Oral Health Care for Underserved Children in the United States.

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    • Subject Terms:
      CHILDREN'S dental care; DENTAL caries; ORAL hygiene; POVERTY; RACE; MEDICALLY underserved persons; CHILDREN
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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