Oral health care for underserved children in the United States.
J Community Health Nurs
; 31(1): 1-7, 2014.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24528119
ABSTRACT
Dental caries is the most common chronic disease of childhood with approximately 25% of children from low-income families entering kindergarten without ever having seen a dentist ( Larsen, Larsen, Handwerker, Kim, & Rosenthal, 2009 ). Youth, poverty, and race are characteristics of populations susceptible to oral disease (Dye, Xianfen, & Thorton-Evans, 2012). Services delivering oral health care to underserved populations are referred to as dental safety-net clinics. This article explores the impact of the dental safety-net on improving access to oral health care for underserved children in the United States.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Assistência Odontológica para Crianças
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Populações Vulneráveis
Limite:
Child
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Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article