Back to Search Start Over

Management of dental caries among children: a look at the cost-effectiveness

Management of dental caries among children: a look at the cost-effectiveness

Authors :
Lucila Basto Camargo
Nathalia Miranda Ladewig
Mariana Minatel Braga
Thais Gimenez
Fausto Medeiros Mendes
Tamara Kerber Tedesco
Isabela Floriano
José Carlos Pettorossi Imparato
Daniela Prócida Raggio
Source :
Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research. 18:127-134
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2017.

Abstract

Dental caries is the most prevalent non-communicative disease worldwide. Although the etiological factors are well known for years, reducing the number of decayed and missing teeth in children still remains as a barrier. Preventive and curative options are numerous but little is known about their economical advantages. Selecting the intervention that offers the best balance of effectiveness and financial resources becomes crucial in the current situation of budget restrictions worldwide.This expert review summarizes available evidence on cost-effectiveness analyses of preventive and curative measures to manage dental caries in children.Preventive measures have been more extensively studied than dental caries treatment. Only water fluoridation and tooth brushing are well-established as cost-effective preventive approaches. Despite the increasing number of cost analysis treatment studies in the literature, most of them focus on the cost description, with no correlation to the intervention effectiveness. There is a current need of well-designed and well-reported cost-effectiveness regarding dental caries management.

Details

ISSN :
17448379 and 14737167
Volume :
18
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3694f77ae196208194beb70517673cc4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14737167.2018.1414602