Aims Increased awareness of oral health disparities in the United States has highlighted the
need to expand the workforce and access to both primary and preventive dental care. …

This chapter is divided into three sections. The first reviews the relationship between oral
health and systemic health starting with a brief history of the focal infection theory of disease …

The Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health called attention to the “silent epidemic” of
dental disease. Older adults and other vulnerable people continue to suffer disproportionately …

Objective: Children from low-income families are often not well-prepared for kindergarten
entry, especially in mathematical skills. Caregivers may lack the knowledge and confidence to …

Caring for and about our aging population has been a priority for me since I was a child. I
had a close relationship with my grandmother and grandfather. They were warm, wonderful …

This essay argues that while fostering individual and collaborative literacy can indeed promote
self-awareness, confidence, and political awareness, the threat of emotional and material …

… As was Mary Putnam Jacobi, this book was shaped by a large network of influence and … It
all began in a “Women and Medicine” course with Deborah Harkness and continued with the …

This essay explores the intersection between writing studies and civic engagement through
the action projects developed in E465: Prison Literature and Writing. Such literacy activism …

Background: Patients with sepsis syndrome commonly have low serum selenium levels.
Several randomized controlled trials have examined the efficacy of selenium supplementation …

Describing the Justices of the Supreme Court as" liberals" and conservatives" has become
so standard--and the left-right division on the Court is considered so entrenched-that any …