Dr. Okwuje is Director of Analysis, Center for Educational Policy and Research, American Dental Education Association; Dr. Anderson is Associate Executive Director and Director of ADEA Center for Educational Policy and Research; and Dr. Valachovic is Executive Director, American Dental Education Association. Direct correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr. Ifie Okwuje, American Dental Edu...

OBJECTIVE The unmet need for dental care is one of the greatest public health problems facing U.S. children. This issue is particularly concerning for children with special health care needs (CSHCN), who experience higher prevalence of unmet dental care needs. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate regional differences in unmet dental care needs for CSHCN. Using the Social Ecologi...

With the many changes occurring in Ireland it would seem an opportune time to review the body of research conducted and policy enacted in the Republic of Ireland on oral health services and oral health. The dental health of the nation prior to water fluoridation, the legislation and policy decisions impacting on oral health up to budgetary changes, and the production of evidence-based guideline...

In a recently published IJHPR article, Cohen and Horev ask whether an individual who holds rightful governmental power is able to effectively "challenge the equilibrium" in ways that might "clash with the goals" of an influential group". This question is raised within the context of a shift in governmental policy that imposed the potential for cost management by HMOs acting as financial interme...

This article describes the planning, sequential improvements, and outcomes of Indiana University School of Dentistry's annual Oral Health Policy Forum. This one-day forum for fourth-year dental students was instituted in 2005 with the Indiana Dental Association and the Children's Dental Health Project to introduce students to the health policy process and to encourage their engagement in advoca...

Background National oral health policy was conscripted by the Indian Dental Association (IDA) in 1986 and was accepted as an integral part of National Health Policy (NHP) by the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare in one of its conferences in the year 1995. Objectives of this paper were to find out the efforts made or going on towards its execution, its current status and recent oral h...

Dr. Weaver is Associate Director, Center for Educational Policy and Research; Dr. Haden is Associate Executive Director and Director, Center for Educational Policy and Research; and Dr. Valachovic is Executive Director—all at the American Dental Education Association. Direct correspondence to Dr. Richard Weaver, American Dental Education Association, 1400 K St., NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 2...