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21-2a. Reduce the proportion of young children with untreated dental decay
in their primary teeth.
Target: 9 percent.
Baseline: 16 percent of children aged 2 to 4 years had untreated dental decay
in 1988—94.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data sources: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS; Oral Health Survey of Native Americans, 1999, IHS; California Oral Health Needs Assessment of Children, 1993—94, Dental Health Foundation.
21-2b. Reduce the proportion of children with untreated dental decay in primary and permanent teeth.
Target: 21 percent.
Baseline: 29 percent of children aged 6 to 8 years had untreated dental decay
in 1988—94.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data sources: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS; Oral Health Survey of Native Americans, 1999, IHS; California Oral Health Needs Assessment of Children, 1993—94, Dental Health Foundation; Hawai'i Children's Oral Health Assessment, 1999, State of Hawaii Department of Health.
21-2c. Reduce the proportion of adolescents with untreated dental decay in their permanent teeth.
Target: 15 percent.
Baseline: 20 percent of adolescents aged 15 years had untreated dental decay in 1988—94.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data sources: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS; Oral Health Survey of Native Americans, 1999, IHS; California Oral Health Needs Assessment of Children, 1993—94, Dental Health Foundation.
21-2d. Reduce the proportion of adults with untreated dental decay.
Target: 141 percent.
Baseline: 262 percent of adults aged 35 to 44 years had untreated dental decay in 1988—94.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data sources: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS; Oral Health Survey of Native Americans, 1999, IHS.
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