title: Female dental practitioners and care of special needs children.
abstract: Increased numbers of female pediatric and general dentists are considered in terms of their potential to provide services for children (and adults) with special health care needs. Reviewed in this are: (1) practitioner work patterns; (2) increasing numbers of children in community residences; (3) the general need for dental services; (4) changing educational standards; and (5) practitioner willingness to provide care.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, USA. hwaldman@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: H Barry
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Perlman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003816:Dentists, Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004497:Education, Dental; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists'; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000078329:Workforce