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Oral health is a critical component of general health and well being for all Americans. Professional oral health screening and services are necessary to assure that oral health is established and maintained. Many Americans are unable to obtain these routine services. Income and minority status, culture and ethnicity, level of education, availability of dental insurance, proximity to dental services and provider capacity all play a role in access to preventive and treatment services. With access to care at the forefront of the national oral health agenda, the Office of the Surgeon General has established a framework for action to include oral health promotion, collaboration, disease prevention, removal of barriers to care, and the building and use of the sciences . The ADHA Institute for Oral Health Research Grant Review Program recognizes limited access as a major contributing factor to the current unmet demand for public oral health care services affecting the American public.
The goal of this project is to measure access to oral health care services for low-income school children within school settings. Specifically, the project will address the role played by dental hygienists in states that allow unsupervised practice and will provide quantitative data regarding number of school children served and dental hygiene practitioner participation rate. |
