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Designing and implementing a school‐based dental program for students with developmental disabilities
Author(s) -
York Jill A.,
Holtzman Joseph M.
Publication year - 2004
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.1754-4505.2004.tb01710.x
Subject(s) - medicine , guardian , promotion (chess) , medical education , dental care , family medicine , politics , political science , law
Students with developmental disabilities in Atlantic County Special Services School District (ACSSSD) receive on‐site dental care through a program created by UMDNJ‐New Jersey Dental School (NJDS). The program's goal was to coordinate dental school resources with those of a school district, county agencies and the Delta Dental Foundation to provide quality dental services to the students, aged 3–21 years. The University developed a Needs Assessment Survey and distributed 450 surveys to the students' parent/guardian(s). Completed surveys were returned by 131 respondents. Of the 131 children represented, 75 had not been seen by a dentist within the past year. In response to guardian reported access problems, UMDNJ‐NJDS and ACSSSD developed a school‐based dental care delivery system and a program for health promotion and disease.