title: Band-aid solutions to problems of access: Their origins and limits.
abstract: Many persons lack adequate access to oral health services. The causes of this are a constricted understanding of the roles of governments and professions. Both those groups have responsibilities to ensure that a decent level of oral health care is available to all persons in the United States. If the dental professions as a whole were to embrace this ideal, the sacrifices required of any one professional would be minimal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, DePauw University. smithd@indiana.edu
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities; D003729:Dental Care / Q000941:ethics*; D003815:Dentists / Q000941:ethics; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D024382:Professional Role; D012935:Social Justice; D014481:United States; D014838:Volunteers