Oral health status and barriers to care in a multiethnic mixed disability center: Rethinking disability community dental services.

Cher Hwei Kalinda TeoMichelle Nisha MaheshDavid Guang Xu Lim

Published in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2020)

This multiethnic cohort of mixed disabilities displayed considerable unmet dental needs and a conflux of barriers to care. Pathways to care and study limitations are discussed.

Keyphrases

healthcare
oral health
palliative care
quality improvement
multiple sclerosis
affordable care act
primary care
pain management
mental health
chronic pain