Oral Health
by Jenna Ogilvie | May 9, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives
Health professions are increasingly acknowledging legacies of racial/ethnic prejudice, discrimination, and exclusion. These legacies stem from institutional or sectoral policies, regulations, procedures, and behaviors that create and mutually reinforce...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 6, 2020 | Commentary, Perspectives
Introduction Training the future dental workforce in understanding the impacts of the social determinants of health (SDOH) can begin to prepare oral health specialists to identify and address health disparities and to promote overall health equity. Oral health...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 8, 2018 | Commentary, Perspectives
ABSTRACT | This discussion paper focuses on some particularly challenging aspects of bridging primary care and oral health care for low health literacy populations. Because of the lack of physical proximity between most dental and medical practices, even in...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 14, 2016 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction and Background From our perspective, dental caries continues to be one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States and globally, with individuals living in poverty and minorities being affected more than their more affluent peers. Dental...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 23, 2016 | Commentary, Perspectives
In this paper we discuss the importance of the efforts of community health representatives (CHRs) to improve general health on the Navajo reservation and describe the need for new efforts focused on preparing CHRs to act as catalysts for helping improve the...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 9, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
In dentistry, an after visit summary (AVS) can be thought of in both the context of a standalone dental practice and as a combined summary integrating oral health-related information with medical information. In this commentary, the authors explore the AVS from...
