Purpose: According to the report Healthy People 2020, oral health is integral to overall
health and access to dental services is essential to promoting and maintaining good oral …

In the United States, people are more likely to have poor oral health if they are low-income,
uninsured, and/or members of racial/ethnic minority, immigrant, or rural populations who …

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 …

Dental hygienists expand access to oral care in the United States. Background Many
Americans have access to oral health care in traditional dental offices however millions of …

Access to health care is a complex subject with vast personal, economic, political, and
societal ramifications. Issues concerning the rights and responsibilities of health care …

Oral Health for All The highest burden of dental and oral disease is shouldered by
marginalized and chronically underserved groups. Moving forward, we will need to forge a …

Background Important, but insufficient, gains have been achieved in access to and delivery
of oral health care since the 2000 US surgeon general's report on oral health in America …

Background Access to dental services for low-income children is limited. Front-office
personnel play a role regarding dentists' participation in the Medicaid program. Methods …

Introduction: This article, a supplement to the work of the Institute of Medicine's Committee
on Oral Health Access, examines dental access disparities, reviews societal strategies for …

ABSTRACT Background In 2000, Michigan's Medicaid dental program initiated Healthy Kids
Dental, or HKD, a demonstration program offering dental coverage to Medicaid-enrolled …