Shaping oral health care in North Carolina with East Carolina University's community service learning centers.
East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine is responding to the changes in today's health care system by implementing an innovative model of community-based dental education that prepares tomorrow's dentists to meet North Carolina's future oral health challenges while also providing much-needed care in many underserved areas.
Corresponding author: School of Dental Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA. ChadwickG@ecu.edu.
D Gregory
DG
Chadwick
School of Dental Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Margaret B
MB
Wilson
Community Service Learning Center, School of Dental Medicine, East Carolina University, Elizabeth City, NC, USA.
Carol F
CF
Anderson
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