Social determinants of health

The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry

Access to care, Dental training/education, Health literacy/advocacy, Narrative non-fiction, Social determinants of health /

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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Pop-up dental clinic lets students brush up on their training, put smiles on young faces

Access to care, Dental training/education, Health literacy/advocacy, News Article, Social determinants of health, Time, Treatment costs /

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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Latinx children are receiving better dental care in San Francisco than the national average

Access to care, Health literacy/advocacy, News Article, Race and racism, Social determinants of health, Treatment costs /

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/

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Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America

Access to care, Narrative non-fiction, Race and racism, Social determinants of health, Treatment costs /

  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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Narrative excerpt from dental/dental hygiene trainee

Dental training/education, Narrative excerpts, Social determinants of health /

Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss training. (2023) I think the curiosity is important because you learn more about them [the patients], and maybe, for example, she [another trainee] mentioned someone who’s fasting for Ramadan and everything. You would want to know how their life is, what they’re doing, even if you don’t really know much. I

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Narrative excerpt from dental/dental hygiene trainee

Access to care, Health literacy/advocacy, Managing patient expectations, Narrative excerpts, Social determinants of health, Treatment costs /

Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss treatment costs, access to care, and managing patient expectations. (2023) One thing that stuck with me was the people who work on insurance and payroll here in the school. Oh, there are a lot of people [that] specifically work here in the school just to dig deep into insurances, so meaning…

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Narrative excerpt from dental/dental hygiene trainee

Access to care, Dental training/education, Narrative excerpts, Social determinants of health, Time, Treatment costs /

Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss access to care, dental training/education, treatment costs, and time. (2023) I think they do a decent job. A few of us were in the Dental Public Health [DPH] distinction track. I think that was a great opportunity because, I mean, we watched so many videos and have so many discussions about

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Narrative excerpt from dental/dental hygiene trainee

Bias, Narrative excerpts, Quality of patient care, Social determinants of health, Treatment costs /

Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss social determinants of health, treatment costs, and bias. (2023) There’s this article on the American Dental Association [website], just I think dental students did it. It was about how in the U.S. here, if someone is on Medicaid or something, in a minority group, why would they feel reluctant to go

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