ATDA GUIDELINES ON TELEDENTAL PRACTICE
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ATDA GUIDELINES ON TELEDENTAL PRACTICE
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It’s Time to Think Differently About Access to Dental Care
It is impossible to find a dentist today that claims to have too many patients (1). Yet at the same time there are thousands of people in the United States who don’t have access to dental services (2). Let’s call this a systems paradox. From the dental school curriculum to the way in which the average dental practice is managed, our profession’s systems are built in lockstep and are often out of…
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Teledentistry: A Path Toward Oral Health Equity
Oral health equity will be achieved when all patients can get the dental care that they need when they need it. In 2018, we are a long way from oral health equity in America. Oral health disparities exist for many racial and ethnic groups, by socioeconomic status, gender, age and geographic location. Tremendous gains have been made in improving oral health in America over the past several decades with such initiatives as…