Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Preventive Dental Care for Young Children in Dental Settings

Bibliographic Data

ID13583742
AuthorsSarah L Goff (0000-0003-2005-1369, Health Promotion and Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences Amherst Massachusetts USA, corresponding author), Charlotte F Gilson (Health Promotion and Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences Amherst Massachusetts USA), Marisa C DaCosta (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Marisa DaCosta (Health Promotion and Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences Amherst Massachusetts USA), Erin DeCou (0009-0002-8524-1411, Health Promotion and Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences Amherst Massachusetts USA), Ashley M Kranz (0000-0003-0507-7800, RAND Corporation Arlington Virginia USA)
Year2025
Volume85
Issue3
Pages309-321
Publication date2025-06-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Public Health Dentistry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4006 • E-ISSN: 1752-7325
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jphd.12678
PMID40527523
OpenAlexW4411362154
LanguageEN
References cited28

Potentially modifiable barriers were identified at provider, practice, and policy levels. Further research is needed regarding the financial impacts of public insurance reimbursement rates, the potential role of bias in access to preventive dental services, and the effects of systematic accountability for performance on quality and equity measures related to preventive dental care

Accountability · Business · Dental care · Family medicine · Health care · Medical education · Qualitative research · Receipt · Reimbursement · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Medicine · Nursing · Pediatric health and respiratory diseases