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This issue of the journal argues that the goal of improving health compels us to address heart, mind, body, and our teeth and gums.
Policy Forum: Introduction
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This issue of the NCMJ highlights recent efforts to develop strategies to create an accessible, sustainable, and equitable care delivery system in North Carolina.
- Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
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Effective oral health-related policymaking and program implementation rely on comprehensive, accurate, and timely data. - Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
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This study provides updated data on the oral health workforce (2000-2022) in response to the recommendations outlined in the NCIOM Oral Health Transformation Task Force report. - Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
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There are enormous access-to-care challenges for those with I/DD seeking routine, comprehensive dental care. - Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
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This perspective piece focuses on the impact that cultural influences have on oral health and underscores the need for culturally attuned care.
This article addresses what a managed care model for Medicaid dental could look like in North Carolina.
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Technological infrastructure, workforce availability, staff readiness, reimbursement, and patient population served must all be considered when implementing teledentistry.
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The evolution of the Mecklenburg County Dental Clinic to a value-based, integrated care approach has impacted our patients’ health outcomes and reshaped how we deliver dental care in our community.
- Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
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The NC Center on the Workforce for Health can help to ensure an adequate oral health workforce to appropriately meet the dental care needs of all our state’s residents. - Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
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School-based oral health programs are an effective approach to population-based care and a stalwart of public health, especially in rural and underserved communities. - Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
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Frank Courts, DDS, PhD, is a pediatric dentist who has had a varied career in education and has practiced in North Carolina for the last two decades. - Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
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“We have 508 graduates so far, and they come from 87 counties, and almost 90% of our graduates are practicing in North Carolina,” said Chadwick. - Policy Forum: Columns
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Wake Smiles is the only nonprofit dental clinic in Wake County solely focused on serving uninsured adults living under 250% of the FPL. - Original Research
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Data analysis was performed on 1476 obstetric patients admitted for delivery, of which 260 (17.6%) were vaccinated prior to admission. Of the 1216 unvaccinated, 257 (21.1%) received a vaccine. - Original Research
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Health care providers should routinely record I/O using the standards provided by the NCDHHS and should increase frequency of reporting I/O to NC CCR. - Original Research
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While 19% of participants reported at least one barrier to prenatal care, the number of barriers reported did not differ based on race, ethnicity, or income.