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Integrating Social Work Into Dentistry to Advance Equitable Oral Healthcare for Adults With Special Health Care Needs.
Steph Tuazon, Eryca Yamane, Emily Nguyen, Valentina Alhambra
Published: 202610.1111/scd.70132
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Social workers in interprofessional dental teams play a critical role in making oral healthcare more equitable and accessible, especially for individuals with special health care needs (SHCN). Social workers are specifically trained to id…
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