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A community health center dental program in Boston, U. S. A.
Author(s) -
Gluck George M.,
Jong Anthony
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1976.tb01603.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dental health , dental care , community health center , dental education , community education , dental assistant , community health , family medicine , nursing , dentistry , public health , psychology , pedagogy
In 1970, a community‐based and federally funded dental program was established in Boston. The multiple objectives of this program included the following: provision of dental treatment; education of schoolchildren in dental health; support for community measures of prevention such as water fluoridation; support of job training programs in dental assisting for community residents; employment of community people; and sensitization and training in community health for dental students and auxiliaries. The program provided a number of dental services at a reasonable benefit‐cost ratio of 0.87. Other endeavors included the development of a dental health program with community schools and the involvement of dental students in the delivery of care and in screening for children with dental treatment needs.