title: Dientes! Community dental clinic: dental care for low-income residents of Santa Cruz County.
abstract: Dientes! is a private nonprofit community dental clinic that was established in 1994 to provide dental care for low-income residents of Santa Cruz County. Its founders were successful in securing support from a diverse group of community agencies, including city and county governments, philanthropic foundations, the dental community, and corporate and individual donors. Dientes! provides approximately 250 visits per month in a three-chair clinic in Santa Cruz; a school-based program in Watsonville began March 1998. The major challenge facing Dientes! is to establish a reliable financial base that will allow the program to better meet the needs of low-income county residents over the long term.
authors.affiliation: Community Dental Clinic, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balzer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003740:Dental Clinics / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011203:Poverty