PUBLIC POLICY OPTIONS FOR BETTER DENTAL HEALTH -- Copyright -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- THE RATIONALE FOR INSURING DENTAL SERVICES -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- A Basic Public Plan for Preventive Services -- Dental Insurance Priorities -- Special Population Group Priority -- Cost Sharing for Dental Benefits -- Financing and Delivery Systems -- DENTAL AUXILIARIES IN THE RECOMMENDED PREVENTION PROGRAM -- Quality Assurance and Utilization Review -- Information System -- CHAPTER 2 NEED FOR DENTAL TREATMENT AND UTILIZATION OF SERVICES -- INDICATORS OF NEED FOR TREATMENT -- Demographic Factors -- UTILIZATION OF SERVICES -- Demographic Factors -- Socioeconomic Factors -- Other Aspects of Utilization -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- CHAPTER 3 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF DENTAL DISEASES -- DENTAL CARIES -- Etiology -- Epidemiology -- Treatment -- Prevention -- PERIODONTAL DISEASES -- Etiology -- Epidemiology -- Treatment -- Prevention -- MALOCCLUSION -- Etiology -- Epidemiology -- Treatment -- Prevention -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 4 THE SUPPLY OF DENTAL SERVICES -- PRACTITIONERS -- Dentists -- Dental Auxiliaries -- Dental Assistants -- Dental Hygienists -- Dental Technicians -- Expanded Function Dental Auxiliaries -- Denturists -- Dental Nurses -- PRACTICE SETTINGS -- Private Dental Practice: Solo and Groups -- Hospital Dentistry -- Federal Delivery Systems -- State and Local Programs -- Other Practice Modes -- DENTAL PRACTICE PRODUCTIVITY -- Dentist Hours Worked and Size of Practice -- Use of Auxiliaries -- Capital -- Casemix -- Dentist/Population Ratio -- Consumer Demand Considerations -- Dentist Characteristics -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- CHAPTER 5 DENTAL CARE EXPENDITURES AND INSURANCE -- Dental Care Expenditures by Type of Service -- Dental Expenditures by Age.

Public and Private Insurance of Dental Services -- Private Dental Insurance -- Publicly Funded Dental Care -- Characteristics of Various Financing Systems -- Cost-Sharing Provisions -- Utilization Review and Quality Control -- Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 6 BENEFIT PRIORITIES AND THEIR ESTIMATED COSTS -- PLAN PRIORITIES FOR COVERAGE OF DENTAL CARE -- A MODEL FOR PROJECTING EXPENDITURES -- PROJECTED EXPENDITURES FOR FOUR DENTAL PLANS -- DENTAL EXPENDITURES NOW AND IN A FUTURE NATIONAL PROGRAM -- EXPENDITURE: DEMAND V. NEED-BASED PROJECTIONS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 1 STATISTICAL NOTES HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY -- HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY -- APPENDIX 2 INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS' COMMENTS ON THE REPORT -- ALVIN L. MORRIS, D.D.S., PH.D. -- UWE E. REINHARDT, PH.D. -- Proposition 1 -- Proposition 2 -- Proposition 3 -- Proposition 4 -- Proposition 5 -- Proposition 6 -- Proposition 7 -- Proposition 8 -- Proposition 9 -- Recommendation 1 -- Recommendation 2 -- Recommendation 3 -- Proposition 10 -- MAX H. SCHOEN, D.D.S., DR. P.H. -- LOIS K. COHEN, PH.D.