dental care access--a brief communicationPeter Milgrom
Northwest Alaska Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities, University of Washington, Box 357475, Seattle, WA 98195 7475, USA
J Public Health Dent 68:170-3. 2008..In 2001, 8.8 percent of pregnant women served by Medicaid in Oregon received care. The long-term goal of the program is to promote preventive oral care for both mothers and their new infants... - Topical iodine and fluoride varnish effectiveness in the primary dentition: a quasi-experimental studyPETER M MILGROM
Northwest Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities, Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Dent Child (Chic) 78:143-7. 2011..The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare the effectiveness of combined topical treatment with 10% polyvinyl-pyrollidone iodine (PVP-I) and 5% sodium fluoride varnish (FV) with FV alone... - An explanatory model of the dental care utilization of low-income childrenP Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7475, USA
Med Care 36:554-66. 1998..The influence of dentist-patient interactions, psychosocial and health beliefs, particularly fear of the dentist, on utilization were investigated... - The effects of dental anxiety and irregular attendance on referral for dental treatment under sedation within the National Health Service in LondonPeter Milgrom
Dental Fears Research Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7475, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 38:453-9. 2010..To investigate whether the relationship between dental anxiety and referral for treatment under sedation is explained by attendance patterns and oral health... - Children's tooth decay in a public health program to encourage low-income pregnant women to utilize dental carePeter Milgrom
Northwest Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
BMC Public Health 10:76. 2010.... - An examination of the advances in science and technology of prevention of tooth decay in young children since the Surgeon General's Report on Oral HealthPeter Milgrom
Northwest Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 7475, USA
Acad Pediatr 9:404-9. 2009..Transfer of technology from studies to implementation is needed to prevent tooth decay among children. This should involve translational research and implementation of scientific and technological advances into practice... - Dental caries and its relationship to bacterial infection, hypoplasia, diet, and oral hygiene in 6- to 36-month-old childrenP Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 28:295-306. 2000..mutans, age and ethnicity. Sleeping with a bottle, maternal sharing of utensils, and high snacking frequency were not significant predictors of caries in this population... - Dentist participation in a public-private partnership to increase Medicaid participation and access for children from low income familiesK McNabb
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences and Director, Dental Fears Research Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
ASDC J Dent Child 67:418-21, 375. 2000..Dentists participating in ABCD to improve access had a good experience and have positive views of the program. This may encourage other nonspecialist colleagues to participate in programs for children... - Children's acceptance of xylitol-based foodsM Lam
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7475, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 28:97-101. 2000..04). At least 84% of the children found five of the six foods very good or satisfactory, when considered individually. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that snack foods developed with xylitol are generally well accepted by children... - A videotaped intervention to enhance child control and reduce anxiety of the pain of dental injectionsP Weinstein
University of Washington, USA
Eur J Paediatr Dent 4:181-5. 2003..CONCLUSION: The results of this pilot study suggest that intervention packages that impact child control have promise in lowering anxiety... 
Who is referred for sedation for dentistry and why?C A Boyle
Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, King s College London Dental Institute at Guy s, King s College and St Thomas Hospitals, Tower Wing, London, SE1 9RT, UK
Br Dent J 206:E12; discussion 322-3. 2009..To assess referrals to sedation, examining dental anxiety and background of patients, and compare these characteristics to those referred to a restorative dentistry clinic...- Dental fear among university students: implications for pharmacological researchT Kaakko
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7475, USA
Anesth Prog 45:62-7. 1998..University students provide a rich source of potential subjects for clinical research. The student population, like the community at large, contains people with high levels of dental and medical fear... - Racial and ethnic differences in a regular source of dental care and the oral health, behaviors, beliefs and services of low-income mothersD Grembowski
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357660, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195 7660 USA
Community Dent Health 26:69-76. 2009.... - Factors influencing the appropriateness of restorative dental treatment: an epidemiologic perspectiveD Grembowski
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7660, USA
J Public Health Dent 57:19-30. 1997..An epidemiology analysis was performed to identify patient and dentist factors influencing over- and undertreatment of restorative services in a sample of insured adults... - Dental fear among university employees: implications for dental educationT Kaakko
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7475, USA
