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CariedAway™ NH Concord Secures $1M for Cavity Prevention and Treatment
CariedAway™ NH Concord Secures $1M for Cavity Prevention and Treatment Program (January 2024)
Effective Cavity Prevention Program Coming to New Hampshire Schools with $1M in Funding (December 2023)
School-Based Program Focuses on Caries Prevention (December 2023)
CariedAway™ Program Named "Best Practice" by the Association of State & Territorial Dental Directors (January 2021)
Citations
Prevents 80% of Cavities and Reduces Cavities by 50%
Ruff RR, Barry-Godín T, Niederman R. Silver diamine fluoride arrests and prevents cavities. Effect of Silver Diamine Fluoride on Caries Arrest and Prevention: The CariedAway™ School-Based Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb 1;6(2):e2255458. PMID: 36757696.
Starr JR, Ruff RR, Palmisano J, Goodson JM, Bukhari OM, Niederman R. Longitudinal caries prevalence in a comprehensive, multicomponent, school-based prevention program. J Am Dent Assoc. 2021 Mar;152(3):224-233. PMID: 33632412.
Ruff RR, Saxena D, Niederman R. School-based caries prevention and longitudinal trends in untreated decay: an updated analysis with Markov chains. BMC Res Notes. 2020 Jan 10;13(1):25. PMID: 31924271.
Oliveira BH, Rajendra A, Veitz-Keenan A, Niederman R. The Effect of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Preventing Caries in the Primary Dentition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Caries Res. 2019;53(1):24-32. PMID: 29874642.
Rosenblatt A, Stamford TC, Niederman R. Silver diamine fluoride: a caries "silver-fluoride bullet. J Dent Res. 2009 Feb;88(2):116-25. PMID: 19278981.
Niederman R, Gould E, Soncini J, Tavares M, Osborn V, Goodson JM. A model for extending the reach of the traditional dental practice: the ForsythKids program. J Am Dent Assoc. 2008 Aug;139(8):1040-50. PMID: 18682618.
Reduces Cost by 50% (Cost-saving and Cost-effective)
Huang SS, Ruff RR, Niederman R. An Economic Evaluation of a Comprehensive School-Based Caries Prevention Program. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2019 Oct;4(4):378-387. PMID: 31009589.
Niederman R, Huang SS, Trescher AL, Listl S. Getting the Incentives Right: Improving Oral Health Equity With Universal School-Based Caries Prevention. Am J Public Health. 2017 May;107(S1):S50-S55. PMID: 28661798.
Reduces School Absence
Ruff RR, Habib R, Godín TB, Niederman R. School-based caries prevention and the impact on acute and chronic student absenteeism. J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Aug;154:753-759. PMID: 37500236
Improves children’s quality of life
Ruff RR, Barry Godín TJ, Small TM, Niederman R. Silver diamine fluoride, atraumatic restorations, and oral health-related quality of life in children aged 5-13 years: results from the CariedAway™ school-based cluster randomized trial. BMC Oral Health. 2022 Apr 12;22(1):125. PMID: 35413873.
Can be Provided by Nurses
Ruff RR, Godín TB, Niederman R. The effectiveness of medical nurses in treating children with silver diamine fluoride in a school-based caries prevention program. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2023 Oct 24. PMID: 37873685.
Is Essential Dental Care
Benzian H, Beltrán-Aguilar E, Niederman R. Five reasons why essential dental medicines deliver more equity in oral health care. J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Feb;154(2):107-109. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2022.09.015. Epub 2022 Nov 18. PMID: 36411137.
Benzian H, Beltrán-Aguilar E, Mathur MR, Niederman R. Pandemic Considerations on Essential Oral Health Care. J Dent Res. 2021 Mar;100(3):221-225. PMID: 33295831.
Implements Guidelines for Cavity Prevention and Treatment
American Dental Association
Meets National Quality Metrics
Exceeds U.S. Healthy People 2030 Oral Health Objectives
Recognition
2022. National model program. Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors
2023. Borrow Memorial Award. International Association of Dental Research