Newspaper article by January W. Payne. (March 27, 2007). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/health/2007/03/27/dentalcare-challenge-open-wider/f59941cf-bae0-407b-9eef-7b7d05b9c634/
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News article by Mary Otto. (March 2, 2007). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2007/03/03/boys-death-fuels-drives-to-fund-dental-aid-to-poor/e1a62a2e-b59d-4000-ba27-32f82ffdd763/
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Newspaper article by Katherine Driessen. (February 15, 2012). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/5-years-after-boy-dies-from-toothache-maryland-medicaid-dental-care-is-on-mend/2012/02/15/gIQANEJoGR_story.html
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Book by Richard Barnett. Thames & Hudson: London, 2017. https://thamesandhudson.com/the-smile-stealers-9780500519110 Traces the evolution of dentistry in Europe and the United States through storytelling, historic texts, and images, many of which are from the Wellcome Collection. This beautifully designed book provides an engaging account of both the social and cultural aspects of dental care and the more
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Essay by Sarah Smarsh, Aeon. October 23, 2014. https://aeon.co/essays/there-is-no-shame-worse-than-poor-teeth-in-a-rich-world
Online news article by Kyran Berlin. (May 7, 2023). Bay City News. https://localnewsmatters.org/2023/05/07/pop-up-dental-clinic-lets-students-brush-up-on-their-training-put-smiles-on-young-faces/
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Online news article by journalism students at San Francisco State and El Tecolote staff members. (December 18, 2022). El Tecolote. https://eltecolote.org/content/en/latinx-children-are-receiving-better-dental-care-in-san-francisco-than-the-national-average/
Online news article by Daphne Young and Mariko Rath. (December 3, 2023). The San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper. https://sfbayview.com/2023/12/dental-robin-hood/
Book by Mary Otto. The New Press: New York, 2017. https://thenewpress.com/books/teeth This book represents a seminal work on the social and economic implications of oral health in the U.S. Mary Otto is a former journalist for The Washington Post who first reported on and amplified the story of Deamonte Driver. In 2007, Driver, a
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Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss race and racism. (2023) I think, to white patients, they both talked about mental health affecting their oral healthcare more. I don’t know. And I know that’s a big cultural thing. Especially in Latina cultures, mental health is not something that’s discussed. And I can’t speak to all cultures, obviously. I
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