Abstract
Students with developmental disabilities in Atlantic County Special Services School District (ACSSSD) receive onsite dental care through a program created by UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School (NJDS). The program's goal was to coordinate dental school resources with those of a school district, county agencies and the Delta Dental Foundation to provide quality dental services to the students, aged 3-21 years. The University developed a Needs Assessment Survey and distributed 450 surveys to the students' parent/guardian(s). Completed surveys were returned by 131 respondents. Of the 131 children represented, 75 had not been seen by a dentist within the past year. In response to guardian reported access problems, UMDNJ-NJDS and ACSSSD developed a school-based dental care delivery system and a program for health promotion and disease.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 308-312 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Special Care in Dentistry |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Dentistry
Keywords
- Access
- Dental
- Disability
- Program
- Special needs