Author: Miriam Simons LeuckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dental clinics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A Further Study of Dental Clinics in the United States
Author: Miriam Simons LeuckA Further Study of Dental Clinics in the United States
Author: Miriam Simons LeuckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dental clinics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A Further Study of Dental Clinics in the United States. Statistical Adviser, Charles A.R. Wardwell
Author: Miriam Simons LeuckDental Education at the Crossroads
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309176395
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. Facing this uncertainty about the status of dental education and the continued tension between educators and practitioners, leaders in the profession have recognized the need for purpose and direction. This comprehensive volumeâ€"the first to cover the education, research, and patient care missions of dental schoolsâ€"offers specific recommendations on oral health assessment, access to dental care, dental school curricula, financing for education, research priorities, examinations and licensing, workforce planning, and other key areas. Well organized and accessible, the book: Recaps the evolution of dental practice and education. Reviews key indicators of oral health status, outlines oral health goals, and discusses implications for education. Addresses major curriculum concerns. Examines health services that dental schools provide to patients and communities. Looks at faculty and student involvement in research. Explores the relationship of dental education to the university, the dental profession, and society at large. Accreditation, the dental workforce, and other critical policy issues are highlighted as well. Of greatest interest to deans, faculty, administrators, and students at dental schools, as well as to academic health centers and universities, this book also will be informative for health policymakers, dental professionals, and dental researchers.
A Study of Dental Clinics in the United States: 1930
Author: Miriam Simons LeuckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dental clinics
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Digest of State Dental Health Programs
Author: United States. Public Health Service. Division of Dental HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dental public health
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309209463
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Access to oral health care is essential to promoting and maintaining overall health and well-being, yet only half of the population visits a dentist each year. Poor and minority children are less likely to have access to oral health care than are their nonpoor and nonminority peers. Older adults, people who live in rural areas, and disabled individuals, uniformly confront access barriers, regardless of their financial resources. The consequences of these disparities in access to oral health care can lead to a number of conditions including malnutrition, childhood speech problems, infections, diabetes, heart disease, and premature births. Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations examines the scope and consequences of inadequate access to oral health services in the United States and recommends ways to combat the economic, structural, geographic, and cultural factors that prevent access to regular, quality care. The report suggests changing funding and reimbursement for dental care; expanding the oral health work force by training doctors, nurses, and other nondental professionals to recognize risk for oral diseases; and revamping regulatory, educational, and administrative practices. It also recommends changes to incorporate oral health care into overall health care. These recommendations support the creation of a diverse workforce that is competent, compensated, and authorized to serve vulnerable and underserved populations across the life cycle. The recommendations provided in Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations will help direct the efforts of federal, state, and local government agencies; policy makers; health professionals in all fields; private and public health organizations; licensing and accreditation bodies; educational institutions; health care researchers; and philanthropic and advocacy organizations.
Dental Research in the United States and Other Countries
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dentistry
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A catalog of dental research projects sponsored by federal and non-federal organizations.
The Survey of Dentistry
Author: American Council on Education. Commission on the Survey of Dentistry in the United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dentistry
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Dentistry in the United States
Author: American Council on Education. Commission on the Survey of Dentistry in the United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Basically, the problem which this Commission was called upon to investigate is simple enough. It is the widespread incidence of dental and oral diseases in the United States. Americans have in the neighborhood of 700 million untreated cavities -- an average of nearly four each. By age fifty, nearly 50 percent of Americans have developed the periodontal (gum) ailments which among adults cause more tooth loss than is caused by decay; by age sixty-five, nearly 100 percent. Thousands of persons have other correctable oral disorders that go unnoticed and untreated. The problem becomes more than a statistical one: not that a vast amount of dental disease exists, but that the American society has the resources to combat this disease and is not using them to the fullest. - Introduction.