title: There is no such thing as a typical family.
abstract: More than half of all children are likely to experience a period of living with a single parent in the 1990s, usually in reduced economic circumstances. Many pediatric dentists have had to modify practice procedures as they expanded their services beyond the traditionally served population groups, to include members of changing types of households.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Health, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8715.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000639:trends*; D015406:Single Parent; D014481:United States; D014931:Women, Working