During the 2016–2017 school year, the Oral Health Program (OHP) launched the Adolescent Oral Health Campaign (AOHC). The AOHC is an intervention designed to educate middle and high school aged students about oral health care. The AOHC works
with the vision of encouraging positive oral health behaviors and increasing participation
and utilization of preventive dental services. For the past four school years, the AOHC has targeted middle school and high school health classes in schools along the Wasatch Front.

To avoid confusion, data presented from the 2019-2020 AOHC, will now be referred to as 2019-AOHC.

The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) Oral Health Program (OHP) conducted an analysis of data from oral health care visits made to Utah emergency rooms between 2007 and 2017. The primary objective of this analysis was to assess the charges and visits for dental-related ED visits to all Utah hospitals. Additionally, charges and visits were assessed following stratification by hospital geographic location (i.e., urban and rural), primary diagnosis, patient age, primary payers, and race/ethnicity.

Every five years, Utah’s Oral Health Program (OHP) conducts a comprehensive statewide dental screening survey of students, grades 1 – 4, in elementary schools to measure the extent of untreated tooth decay, caries experience, the prevalence of dental sealants, and the need for dental care. The 2015-2016 Oral Health Survey was conducted from September 2015 to January 2016. The survey included two separate data collection methods: a parent questionnaire and a dental screening. Approximately two thousand children, ages 6 to 9 years old, received dental screenings from a statewide representative sample of 47 elementary schools in Utah. By recognizing and understanding the oral health needs of Utah’s children, programs and policies can be initiated to ensure good oral health for all children.

Tooth decay remains the single most common chronic disease of U.S. children. It is five times more common than asthma and seven times more common than hay fever. In order to assess the oral health status of Utah school-aged children (6 to 9 years), the Utah Department of Heath's (UDOH) Oral health Program (OHP) conducted a statewide oral health survey in fall 2010. The survey collected information on carries experience, untreated decay, need for urgent dental care, sealants, and access to care (e.g. insurance status, frequency of dental visits, and unmet dental needs).

The Oral Health Program (OHP), Utah Department of Health (UDOH), surveyed six to eight year old children during Fall 2005 to determine their oral health status. The results of this survey will be shared with appropriate policy makers, be available to OHP partners, and determine future OHP activities.

The Oral Health Program (OHP), Utah Department of Health (UDOH), surveyed six to eight year old children during the fall 2000 to determine and document their oral health status. The results of this survey were to be shared with appropriate policy makers, be available to OHP partners, and determine future OHP activities.