GSA Archived Oral Health Publications and Presentations 2019-2022
Oral Health Resources
Reports
• Dental Provider and Payer Perceptions of Value-Based Oral Health Care (The Gerontological Society of America/Haleon/Discern Health, 2022)
• Using Quality Tactics to Advance Value-Based Oral Healthcare (The Gerontological Society of America/Haleon/Discern Health, 2022)
• What's Hot: Interrelationships Between Nutrition and Oral Health in Older Adults (The Gerontological Society of America, 2020)
• Dental Care & Coverage After 65: Experiences & Perspectives (National Poll on Healthy Aging, University of Michigan, 2020)
• Reversible Decay: The Case for An Oral Health Revolution (DentaQuest, September 2019)
• Thought Leader Roundtable on Oral Health and Chronic Disease in Older Adults: Summary Report and Key Recommendations (National Association of Chronic Disease Directors’ ProVention Health Foundation, July 2019)
• Dental Care Among Adults Aged 65 and Over, 2017 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, May 2019)
• Drilling Down on Dental Coverage and Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2019)
• Guide to Oral Cancer (WebMD, January 2019)
Journal Articles and Supplements
• The importance of compassionate care (Brazilian Dental Science, January 2023)
• How can dental research deliver better outcomes to frail older adults? Essay on considerations (Special Care in Dentistry, January 2023)
• The Oncology-Oral Health Value Bridge: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (Journal of Clinical Pathways, August 2022)
• Oral Health for All Realizing the Promise of Science (The New England Journal of Medicine, March 2022)
• Valuing oral health: Accomplishments and challenges (JADA, March 2022)
• Social isolation, loneliness and accelerated tooth loss among Chinese older adults: A longitudinal study (Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, January 2022)
• COVID-19 provides an opportunity for integration of dentistry into the health informatics system (The Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, November 2021)
• Periodontal disease and medical maladies (The Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, November 2021)
• Dose-Response Meta-Analysis on Tooth Loss With the Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (The Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, July 2021)
• Coronavirus disease 2019 and dental care for older adults (JADA, October 2020)
• Do health systems cover the mouth? Comparing dental care coverage for older adults in eight jurisdictions (Health Policy, September 2020)
• Development of a European consensus from dentists, dental hygienists and physicians on a standard for oral health care in care-dependent older people: An e-Delphi study (Gerodontology, September 2020)
• Oral Health in Medicare: Considerations for 21st-Century Coverage (JAMA, September 2020)
• Neighborhood Cohesion and Oral Health Problems Among Older Chinese American Immigrants: Does Acculturation Make a Difference? (The Gerontologist, September 2019)
• The Prevention of Infections in Older Adults: Oral Health (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, September 2019)
• Transforming Asian Health Equity: Findings from the PINE/PIETY Study (Special issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, August 2019
• Oral Health Symptoms and Cognitive Function among U.S. Community-Dwelling Chinese Older Adults (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, August 2019)
• Perceived Stress and Dry Mouth among U.S. Older Chinese Adults: The Role of Social Support and Social Strain (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, August 2019)
• Factors Associated With Becoming Edentulous in the US Health and Retirement Study (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, July 2019)
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Dental Service Utilization for Foreign-Born and U.S.-Born MiddleAged and Older Adults (Research on Aging, July 2019)
• Changes in Older Adults’ Oral Health and Disparities: 1999 to 2004 and 2011 to 2016 (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, June 2019)
• Edentulism, Dental Care Service Use, and Trajectories of Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults (Journal of Aging and Health, May 2019)
• Undetected Dysglycemia an Important Risk Factor for Two Common Diseases Myocardial Infarction and Periodontitis: A Report From the PAROKRANK Study (Diabetes Care, May 2019)
• Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer’s disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors (Science Advances, 1/23/19)
News Articles
• 4 (Imperfect) Ways Retirees Can Pay for Dental Care (Kiplinger, 2/4/22)
• 7 Tips to Keep Your Smile Bright (AARP, 10/1/21)
• How to Deal With Dry Mouth (AARP, 10/1/21)
• New law will allow Oregon dentists to vaccinate patients (KCBY, 5/2/19)
• Medicare Dental Benefit Will Improve Health and Reduce Health Care Costs (Health Affairs, 2/28/19)
Presentations
• Dentistry and Dementia: The Importance of Caring for Oral Health: Dementa Matters Podcast
Podcasts
• CHPA Chat Episode 23, "Oral Health: Tackling the ‘Crisis’ in the US" (06/27/22)
Infographics
• More than Meets the Eye: Oral Health, Eye Health, and Overall Health (CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, 2021)
• Dental Care & Coverage After 65: Experiences & Perspectives (National Poll on Healthy Aging, University of Michigan, 2020)