title: Treating decay in the US oral healthcare system.
authors.affiliation: Ruth Ballweg is a professor emeritus and former program director of MEDEX Northwest at the University of Washington in Seattle. The author has disclosed no other potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ballweg
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health