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The Story of My Teeth

Literature, Pain, Race and racism, Social determinants of health /

Novel by Valeria Luiselli; translated by Christina MacSweeney. (2015). Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press.   “This is the story of my teeth, and my treatise on collectibles and the variable value of objects.” (p. 17) So begins, Luiselli’s experimental “novel-essay” of the story of Gustavo Sánchez Sánchez, otherwise known as Highway. As reflected in this

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Cavity Country. Rural America has too few Dentists–and too few Patients Who Can Pay

Access to care, News Article, Social determinants of health, Treatment costs /

Newspaper article by Anne Kim with photos by Ricky Carioti. (June 7, 2018). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/07/feature/rural-america-has-too-few-dentists-but-also-too-few-jobs-to-create-paying-patients/

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A Dozen Rotten Teeth; Pain Like ‘Jabbing Knives’: Stories from America’s Dental Crisis.

Access to care, News Article, Pain, Social determinants of health, Treatment costs /

Newspaper article by Ken Alltucker. (July 14, 2024). USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/07/14/dental-access-is-an-american-crisis-how-the-vulnerable-are-shut-out/74125834007/

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Access to care, Bias, Literature, Pain, Race and racism, Social determinants of health /

Autobiography by Maya Angelou. New York: Random House, 1969. (2015 Random House Trade Paperback Edition)   Angelou’s memoir deftly recounts her early life starting with her time in a small town in Arkansas where she and her older brother were raised by their paternal grandmother, a brief period living with her mother in St. Louis,

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These Professionals Could Provide Dental Work, at Lower Cost. So Why Doesn’t Arizona Want Them?

Access to care, Dental training/education, News Article, Quality of patient care, Social determinants of health, Treatment costs /

Newspaper article by Ken Alltucker. (January 24, 2017). The Arizona Republic. https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/health/2017/01/23/push-for-dental-therapy-in-arizona-stalls-amid-legislative-resistance/96836364/

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