In the United States, people are more likely to have poor oral health if they are low-income,
uninsured, and/or members of racial/ethnic minority, immigrant, or rural populations who …

Access to oral health care is essential to promoting and maintaining overall health and well-
being, yet only half of the population visits a dentist each year. Poor and minority children …

Purpose: According to the report Healthy People 2020, oral health is integral to overall
health and access to dental services is essential to promoting and maintaining good oral …

Background Important, but insufficient, gains have been achieved in access to and delivery
of oral health care since the 2000 US surgeon general's report on oral health in America …

Objectives. We examined utilization, unmet need, and satisfaction with oral health services
among Federally Qualified Health Center patients. We examined correlates of unmet need …

Objectives. We used objective oral health screening and survey data to explore individual-,
psychosocial-, and community-level predictors of oral health status in a statewide population …

Oral Health for All The highest burden of dental and oral disease is shouldered by
marginalized and chronically underserved groups. Moving forward, we will need to forge a …

The importance of oral health for overall well-being cannot be overstated. Yet the US dental
delivery system struggles to address effectively the two most common oral diseases (caries …

Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General, 1 released in 2000 during my
tenure as surgeon general of the United States, was the first ever Surgeon General's Report …

The Healthy People 2020 initiative contains over 1,200 objectives that serve as a roadmap
for tracking the nation's health (1). Oral health is 1 of 42 Healthy People topic areas …