Burton Edelstein

Employment

• Columbia University Irving Medical Center Professor Emeritus
  2020 - Present
• Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission Commissioner
  2009 - 2014
• Irving Medical Center, Columbia University Professor of Dental Medicine and Health Policy & Management at CUIMC
  2000 - 2020
• Columbia University Medical Center Professor and Chair
  2000 - 2019
• Children's Dental Health Project Senior Fellow in Public Policy, Founding Chair Emeritus
  1997 - 2019
• DBA Kids and Caries (Pediatric oral health consultancy) Proprietor
  1985 - Present
• Children's Dental Associates of New London County PC President
  1977 - 2001

Education

• Harvard School of Public Health MPH
  1975 - 1977
• Boston Children's Hospital Certificate
  1975 - 1977
• SUNY Upstate Medical Center Certificate
  1972 - 1973
• SUNY Buffalo School of Dentistry DDS cum laude
  1968 - 1972
• Binghamton University Harpur College of Arts and Sciences BA
  1964 - 1968

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (99)

• Oral health quality measurement and improvement in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs
  The Journal of the American Dental Association 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2025.07.010
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• Innovative state oral health initiatives
  The Journal of the American Dental Association 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2024.07.001
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• A scoping review of the economic impact of family oral health: Implications for public health, research, and policy
  Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2024 DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12599
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• Small‐area socioeconomic status and children's oral health in a safety‐net care delivery setting
  Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2021 DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12387
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• Changes in knowledge and beliefs of community health workers following an oral health intervention training program
  Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community 2019 DOI: 10.1080/10852352.2018.1547309
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• Feasibility, acceptability, and short-term behavioral impact of the my smile buddy intervention for early childhood caries
  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2019
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• Pediatric Oral Health Policy: Its Genesis, Domains, and Impacts
  Pediatric Clinics of North America 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2018.05.012
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• A survey of US early childhood caries programs: findings and recommendations
  Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2018 DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12302
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• A Public Health Perspective on Paying for Dentistry, the Affordable Care Act, and Looking to the Future
  Dental Clinics of North America 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2017.12.002
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• Evaluating levels of dentist participation in Medicaid: A complicated endeavor
  Journal of the American Dental Association 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2016.09.010
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