Pediatric dental education and community service: a combined approach.
Dental educators nationwide have expressed concern regarding the decreasing pediatric clinical experience available to undergraduate dental students. Some educators have suggested that dental programs should utilize extramural clinics and rotations to enhance current patient pools. This paper presents a successful clinical program that is designed to 1) augment the dental education of predoctoral dental students, and 2) provide dental care for an underserved pediatric dental population in an urban community.
Bohaty
B S
BS
University of Missouri, School of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kansas City.
Spencer
P
P
Haynes
J I
JI
D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D003149:Community Dentistry; D003442:Crowns; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D003740:Dental Clinics; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008489:Medical Indigency; D008923:Missouri; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000193:education*; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013335:Students, Dental
D013193:Stainless Steel; D003723:Dental Amalgam