1.2 Rationale and Evidence for Programs
Income-Based Risk Factors
Children from families with low incomes experience a higher incidence of dental caries than their higher-income counterparts. When risk is based on socioeconomic indicators (i.e., eligibility for participation in FRPM or Medicaid program) and other access-related indicators (i.e., no insurance coupled with lack of recent dental visit), children at high risk are more likely to have had dental caries (63 percent vs. 47 percent) and to have untreated dental caries (35 percent vs. 16 percent) than children at lower risk.
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