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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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/
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 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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Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss dental training/education, patient fears, and time. (2023) I see it in our faculty as well where I understand things need to get done, but sometimes they’ll be like, “Hey, it’s 9:15. Why haven’t you started?” And you’re like, “Because my patient is worried about being able to pay for treatment. They’re
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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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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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