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May 2005, Vol 95, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health 769-773
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.053546

COMMENTARY

Improving the Oral Health of Alaska Natives

Eugene Sekiguchi, DDS, Albert H. Guay, DMD, L. Jackson Brown, DDS, PhD and Thomas J. Spangler, Jr, JD

The authors are with the American Dental Association, Chicago, IL.

Correspondence: Reprint requests should be addressed to Albert H. Guay, American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611–2678 (e-mail: guaya{at}ada.org).

There is a high prevalence of oral disease in the Alaska Native population, much of which goes untreated, creating a large discrepancy between the level of their oral health and that of the general population. The causes of this discrepancy are multiple—a major cause being the lack of access to care, especially in remote Alaska Native villages.

Improving the oral health status of Alaska Natives will require treatment of current disease and initiation of an effective program to prevent oral disease. Cooperation between the Alaska Native organizations, dental health aides, the dental profession, and the government will be important.

A strategy that combines addressing the disease currently present and preventing the occurrence of disease in the long run is the only strategy that offers a sustainable solution.




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