Oral health disparities and the workforce: a framework to guide innovation

Hilton, Irene V.; Lester, Arlene M.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.2010.00175.x

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“…This contrasts with the increased levels of oral disease suffered by the inhabitants of developing countries 6 such as Chile, or deprived populations, where there is great disparity in access to dental care, such as the US. 7 This underscores the importance of preparing an appropriate workforce to face these demands. 8 In Chile, dentistry is a six-year undergraduate course to which 17 to 18 year-old students can apply directly from high school by an admissions process that considers the results of an academic test (70%-80% weight) and the student's high school achievement scores (20%-30% weight).…”

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Exponential growth of dental schools in Chile: effects on academic, economic and workforce issues

Cartes‐Velásquez

2013

Braz. oral res.

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“…11 However, there is no published research that analyzes the effects of this phenomenon on dental education issues. Career (school) accreditation status was requested from the CNA 13 on October 27, 2012, and is based on the number of years of a school's accreditation (minimum of 1 and maximum of 7), in that more years imply better quality.…”

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Exponential growth of dental schools in Chile: effects on academic, economic and workforce issues

Cartes‐Velásquez

2013

Braz. oral res.

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“…For the last ten years, children who are African-Americans and Mexican-Americans have experienced more dental caries than White-Americans [20]. Unfortunately, the gap to decrease oral health disparities between American Indian/Alaska Native populations is huge comparing to the rest of the U.S. populations.…”

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“…Unfortunately, the gap to decrease oral health disparities between American Indian/Alaska Native populations is huge comparing to the rest of the U.S. populations. American Indian/Alaska Native children aged 2–4 years are five times more likely to have oral problems compared to other children [20]. …”

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Early Childhood Caries and the Impact of Current U.S. Medicaid Program: An Overview

Bugis

2012

International Journal of Dentistry

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Pediatric dental caries is the most common chronic disease among children. Above 40% of the U.S. children aged 2–11 years have dental caries; more than 50% of them come from low-income families. Under dental services of the Medicaid program, children enrolled in Medicaid must receive preventive dental services. However, only 1/5 of them utilize preventive dental services. The purpose of this overview is to measure the impact of Medicaid dental benefits on reducing oral health disparities among Medicaid-eligible children. This paper explains the importance of preventive dental care, children at high risk of dental caries, Medicaid dental benefits, utilization of dental preventive services by Medicaid-eligible children, dental utilization influencing factors, and outcome evaluation of Medicaid in preventing dental caries among children. In conclusion, despite the recent increase of children enrolled in Medicaid, utilizing preventive dental care is still a real challenge that faces Medicaid.

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Evaluation of a Pilot Bridging Program to Enable Australian Dental Therapists to Treat Adult Patients

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Hopcraft

2011

Journal of Dental Education

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This study evaluated a pilot educational bridging program designed to provide dental therapists in Australia with the appropriate knowledge and skills required to enable them to translate their current clinical scope of practice to adult patients. Ten dental therapists completed a bridging program consisting of forty-two hours of didactic content, fourteen hours of clinical observation, forty-two hours of clinical practicum under direct supervision, and 105 hours of clinical experience with supervision by mentoring dentists. Process and impact evaluation was undertaken at various stages of the program by participants and supervising dentists. Self-reported conidence and knowledge for dental therapists had increased at the completion of the course. Supervising dentists reported high levels of knowledge for dental therapists after completing the course and said that the course adequately prepared the dental therapists to translate their current clinical scope of practice to treat adult patients. Eight of the ten participants successfully completed the assessment at the completion of the course and were permitted by the Dental Practice Board of Victoria to extend their clinical scope of practice to adult patients aged twenty-six years of age or more. The dental therapists thought that the educational model was relevant in developing their clinical skills. The evaluation indicates that this model is an effective method of extending the scope of practice for dental therapists and has important implications in enhancing the lexibility of the dental team.

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Oral health disparities and the workforce: a framework to guide innovation

Abstract: The Strategic Framework is a logical approach to guide workforce innovation, solutions, and identification of other aspects of the oral healthcare delivery system that need innovation in order to reduce oral health disparities.

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Exponential growth of dental schools in Chile: effects on academic, economic and workforce issues

Exponential growth of dental schools in Chile: effects on academic, economic and workforce issues

Early Childhood Caries and the Impact of Current U.S. Medicaid Program: An Overview

Evaluation of a Pilot Bridging Program to Enable Australian Dental Therapists to Treat Adult Patients

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