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3-6 Reduce the oropharyngeal cancer death rate.
3-10 Increase the proportion of physicians and dentists who counsel their at-risk patients about tobacco use cessation, physical activity, and cancer screening.
5-15 Increase the proportion of persons with diabetes who have at least an annual dental examination.
7-11 Increase the proportion of local health departments that have established culturally appropriate and linguistically competent community health promotion and disease prevention programs.
15-31 (Developmental) Increase the proportion of public and private schools that require use of appropriate head, face, eye, and mouth protection for students participating in school-sponsored physical activities.
21-1 Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who have dental caries experience in their primary or permanent teeth.
21-2 Reduce the proportion of children, adolescents, and adults with untreated dental decay.
21-3 Increase the proportion of adults who have never had a permanent tooth extracted because of dental caries or periodontal disease.
21-4 Reduce the proportion of older adults who have had all their natural teeth extracted.
21-5 Reduce periodontal disease.
21-6 Increase the proportion of oral and pharyngeal cancers detected at the earliest stage.
21-7 Increase the proportion of adults who, in the past 12 months, report having had an examination to detect oral and pharyngeal cancers.
21-8 Increase the proportion of children who have received dental sealants on their molar teeth.
21-9 Increase the proportion of the U.S. population served by community water systems with optimally fluoridated water.
21-10 Increase the proportion of children and adults who use the oral health care system each year.
21-11 Increase the proportion of long-term care residents who use the oral health care system each year.
21-12 Increase the proportion of low-income children and adolescents who received any preventive dental service during the past year.
21-13 (Developmental) Increase the proportion of school-based health centers with an oral health component.
21-14 Increase the proportion of local health departments and community-based health centers, including community, migrant, and homeless health centers, that have an oral health component.
21-15 Increase the number of States and the District of Columbia that have a system for recording and referring infants and children with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other craniofacial anomalies to craniofacial anomaly rehabilitative teams.
21-16 Increase the number of States and the District of Columbia that have an oral and craniofacial health surveillance system.
21-17 (Developmental) Increase the number of Tribal, State (including the District of Columbia), and local health agencies that serve jurisdictions of 250,000 or more persons that have in place an effective public dental health program directed by a dental professional with public health training.