ElderSmile: A comprehensive approach to improving oral health for seniors

S. Marshall, M.E. Northridge, L.D. De La Cruz, R.D. Vaughan, J. O'Neil-Dunne and I.B. Lamster

American Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 99, issue 4, 595-599

Abstract: Societal changes, including the aging of the US population and the lack of routine dental service coverage under Medicare, have left many seniors unable to afford any dental care whatsoever, let alone the most advanced treatments. 1 In 2004, the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and its partners instituted the ElderSmile program in the largely impoverished communities of Harlem and Washington Heights/Inwood in New York City. The long-term goal of this program is to improve access to and delivery of oral health care for seniors; the short-term goal is to establish and operate a network of prevention centers surrounding a limited number of treatment centers. Preliminary results indicate substantial unmet dental needs in this largely Hispanic and Black elderly population.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.149211

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