Overcoming Barriers to Dental Care Access Through Community-Based Programs

Published 09/29/2021

In this video, Sharity Ludwig, EPDH, MS, director of alternative care models at Advantage Dental Oral Health Center and Affiliated Practices, explains the potential of community care. Clinics may not be in easily accessible locations, so by deploying expanded practice hygienists to other sites — such as WIC programs and schools — patients can receive care in a trusting, familiar, and convenient environments.

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