Dental Therapists: Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Underserved Children
Dental Therapists: Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Underserved Children
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2014.301895
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发表时间：
2014-06-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Mathu-Muju, Kavita R.
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作者：
Friedman, Jay W.;Mathu-Muju, Kavita R.
众所周知，贫困人口在牙齿保健方面存在差距。儿童患牙病的比例过高，而且最严重。许多国家都有以学校为基础的牙科治疗师计划，以满足儿童的初级口腔保健需求。尽管美国的牙科治疗师面临国家和州牙科协会的反对，但许多州政府正在考虑资助牙科治疗师的培训和部署，以照顾服务不足的人群。牙科治疗师照顾美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民在阿拉斯加州，明尼苏达州成为第一个立法牙科治疗师培训的国家。儿童应该得到优先考虑;因此，最有效和最经济的利用牙科治疗师将作为学校为基础的计划，在服务不足的农村地区和内城开始受薪员工。
Disparities in dental health care that characterize poor populations are well known. Children suffer disproportionately and most severely from dental diseases. Many countries have school-based dental therapist programs to meet children's primary oral health care needs.Although dental therapists in the United States face opposition from national and state dental associations, many state governments are considering funding the training and deployment of dental therapists to care for underserved populations. Dental therapists care for American Indians/Alaska Natives in Alaska, and Minnesota became the first state to legislate dental therapist training.Children should receive priority preference; therefore, the most effective and economical utilization of dental therapists will be as salaried employees in school-based programs, beginning in underserved rural areas and inner cities.