title: Financing oral health care. Can dentistry diversify the portfolio?
abstract: One of the easiest ways to measure socioeconomic status in 20th-century America is to look in the mouth. Socioeconomic status is directly related to access to oral health care. And access to oral health care is directly related to financing oral health care.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Niessen
mesh_terms: D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003813:Dentistry / Q000639:trends; D005380:Financing, Government; D005381:Financing, Organized; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006296:Health Services; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D014481:United States