title: Who will tend the dental safety net?
abstract: The dental safety net relates to the sites, providers, programs and payer sources that are available to low-income people in households with incomes less than three times the federal poverty level. Thirty percent of the population of California depends upon the health care safety net. Proposed solutions to meeting the safety net's dental needs challenge conventional thinking about who is responsible for providing oral health care and what safety net groups gain improved access.
authors: Pamela Arbuckle
authors: PA
authors: Alston
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Knapp
authors: Jack C
authors: JC
authors: Luomanen
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003153:Community Health Services; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003729:Dental Care / Q000191:economics; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D003756:Dental Hygienists; D003815:Dentists; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health; D011203:Poverty; D011231:Preceptorship; D011634:Public Health; D018570:Risk Assessment; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012571:School Dentistry; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D013335:Students, Dental; D014481:United States; D016549:United States Indian Health Service; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D000078329:Workforce