title: Improving oral health and oral health care delivery for children.
abstract: National and state-level evidence has documented ongoing disparities in children's health and utilization of oral health care services, prompting a re-examination of factors associated with poor oral health and low use of oral health services. These efforts have yielded a wide array of proposals for improving children's oral health and oral health care delivery. This paper offers a perspective on the current context of efforts to improve children's oral health and oral health care delivery.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, 90095-1668, USA.
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Crall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003727:Dental Auxiliaries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003815:Dentists / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006285:Health Planning; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008484:Medicaid / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008824:Michigan; D009657:North Carolina; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D012237:Rhode Island; D013221:State Health Plans; D014481:United States; D014861:Washington