Al-Tannir M
Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center, Dental Service, Perry Point, Maryland 21902, USA.
W V Dent J. 1994 Apr;68(2):6-9.
Dr. Al-Tannir was formerly working as a student intern in the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health Division of Dental Health. He is currently the Dental Public Health Resident for the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center, Perry Point, Maryland and Clinical Instructor at the University of Maryland at Baltimore Dental School, Department of Oral Health Care Delivery. The purpose of this paper is to provide practicing dentists in West Virginia with an overview, understanding and appraisal of the Early and Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) dental program. EPSDT is one of the least understood and least publicized programs in the Department of Health and Human Resources and is the children's preventive health component of Medicaid. West Virginia can meet the oral health needs for its children by making dental services, both curative and preventive, more available through the EPSDT program. This program can be a principal means, if sufficiently utilized, of meeting the oral health care needs of West Virginia Children by minimizing financial and attitudinal barriers.
阿尔-坦尼尔博士曾在西弗吉尼亚州公共卫生局牙科健康司担任学生实习生。他目前是马里兰州佩里角退伍军人事务部VA医疗中心的牙科公共卫生住院医师，以及巴尔的摩马里兰大学牙科学院口腔医疗服务部的临床讲师。本文旨在向西弗吉尼亚州的执业牙医概述、介绍并评估早期定期筛查、诊断和治疗（EPSDT）牙科项目。EPSDT是卫生与人力资源部中最不为人理解且宣传最少的项目之一，也是医疗补助计划中儿童预防性健康的组成部分。通过EPSDT项目提供更多的治疗性和预防性牙科服务，西弗吉尼亚州可以满足该州儿童的口腔健康需求。如果得到充分利用，该项目可以成为通过减少经济和观念障碍来满足西弗吉尼亚州儿童口腔保健需求的主要手段。