J Dent Educ 62:415-20. 1998.... - Relationship between the standards of removable partial denture construction, clinical acceptability, and patient satisfactionR P Frank
Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, 98195 7452, USA
J Prosthet Dent 83:521-7. 2000..Little is known about the importance of published fabrication standards in determining the outcome of treatment with mandibular distal extension removable partial dentures in patients of community practices... - Psychiatric diagnoses among self-referred dental injection phobicsT Kaakko
University of Washington Institute of Dentistry, Seattle, USA
J Anxiety Disord 14:299-312. 2000..Further investigation is needed to explore the treatment possibilities for patients with and without additional current diagnoses... - Factors influencing dental decision makingD Grembowski
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
J Public Health Dent 48:159-67. 1988..The latter group was less preventively oriented, were solo practitioners, worked longer hours, and had lower prices. Results suggest patients may have little influence on prescriptions of therapy among experienced general dentists... - The Child Dental Control Assessment (CDCA) in youth: reliability, validity and cross-cultural differencesT Coolidge
Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Eur J Paediatr Dent 6:35-43. 2005..In particular, measurements were made as to the reliability and validity of this instrument in this age group in the three cultures, as well as comparing some results across cultures... - Recruiting phobic research subjects: effectiveness and costT Kaakko
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195 7475, USA
Anesth Prog 48:3-8. 2001..8% of enrolled subjects and professionaL referrals 14.6% of subjects. The average cost (1996 dollars) of enrolling 1 subject was $79. Bus and poster advertising attracted more initial contacts and yielded the greatest enrollment... - An ethnographic study for understanding children's oral health in a multicultural communityC A Riedy
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7475, USA
Int Dent J 51:305-12. 2001..To provide guidance for a public health intervention in a high caries rate multicultural population by understanding cultural issues surrounding children's oral health... - What happens after referral for sedation?C A Boyle
Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, King s College London Dental Institute at Guy s, King s College and St Thomas Hospitals, Floor 26, Tower Wing, London, SE1 9RT, UK
Br Dent J 208:E22; discussion 524-5. 2010..For those who attended for initial treatment, to investigate which type of sedation they received and the level of clinician they saw... - A case report: arresting dental cariesP Milgrom
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, Dental Fears Research Clinic, University of Washington, Box 357475, Seattle, WA 98195-7475, USA
J Dent Hyg 75:241-3. 2001..Surgical intervention may be avoided in patients whose risk has shifted to a lower level... - Randomized equivalence trial of intensive and semiannual applications of fluoride varnish in the primary dentitionP Weinstein
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Caries Res 43:484-90. 2009..However, differences of up to 36% greater rates of caries in the intensive group could not be ruled out, thus equivalence of the treatments cannot be concluded... - Expanded studies of the pharmacokinetics and clinical effects of multidose sublingual triazolam in healthy volunteersJacqueline E Pickrell
Dental Fears Research Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Clin Psychopharmacol 29:426-31. 2009..2 +/- 1.0 and 2.7 +/- 0.4 at 0.5 and 0.75 mg, respectively). These data more fully characterize the effects of incremental dosing with sublingual triazolam and provide additional insight for discharge safety recommendations... - Periodontal pathogen detection in gingiva/tooth and tongue flora samples from 18- to 48-month-old children and periodontal status of their mothersE Y Yang
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7475, USA
Oral Microbiol Immunol 17:55-9. 2002..gingivalis and/or B. forsythus than has been previously reported for other populations. A modest level of association between manifestations of periodontitis in mothers and detection of B. forsythus in their daughters was observed... - Taking bitewing radiographs in preschoolers using behavior management techniquesT Kaakko
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, USA
ASDC J Dent Child 66:320-4, 294. 1999..Positive experiences in the dental office often enhance a child's future cooperation. The techniques presented are simple to learn and use in treating very young children... - Pharmacokinetics and clinical effects of sublingual triazolam in pediatric dental patientsC M Tweedy
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Clin Psychopharmacol 21:268-72. 2001..Six children demonstrated diplopia 30 and 120 minutes after triazolam; however, peak triazolam concentrations were similar in both groups. Sublingual administration was an acceptable alternative route of triazolam delivery in children...
Research Grants
- Biotech & Materials Research to Reduce Caries DisparityPeter Milgrom; Fiscal Year: 2005..The conference will be co-sponsored by the Northwest/Alaska Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities, the University of Washington UWeb Bioengineering Center, and the Salivary Diagnostics Project. ..
- Fluoride Varnish to Prevent Caries in Toddlers - An Expanded Immunization ProgramPeter Milgrom; Fiscal Year: 2007..Keywords: fluoride varnish, dental caries, oral health, early prevention, multi-center, toddlers. ..