Comprehensive dental services for an underserved and medically compromised population provided through a community partnership and service learning

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 95-98

  Chávez, Elisa M ^a   LaBarre, Eugene ^a   Fredekind, Richard ^a   Isakson, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b Laguna Honda Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental education; Dentistry; Public health; Skilled nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORAL SURGERY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; UNITED STATES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL CARE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSTHODONTICS; SAN FRANCISCO; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SURGERY, ORAL;

EID: 77953547343     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: 17544505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2010.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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