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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–24–1346; Docket No. CDC–2023–
0102]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection project titled Oral Health
Basic Screening Survey for Children.
The project provides State-specific data
on dental caries (tooth decay) and
dental sealants from a Staterepresentative sample of elementary
school children or children enrolled in
Head Start programs and has been used
by States to monitor oral health status
of children and evaluate public health
programs and policies.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before March 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2023–
0102 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(www.regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to
the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and

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Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS
H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
404–639–7570; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate 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. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
4. 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Oral Health Basic Screening Survey
for Children (OMB Control No. 0920–
1346, Exp. 8/31/2024)—Extension—
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Dental caries (tooth decay) is one of
the most common chronic diseases
among children in the United States and
can lead to pain, infection, and
diminished quality of life throughout
the lifespan. Dental sealants are a costeffective measure to prevent caries but
remain underutilized. To address States’
critical need for State-level oral health

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surveillance data on dental caries and
sealants, the Association of State and
Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
developed and released an oral health
screening survey protocol referred to as
the Basic Screening Survey (BSS) in
1999 in collaboration with the Ohio
Department of Health and with
technical assistance from the CDC
Division of Oral Health.
BSS is a non-invasive visual
observation of the mouth performed by
trained screeners including dental and
non-dental health professionals (e.g.,
dentists, hygienists, school nurses), and
is not duplicative of any other Federal
collection. Though the National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES) collects national data on oral
health status including dental caries and
sealants based on clinical examination,
it is not designed to provide State-level
data. BSS is designed to be easy to
perform while being consistent and
aligned with the oral health Healthy
People objectives, which are based on
NHANES measures. BSS is the only data
source that provides Staterepresentative data on oral health status
based on clinical examination. BSS is
also used to monitor State progress
toward key national oral health
objectives.
The BSS is a State-tailored survey
administered and conducted by
individual States. CDC has supported
some of the 50 States to build and
maintain their oral health surveillance
system and ASTDD to provide technical
assistance to States through State and
partner cooperative agreements since
2001. Conducting BSS for third graders
is a key component of that support. The
target populations include school
children in grades K–3 and children
enrolled in Head Start in 50 States and
Washington, DC. ASTDD and CDC
recommend that States conduct BSS at
minimum for third graders at least once
every five years. Individual States
determine how often to conduct BSS
and which grade or grades to target
based on their program needs and
available resources. Forty-seven States
have conducted BSS for children, and
all of the 47 conducted BSS in Grade 3.
Thirty-two States also have conducted
BSS in one or more other grades (K–2)
or in Head Start. CDC estimates that
approximately 34 States, including 20
States currently funded by CDC, will
conduct one BSS, at least for third
grade, during the period for which this
approval is being sought.
State health departments administer
the survey by determining probability
samples, arranging logistics with
selected schools or Head Start sites,
gaining consent, obtaining demographic

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data, training screeners, conducting the
oral health screening at schools or Head
Start sites. Screeners record four data
points either electronically or on a
paper form: (1) presence of treated
caries; (2) presence of untreated tooth
decay; (3) urgency of need for treatment;
and (4) presence of dental sealants on at
least one permanent molar tooth.
State programs enter, clean and
analyze the data; de-identify it; and
respond to ASTDD’s annual email
request for State-aggregated prevalence
of dental caries and sealants. ASTDD

reviews the data to ensure that both
survey design and data meet specific
criteria before sending it to CDC for
publication on the CDC’s public-facing
Oral Health Data website (www.cdc.gov/
oralhealthdata).
BSS for children serves as a key State
oral health surveillance data source and
facilitates State capacity to: (1) monitor
children’s oral health status, trends, and
disparities, and compare with other
States; (2) inform planning,
implementation and evaluation of
effective oral health programs and

policies; (3) measure State progress
toward Healthy People objectives; and
(4) educate the public and policy
makers regarding cross-cutting public
health programs. CDC also uses the data
to evaluate performance of CDC oral
health funding recipients.
The estimated total annualized
burden hours for the survey across the
34 States over the three years of this
request are 40,207. There are no costs to
children respondents other than their
time.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

Form name

Child .....................................
Parent/caretaker ..................
Screener ..............................
School/site ...........................
State Official ........................

Screening form ................................................
Consent ...........................................................
Screening form ................................................
Participation form ............................................
Data Submission form .....................................

150,370
150,370
301
2,890
34

1
1
1
1
1

5/60
1/60
666/60
68/60
32,742/60

12,531
2,506
3,341
3,275
18,554

Total ..............................

..........................................................................

........................

........................

......................

40,207

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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