CDHP Issue Brief: Early Childhood Caries Trends Upward

On August 26, 2005 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new report in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) surveillance summary titled, Surveillance for Dental Caries, Dental Sealants, Tooth Retention, Edentulism, and Enamel Fluorosis—United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2002.1 The report compares findings of two National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). It is the first release of national oral health data in the five years since publication of Oral Health in America – A Report of the Surgeon General.