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May 22, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A research brief finds that an increasing number of Americans visited emergency departments for dental-related care between 2000 and 2010, as a percentage of total dental visits.
May 17, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Complaints about low numbers of qualified applicants are overstated. There is a large pool of qualified and talented students of diverse backgrounds who have not been recruited by dental schools or made aware of career opportunities in dentistry.
May 2, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Raised in a small town in Alabama, SMDEP alumna Monique Trice writes about why her community's geographic makeup has "set the stage for an oral health care crisis."
April 22, 2013 | Story
Forgetting your dental checkup? It may have something to do with your community.
February 13, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The oral health system's inability to accurately measure where we are and chart a course forward has tremendous human and economic consequences, Paul Glassman writes.
November 19, 2012 | Story
The Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry expanded community-based education and increased the number of patients who received dental care as a Round 2 participant in RWJF's Dental Pipeline Program.
November 19, 2012 | Story
As a Round 2 participant in RWJF's Dental Pipeline Program, Baylor College of Dentistry at Texas A&M Health Science Center expanded its Bridge to Dentistry program for underrepresented minority and low-income students.
November 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
RWJF's Dental Pipeline Program helped dental schools increase access to dental care for underserved populations through expanded community-based education and recruitment of underrepresented minority and low-income students.
September 1, 2012 | Survey/Poll
This Facts & Findings uses data from the 2009 New Jersey Family Health Survey (NJFHS) to investigate differences in dental care utilization and coverage among community-dwelling resident adults ages 19 and older.
August 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF and The Alliance for Health Reform sponsored a briefing to discuss oral health care in the United States, particularly for children and other vulnerable populations.