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The largest minority population in the U.S. without adequate dental care |
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| Authors: | H. Barry Waldman DDS MPH PhD Steven P. Perlman DDS MScD. DHL Allen Wong DS EdD |
| Affiliation: | 1. SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of General Dentistry, Stony Brook University, New York, New York;2. Global Clinical Director, Special Olympics, Special Smiles, Clinical Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, The Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Private Pediatric Dentistry Practice – Lynn, Massachusetts;3. Professor and Director AEGD Program, Director Hospital Dentistry Program, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California |
| Abstract: | A recent series of reports in Health Affairs reviewed the disparities in securing needed oral health services in the U.S. Despite an extensive oversight of the many issues involved, no direct mention is made of the particular conditions of the largest minority population in the U.S. unable to access dental care—the tens of millions of individuals with special health care needs. A review is provided of the particular barriers and conditions faced by this increasing population in its efforts to secure needed services. |
| Keywords: | access barriers care education— postdoctoral |