title: Confirming the continuing potential for pediatric dental services in nonurban areas.
abstract: National survey decayed-missing-filled data for the second half of the 1980s confirm the increasing use of dental services by nonurban children. Practice alternatives for pediatric dentists continue to exist, in many unexpected locales. Higher rates of decay continue in nonurban-area children.
authors: Department of Dental Health, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8715.
authors: H B
authors: HB
authors: Waldman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000639:trends*; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D012424:Rural Population; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology