Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss treatment costs, access to care, and race. (2023)
Yeah, I guess I’m a little more with […] on this one, is that, so, well, yeah, because a lot of our patients are financially disadvantaged that there is a […] level of care. But I’d say there’ve been more anomalies with people of minorities, because what I’ve found a lot, or several times, that I guess just stands out is that you’ll have a patient come in who, he was a doctor in his country before. Now he’s not a doctor here, so he’s still financially disadvantaged, but his education level is really high. In different instances like that, where even if they’re an immigrant or a minority or don’t even have US citizenship, they may, just because they’re financially disadvantaged in this country doesn’t mean they’ve received education elsewhere. Whereas, a lot of your natural-born US citizens, I would say, typically you see a lot of our Caucasian patients, they’re financially disadvantaged. They’re also educationally disadvantage[d], and then they have poor oral health outcomes.