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A dental care system for patients with developmental disabilities: Hospital Dentistry
Author(s) -
BRODY HARVEY A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1985.tb00542.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dental care , service (business) , dentistry , family medicine , economy , economics
Summary The organization and functioning of a dental care program for the developmentally disabled in San Francisco have been described. The program has both direct service and educational components. It uses the services of a specially trained dental social worker and a network of private dentists, and is organized as part of a hospital‐based dental department.