ArticleAmerican journal of public health2015
Increasing Access to Dental and Medical Care by Allowing Greater Flexibility in Scope of Practice.
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- Inequality in dental services: a scoping review on the role of access toward achieving universal health coverage in oral health.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Public Oral Health Care During COVID-19: Time for Reflection and Action.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Disparities in Access to Oral Health Care.Annual review of public health · 2020Review
- Oral Health Status of Hospitalized Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2020Article
- A Pilot Study of an Interprofessional Program Involving Dental, Medical, Nursing, and Pharmacy Students.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
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- Dr. Marshall Responds.Journal of the California Dental Association · 2015Article
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Abstract
In recent years, advocates for increasing access to medical and oral health care have argued for expanding the scope of practice of dentists and physicians. Although this idea may have merit, significant legal and other barriers stand in the way of allowing dentists to do more primary health care, physicians to do more oral health care, and both professions to collaborate. State practice acts, standards of care, and professional school curricula all support the historical separation between the 2 professions. Current laws do not contemplate working across professional boundaries, leaving providers who try vulnerable to legal penalties. Here we examine the legal, regulatory, and training barriers to dental and medical professionals performing services outside their traditional scope of practice.
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