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Clemencia Vargas
cmv001@dental.umaryland.edu

Research Interests

 Biographical Information 

 Dr. Vargas holds degrees in dentistry and epidemiology from the Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia; after fulfilling the obligatory rural service, she worked in private practice, academia, and in dental public health programs. She received a PhD in medical sociology from Arizona State University and was in the 1994 class of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) at the National Center for Health Statistics, where she stayed four more years. Dr. Vargas participated in the design of the oral health objectives for Health People 2010 and in the oral health component of national surveys. Currently she is part of the National Oral Health Surveillance System advisory committee and a member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Public Health Dentistry. Dr. Vargas' research interest is socio-economic inequalities in oral health, and has published scientific articles and has provided oral health data for publications and public health activities in this area of interest .

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications: 

Vargas CM, Macek MD, Goodman H, Wagner ML. Dental pain in school children in Maryland. In Press: American Journal of Public Health Dentistry.

Vargas CM, Ronzio CR, Hayes KL. Oral health status of children and adolescents residing in rural areas in the US. Journal of Rural Health. 2003;19(3):260-268.

Vargas CM, Yellowitz JA, Hayes KL. Oral health status of older adults by
 rural residence. Journal of the American Dental Association. 2003;134:479-486.

Vargas CM, Dye BE. Oral health utilization by US rural residence, National
Health Interview Survey 1999. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2003;63(3):150-157.

Vargas CM, Dye BE, Hayes KL. The oral health of rural adults in the United
States. Journal of the American Dental Association. 2002;133:1672-1681.

Dye BE, Vargas CM.  Using a modified CPITN method to determine periodontal treatment needs among adults in the United States, 1988-94.  Community Dental Health 2002;19:215-223.

Vargas CM, Ronzio CR.  Relationship between dental needs and dental care
utilization. U.S. 1988-94. American Journal of Public Health 2002;92(11):1816-1821.
 
Tinanoff N, Kanellis MJ, Vargas CM. Current understanding of the epidemiology, mechanisms and prevention of dental caries in preschool children. Pediatric Dentistry 2002;24:543-551.

Vargas CM, Monajemy N, Khurana P, Tinanoff N.  Oral health status of preschool children attending Head Start in Maryland, 2000. Pediatric Dentistry 2002;24(2):257-263.
 
Macek MD, Manski RJ, Vargas CM, Moeller J.  A comparison of dental utilization estimates from three national surveys. Health Services Research 2002;37(2):499-521.  

Vargas CM, Isman RE, Crall JJ. Comparison of children’s medical and dental insurance coverage, United States 1995.  Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 2002;62(1):38-44.
Vargas CM, Kramarow EA, Yellowitz JA.  The oral health of older Americans. Aging Trends No. 3. National Center for Health Statistics.
   
Vargas CM, Macek MD, Marcus SE.  Tooth pain and socioeconomic status among adults. United States, 1989.  Pain 2000;85:87-92.

Vargas CM, Manski RJ.  Dental expenditures and source of payment by race/ethnicity and other sociodemographic characteristics.  Journal of Public Health Dentistry 1999;59:33-38. 

Vargas CM, Crall JJ, Schneider DA.  Sociodemographic distribution of pediatric dental caries.  NHANES III 1988-94.  Journal of the American Dental Association 1998;129:1229-1238.

Vargas CM, Schober SE, Gift HC.  Operational definitions for year 2000 objectives: Priority area 13, oral health.  National Center for Health Statistics.  Healthy People 2000 Statistical Notes; no 12.  Hyattsville, Maryland.