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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
Technological infrastructure, workforce availability, staff readiness, reimbursement, and patient population served must all be considered when implementing teledentistry.
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This article addresses what a managed care model for Medicaid dental could look like in North Carolina.
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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.
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There are enormous access-to-care challenges for those with I/DD seeking routine, comprehensive dental care.
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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.
Effective oral health-related policymaking and program implementation rely on comprehensive, accurate, and timely data.
At a time when most of our headlines focus on overdoses and overdose-related deaths, recovery is possible. Treatment courts are providing a path toward recovery and healing.