Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who have dental sealants on 1 or more molars — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Getting worse

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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

Data Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC/NCHS

Children and adolescents receiving dental sealants on primary and permanent molar teeth by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "percent, 3–19 years"

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

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DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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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

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

Increase desired

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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

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

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

Increase desired