The Community Guide - Improving Oral Health

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Together, the Community Guide and the Clinical Guide provide evidence-based recommendations across the prevention spectrum.

Mouth and throat diseases, which range from cavities to cancer, cause pain and disability for millions of Americans each year, yet almost all oral diseases are largely preventable.
Tooth decay affects more than one-fourth of U.S. children aged 2-5 and half of those aged 12-15 (CDC) .
Each year, an estimated 35,000 people learn that they have mouth (oral) or throat (pharyngeal) cancer (CDC) .
As many as one third of all dental injuries and up to 19% of head and face injuries are sports related (Burt 2001).

Community Guide Systematic Reviews

The Community Guide conducted systematic reviews of interventions in the following areas:

Burt CW, Overpeck MD. Emergency visits for sports-related injuries.
Ann Emerg Med 2001;37:301–8.