title: A community health center dental program in Boston, U.S.A.
abstract: In 1970, a community-based and federally funded dental program was established in Boston. The multiple objectives of this program included the following: provision of dental treatment; education of schoolchildren in dental health; support for community measures of prevention such as water fluoridation; support of job training programs in dental assisting for community residents; employment of community people; and sensitization and training in community health for dental students and auxiliaries. The program provided a number of dental services at a reasonable benefit-cost ratio of 0.87. Other endeavors included the development of a dental health program with community schools and the involvement of dental students in the delivery of care and in screening for children with dental treatment needs.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001900:Boston; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003149:Community Dentistry / Q000266:history*; D004468:Economics, Dental; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007347:Insurance, Dental / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D011313:Preventive Dentistry; D011636:Public Health Dentistry / Q000266:history*