Kristen L Hathaway
Kristen L Hathaway
Oral health care reform is made up of several components, but access to care is central. Health care reform will occur in some fashion at some point, and how it will impact the entire dental sector is unclear. In the short term, there is li...
Social work in dentistry: the CARES model for improving patient retention and access to care [0.03%]
牙科社会工作：改善患者就诊依从性和就医渠道的CARES模式
Joan M Doris,Elaine Davis,Cynthia Du Pont et al.
Joan M Doris et al.
Social work programs in dental schools and dental clinics have been operated successfully since the 1940s, and have been documented as contributing to patients' access to care and to dental education. However, unlike medical social work, wi...
Using teledentistry to improve access to dental care for the underserved [0.03%]
利用远程牙科服务改善弱势群体的看牙渠道及体验
James Fricton,Hong Chen
James Fricton
Teledentistry is an exciting new area of dentistry that fuses electronic health records, telecommunications technology, digital imaging, and the Internet to link health providers in rural or remote communities. For the patient located in un...
Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations;Lindsey A Robinson
Council on Access
Despite vast improvements in the oral health status of the United States population over the past 50 years, disparities in oral health status continue, with certain segments of the population carrying a disproportionate disease burden. This...
Council on Dental Practice, American Dental Association;Frank J Graham
Council on Dental Practice
Dentists and the dental health care industry have a renewed interest in clinical risk assessment, because they offer the potential to identify a patient's clinical needs for oral health care more specifically, to maximize prevention by earl...
Rene Chapin
Rene Chapin
Dental coverage provides a means to obtain oral care, which is an important component of overall health. This article discusses the common forms of dental health plans, the services usually covered, and their relative costs.
Richard J Manski
Richard J Manski
Disparities remain among the United States population with regard to who receives dental treatment. This article assesses current programs designed to provide dental insurance coverage. This assessment examines person-level use and expendit...
Improving access to oral health care for children by expanding the dental workforce to include dental therapists [0.03%]
扩大牙科队伍包括牙科治疗师以改善儿童口腔保健的获取渠道
David A Nash
David A Nash
This article documents the disparities in oral health among children, identifies barriers to access to care for children, describes the use of dental therapists internationally to improve access to care for children, documents previous effo...
The role of non-dental health professionals in providing access to dental care for low-income and minority patients [0.03%]
非牙科卫生保健人员在向低收入和少数民族患者提供牙科服务中的作用
Leonard A Cohen
Leonard A Cohen
The disadvantaged suffer disproportionately from dental problems. These persons are more likely to have untreated oral health problems and associated pain, and also are more likely to forego dental treatment even when in pain. There has bee...
Dental workforce [0.03%]
牙科劳动力
Eric S Solomon
Eric S Solomon
The dental workforce refers to the number, distribution, and characteristics of dentists, dental auxiliaries, and other support staff involved in the provision of oral health care. This article reviews the changes in the dental workforce th...