Public Comment - Healthy People 2020

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Objectives Retained As Is From Healthy People 2010
OH HP2020–1:	Increase the proportion of oral and pharyngeal cancers detected at the earliest stage.
OH HP2020–2:	Increase the proportion of the U.S. population served by community water systems with optimally fluoridated water.
OH HP2020–3:	Increase the proportion of children and adults who use the oral health care system each year.
OH HP2020–4:	Increase the proportion of low-income children and adolescents who received any preventive dental service during the past year.
OH HP2020–5:	Increase the number of States and the District of Columbia that have an oral and craniofacial health surveillance system.

Objectives Retained But Modified From Healthy People 2010
OH HP2020–6:	Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who have dental caries experience in their primary or permanent teeth.
OH HP2020–7:	Reduce the proportion of children, adolescents, and adults with untreated dental decay.
OH HP2020–8:	Increase the proportion of adults who have never had a permanent tooth extracted because of dental caries or periodontal disease.
OH HP2020–9:	Reduce periodontitis (aged 45–74 years).
OH HP2020–10:	Increase the proportion of children who have received dental sealants on their molar teeth.
OH HP2020–11:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of long-term care residents who use the oral health care system each year.
OH HP2020–12:	Increase the proportion of school-based health centers with an oral health component.
OH HP2020–13:	Increase the proportion of local health departments and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that have an oral health component.
OH HP2020–14:	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.
OH HP2020–15:	Increase the number of health agencies that have a public dental health program directed by a dental professional with public health training.

Objectives New to Healthy People 2020
OH HP2020–16:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of adults who receive preventive screening and counseling from dental professionals.
OH HP2020–17:	Increase the proportion of patients that receive oral health services at Federally Qualified Health Centers each year.

Objectives Archived From Healthy People 2010 Archived objectives are Healthy People 2010 objectives that are not included in the proposed set of Healthy People 2020 objectives for data, target or policy reasons.
HP2010 21-5:	Reduce periodontal disease: gingivitis.


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