Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations

by Committee on Oral Health Access to Services, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, et al.

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 are less likely to have access to oral health care than are their nonpoor and nonminority peers. Older adults, people who live in rural areas, and disabled individuals, uniformly confront access barriers, regardless of their financial resources. The consequences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309209463
• ISBN13: 9780309209465
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"