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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 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: 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 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS 

H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 

404–639–7570; email: omb@cdc.gov. 

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 

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

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Child ..................................... Screening form ................................................ 150,370 1 5/60 12,531 

Parent/caretaker .................. Consent ........................................................... 150,370 1 1/60 2,506 

Screener .............................. Screening form ................................................ 301 1 666/60 3,341 

School/site ........................... Participation form ............................................ 2,890 1 68/60 3,275 

State Official ........................ Data Submission form ..................................... 34 1 32,742/60 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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