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The Dental Access Gap: Findings From a National Survey [PDF]

, 2011
Presents findings about adults' access to dental care by income, race/ethnicity, dental insurance status, and education; reasons for delaying care; and views on the lack of affordable care and on dental therapy by licensed practitioners as an ...

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Poverty Simulations: Are the Learning Outcomes Consistently and Uniformly Positive?

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Research indicates significant improvement in average attitudes toward those in poverty following poverty simulations, but little research addresses whether students benefit uniformly. This study measured variability in poverty attitude change following poverty simulations and tested whether poverty attitudes are associated with ...
Michelle R. McQuistan, Lance Brendan Young, Chandler Pendleton   +2 more
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Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Dental Insurance among Dental Practitioners in Navi Mumbai, India

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
Aim: The aim is to assess the knowledge and practice of dental insurance in routine dental practice among dental practitioners in Navi Mumbai. Methodology: The survey was conducted on 320 subjects via a Google Form, which was used as a medium for ...
Mariam A Ramakdawala, Vaibhav Pravin Thakkar, Shatakshi Srivastava, Qasim Mansoorian   +3 more
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Workforce Representation and Service in Shortage Areas: Outcomes of a HBCU College of Dentistry, Class 2004–2023

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose This study examines Howard University College of Dentistry's (HUCD) contributions to dental education, focusing on its role in strengthening workforce representation, expanding access to care in dental health professional shortage areas (DHPSAs) and medically underserved areas (MUAs), and addressing persistent oral health disparities ...
Marzia Mustamand, Minxuan Lan, Esther Childers, Cheryl Fryer, Kingsley Kanjin, Emma Ta‐Zhou, Najah Abduh, Whittley Deleveaux, Raheem Pierre, Gail Cherry‐Peppers, Reginald Salter, Deborah Nixon‐Willis, Tanya Greenfield, Dexter Woods, Andrea Jackson, Xinbin Gu   +15 more
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Does Dental Insurance Influence Treatment-seeking Behavior? A Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
Introduction: Oral health is an integral component of overall well-being; however, access to dental services in India often relies on out-of-pocket expenditure.
Divya Bhavani Vasamsetti, Sai Keerthi Kalluri, Saketha Vallabhaneni, Ramesh Kumar Budumuru, Ram Sateesh Babu Mynam   +4 more
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Adjusting for Confounding by Neighborhood Using a Proportional Odds Model and Complex Survey Data [PDF]

, 2011
In social epidemiology, an individual\u27s neighborhood is considered to be an important determinant of health behaviors, mediators, and outcomes. Consequently, when investigating health disparities, researchers may wish to adjust for confounding by ...
Brumback, Babette A., Dailey, Amy B., Zheng, Hao W.   +2 more
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Dental Students Versus Dentists’ Professional Pain and Coping Strategies: Does Dental Education Matter?

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Dentists are at risk of developing musculoskeletal pain (MP) during their professional lives. The objectives were to compare dental students’ and dentists’ professional pain–related education, current professional pain, coping strategies, and evaluations of ways to alleviate pain.
Shraddha Ramnath, Marita R. Inglehart
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns and factors associated with dental service utilization among insured people: a data mining approach

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Background Insurance databases contain valuable information related to the use of dental services. This data is instrumental in decision-making processes, enhancing risk assessment, and predicting outcomes.
Zahra Pouraskari, Reza Yazdani, Maryam Khademi, Hossein Hessari   +3 more
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The Reallocation of Compensation in Response to Health Insurance Premium Increases [PDF]

This paper examines how compensation packages change when health insurance premiums rise. We use data on employee choices within a single large firm with a flexible benefits plan; an increasingly common arrangement among medium and large firms.
Arleen Leibowitz, Dana P. Goldman, Neeraj Sood   +2 more
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Tales From Within: Dental Students’ Reflective Activities Involving Equity‐Deserving Communities

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Undergraduate dental training benefits from community service‐learning (CSL) placements, in which equity‐deserving groups receive oral health care and students can critically reflect on their experiences. This study aimed to thematically explore the moments of revelation and struggle that senior dental students reflected on while ...
Mario Brondani, Renata Paz Leal Pereira, Bebecca Elias   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source