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Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who have dental sealants on 1 or more molars — OH‑10 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
25.4 percent (2017-20)

Target:
42.5 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
37.0 percent of children and adolescents aged 3 to 19 years had received dental sealants on 1 or more of their primary and permanent molar teeth in 2013-16

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Children and adolescents receiving dental sealants on primary and permanent molar teeth, 2013-16 to 2017-20 
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2013-16 2017-20
Total
37.0
25.4
CI 22.1 / 28.9
SE 1.620