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Oral health is increasingly recognized as an important aspect of an individual’s overall health. Oral health care providers consist of a diverse array of dental care, primary care, and specialty care professionals. Oral health care faces many challenges including insurance coverage, diversity, integration with other health services, and the geographic maldistribution of providers.
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Topics: Education and Training, Oral Health
This article examines the individual, educational, community, and policy factors that predict whether postgraduate dental (PGD)-trained dentists serve Medicaid children, accept new Medicaid patients, or work in an FQHC.
Topics: Education and Training, Oral Health
This article examines the individual, institutional, and policy factors that predict the pursuit of postgraduate dental (PGD) training.
Topics: Emerging Models and Innovations, Oral Health
This report describes the results from 2 surveys on the dental therapy workforce at Apple Tree Dental’s centers and programs: 1) clinician and administration satisfaction and 2) patient satisfaction with their clinical providers, making comparisons across provider type.
Topics: Oral Health, Policy
This article assesses the changes in dental care use in Minnesota after the implementation of the policy to authorize dental therapists in 2009.
Topics: Medicaid, Oral Health
This article discusses a study of adult Medicaid beneficiaries using administrative claims data from New York (NY) and Oregon (OR) (2014-2016) to examine opioid Rxs associated with nonsurgical dental visits.
