The National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) is designed to track eight basic oral health surveillance indicators as its main focus. This is a minimal set of indicators, to be expanded in the future, based on data sources and surveillance capacity available to most states. The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and the Association of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors (ASTCDPD) were instrumental in developing the framework for chronic disease surveillance indicators, including these oral health indicators.

Data sources for NOHSS include national surveys (NHANES, NHIS, Fluoridation Census) and state-based surveys (BRFSS, YRBSS, PRAMS, ASTDD's Basic Screening Survey and annual State Synopses).

• Dental Visits
• Teeth Cleaning
• Tooth Loss
• Fluoridation
• Dental Sealants
• Decay Experience
• Untreated Tooth Decay
• State Profiles
• Data Sources
• Related Links

SOURCE: http://www.cdc.gov/nohss/index.htm
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Oral Health

This system was developed with the collaboration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD).