| In addition to an annual
preventive medical care visit, it is also recommended that children
see a dentist every 6 months beginning by age 1.1
The majority of children (58.8 percent) received at
least one preventive medical visit and one dental visit in the past
year. However, low-income children and those without insurance are
considerably less likely to receive preventive care.
Of children with family incomes below the poverty
level, 48.3 percent received at least one preventive medical and
one preventive dental visit, as did 52.1 percent of children with
family incomes between 100 and 199 percent of poverty. Of children
with family incomes between 200 and 399 percent of FPL, 61.3 percent
had a preventive medical and dental visit, as did over two-thirds
(69.8 percent) of children with family incomes of 400 percent of
FPL or more.
Children with insurance are also considerably more
likely to receive preventive care than uninsured children. Of privately-insured
children, 63.4 percent had preventive medical and dental visits,
compared to 55.8 percent of publicly insured children and 35.3 percent
of children without insurance.
1 Casamassimo P. Bright Futures in Practice:
Oral Health. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal
and Child Health, 1996. |
