[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10002-10003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5761]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; the Impact and Costs 
of Sealants in Young Child Populations

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(e)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Dental Research 
(NIDR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve 
the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on August 
23, 1995, page 43609, and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public 
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of 
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required 
to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, 
revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Proposed Collection:

    Title: The Impact and Costs of Sealants in Young Child Populations.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This study will access the 
value (costs and effects) of providing dental sealants to the child 
population with erupted permanent teeth with occlusal surfaces 
(approximately ages 6-12) under alternative financial support programs 
in existing oral health care delivery systems and across two 
socioeconomic groups. The primary objectives of the study are to 
determine if various levels of dental insurance influence the use of 
dental sealants, if costs attributable to sealants in a payment program 
provide value in terms of reduced caries, and if providing dental 
sealants to specific tooth surfaces of children merits the investment 
of limited resources within a larger oral health care program. The 
findings will provide valuable information concerning: (1) Real disease 
reductions possibly using dental sealants for age-appropriate child 
populations within the existing oral health delivery system; (2) the 
costs of, and estimated savings from, providing sealants rather than 
restorative care, and (3) the marginal benefits and cost benefits of 
adding sealants to ``normative'' caries prevention efforts in age-
appropriate child populations.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Businesses or Other 
For-Profits.
    Type of Respondents: Children, Parents and Dentists. The annual 
reporting burden is as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,148.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: .1246; and
    Estimated Total Annual Hours Requested: 766. The annualized cost to 
respondents is estimated at: $5,274. There are no Capital Costs to 
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the

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public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary from the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to 
respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding 
the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the 
estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To Request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact: Dr. Helen Gift, Chief, Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion Branch, DEODP, NIDR, NIH, Natcher Building, Room 3AN-
44D, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free 
number (301) 594-5579 or E-mail your request, including your address, 
to: [email protected]

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before May 
13, 1996.

    Dated: March 6, 1996.
Yvonne H. du Buy,
Executive Officer, NIDR.
[FR Doc. 96-5761 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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