title: Improving oral health for people with special needs through community-based dental care delivery systems.
abstract: A community-based dental care delivery system is described. This system has been used in a number of communities in California to improve oral health for people with special needs. It includes oral health assessment, coalition building, development and networking of local resources, training of dental professionals, and utilization of preventive dentistry training materials. Also discussed are challenges of the future that will need to be met to continue to make oral health a priority and reality for people with special needs in California.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Practice, University of the Pacific School of Dent, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Glassman
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000458:organization & administration; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011313:Preventive Dentistry / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D012423:Rural Health