title: Societal expectations and the profession's responsibility to reform the dental workforce to ensure access to care for children.
abstract: Societal expectations raise the issue of the nature of a profession and a profession's relationship with society. Influential policy leaders want reform of the oral health workforce and delivery system in such a manner as to ensure that improvements are made for accessing care, particularly for vulnerable and disadvantaged populations, especially children. This essay is based on a presentation to the House of Delegates of the California Dental Association on Nov.13, 2009.
authors: College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0297, USA.
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Nash
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003727:Dental Auxiliaries; D003729:Dental Care; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D003813:Dentistry; D003815:Dentists; D018166:Health Care Reform; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008913:Minority Groups; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011203:Poverty; D011361:Professional Competence; D011636:Public Health Dentistry; D012935:Social Justice; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012961:Sociology; D035862:Vulnerable Populations