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Pubmed Search Button OH-1 Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who have dental caries experience in their primary or permanent teeth (Objective OH-1)
Pubmed Search Button OH-2 Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents with untreated dental decay (Objective OH-2)
Pubmed Search Button OH-3 Reduce the proportion of adults with untreated dental decay (Objective OH-3)
Pubmed Search Button OH-4 Reduce the proportion of adults who have ever had a permanent tooth extracted because of dental caries or periodontal disease (Objective OH-4)
Pubmed Search Button OH-5 Reduce the proportion of adults aged 45 to 74 years with moderate or severe periodontitis (Objective OH-5)
Pubmed Search Button OH-6 Increase the proportion of oral and pharyngeal cancers detected at the earliest stage (Objective OH-6)
Pubmed Search Button OH-7 Increase the proportion of children, adolescents, and adults who used the oral health care system in the past year (Objective OH-7)
Pubmed Search Button OH-8 Increase the proportion of low-income children and adolescents who received any preventive dental service during the past year (Objective OH-8)
Pubmed Search Button OH-9 Increase the proportion of school-based health centers with an oral health component (Objective OH-9)
Pubmed Search Button OH-10 and OH-11 Increase the proportion of local health departments and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that have an oral health component and Increase the proportion of patients who receive oral health services at Federally Qualified Health Centers each year (Objective OH-10) (Objective OH-11)
Pubmed Search Button OH-12 Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who have received dental sealants on their molar teeth (Objective OH-12)
Pubmed Search Button OH-13 Increase the proportion of the U.S. population served by community water systems with optimally fluoridated water (Objective OH-13)
Pubmed Search Button OH-14 (Developmental) Increase the proportion of adults who receive preventive interventions in dental offices (Objective OH-14)
Pubmed Search Button OH-15 (Developmental) Increase the number of States and the District of Columbia that have a system for recording and referring infants and children with cleft lips and cleft palates to craniofacial anomaly rehabilitative teams (Objective OH-15)
Pubmed Search Button OH-16 Increase the number of States and the District of Columbia that have an oral and craniofacial health surveillance system (Objective OH-16)
Pubmed Search Button OH-17 Increase health agencies that have a dental public health program directed by a dental professional with public health training (Objective OH-17)
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