title: Access to dental care for young children in North Carolina: history and current status of workforce issues.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, USA. mike_roberts@dentistry.unc.edu
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Vann
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000639:trends; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D009909:Oral Health; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce