T Spangler
Biographic Data
| ID | 10875609 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T Spangler |
| GIVEN NAMES | T |
| FAMILY NAME | Spangler |
| SIGNATURE | SPANGLER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Dental Association |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Improving the Oral Health of Alaska Natives
There is a high prevalence of oral disease in the Alaska Native population, much of which goes untreated, creating a large discrepancy between the level of their oral health and that of the general population. The causes of this discrepancy are multiple—a major cause being the lack of access to care, especially in remote Alaska Native villages. Improving the oral health status of Alaska Natives will require treatment of current disease and initia…
Sekiguchi Et Al. Respond
We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the criticisms of our article, “Improving the Oral Health of Alaska Natives,”1 by some members of the dental public health community. The American Dental Association (ADA) is fully supportive of the Dental Health Aide Program in Alaska, except for allowing non-dentists to perform irreversible surgical treatments. The ADA considers protecting the oral health and safety of the public as its obligation; al…
Improving the Oral Health of Alaska Natives
There is a high prevalence of oral disease in the Alaska Native population, much of which goes untreated, creating a large discrepancy between the level of their oral health and that of the general population. The causes of this discrepancy are multiple—a major cause being the lack of access to care, especially in remote Alaska Native villages. Improving the oral health status of Alaska Natives will require treatment of current disease and initia…
Improving the Oral Health of Alaska Natives
There is a high prevalence of oral disease in the Alaska Native population, much of which goes untreated, creating a large discrepancy between the level of their oral health and that of the general population. The causes of this discrepancy are multiple—a major cause being the lack of access to care, especially in remote Alaska Native villages. Improving the oral health status of Alaska Natives will require treatment of current disease and initia…
Sekiguchi Et Al. Respond
We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the criticisms of our article, “Improving the Oral Health of Alaska Natives,”1 by some members of the dental public health community. The American Dental Association (ADA) is fully supportive of the Dental Health Aide Program in Alaska, except for allowing non-dentists to perform irreversible surgical treatments. The ADA considers protecting the oral health and safety of the public as its obligation; al…
Dental Health and Care Utilization (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Oral health (2 works) · Dental Assistant (1 works) · Disease (1 works) · Environmental health (1 works) · Ethnology (1 works) · Gerontology (1 works)