Access to dental care for young children in North Carolina: history and current status of workforce issues.
The 2000 North Carolina IOM report contained 23 recommendations. To date 16 have been fully or partially implemented. This represents progress, but accomplishing full compliance remains a goal. Absent new training programs in our state, as current federal training grants phase-out, identifying financial support to continue training an adequate number of pediatric dentists for North Carolina will be a challenge.
Roberts
Michael W
MW
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, USA. mike_roberts@dentistry.unc.edu
Vann
William F
WF
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