RICHMOND — A new report suggests that when it comes to oral health, Virginia has room for improvement.
The state earned a C+ on a new report card released by the Virginia Oral Health Coalition, which was compiled by examining data on residents’ oral health.
“[We’re] a really large coalition of partners in the state of Virginia that are working toward oral health and integrating oral health into all aspects of health care, but what we didn’t have were good measures to understand how we are doing,” said Sarah Holland, the coalition’s executive director.
The report card – which was presented Thursday at the annual Oral Health Summit in Richmond – found that only 24 percent of children ages 1 and 2 had a preventive dental visit through Medicaid, and that only 44 percent of pregnant women visited a dentist.
Source: Virginia receives C+ on dental health report card | State | dailyprogress.com