The dental safety net in Connecticut

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1457-1462

  Beazoglou, Tryfon ^a   Heffley, Dennis ^b   Lepowsky, Steven ^a   Douglass, Joanna ^a   Lopez, Monica ^b   Bailit, Howard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental Medicaid; Dental safety net; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144540659     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0061     Document Type: Article

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