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SMDEP seeks individuals who will advance the goals of diversity in the medical and dental profession, reduce health-care disparities, and/or improve health care to underserved populations. Please share your experiences in one or all of these areas.
Despite the many advances America has made in recent decades regarding racial equality, it still remains a profoundly divided society. Just as this inequality is manifested in terms of economics and education, it is also evident in public health statistics regarding disease and wellness. African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans are more likely to be obese than white Americans, which can have profound social as well as physical consequences for the individual. There are many reasons that this is the case, some of which have to do with racism in American history and others of which have to do with poverty. The poor in general suffer in greater numbers from ill health due to lack of treatment and lack of access to healthy foods and places to exercise.
While the solutions to these problems are...
It is very easy to tell someone who is on a fixed budget, working two part-time jobs, and who has no health insurance to "eat better and exercise more," but unless the tools and the path of self-improvement are specifically outlined for the patient in a realistic manner, with attention to his or her life circumstances, the patient is unlikely to feel able to follow this advice.
Health disparities cannot be explained by poverty alone. Certain foods and attitudes towards food, for example, can be passed on from generation to generation. Grandparents may associate giving traditional types of food with giving love to their grandchildren, without thinking of the health consequences. Environmental pressures like the fact friends choose to eat at McDonald's rather than grab an apple…
Dental Case Study The patient in the case that is presented is a Latino male just over 13 years old. He has sickle cell anemia, and suffers from an intellectual disability. This paper reviews the case study from a dental health perspective. What is sickle cell anemia? The genesis of this disease is found within the abnormal hemoglobin in the blood stream; the red blood cells that carry oxygen throughout the body
Dental Amalgam: The Risks and Alternatives Some of the most common dental restorative materials currently in use are dental amalgams, but these compounds contain approximately 50% mercury making their use controversial, particularly with young children who may be harmed by long-term exposure. Although there are some viable composite resin alternatives available, dental amalgams with mercury remain the treatment of choice for many practitioners. To determine the current risks and potential alternatives
Dental Assistance (dental Surgery) I started out as a dental assistant at 19, then became an instructor, and was promoted to a program director before opening my own teaching program in 2000. I work part time at a community college and teach my dental auxiliary courses on the weekends. In that way, I have an extensive background of practice, reflection, observation, and application that is connected to my job. Since I
In general, studies of commercial resin matrixes indicate volumetric shrinkage in the curing process as great as seven percent, with most undergoing shrinkage of two or three percent (Seghatol & Durand, 1999). In dentistry, the comparatively small dimensions of the products composed of polymers and the specific point-load stresses sometimes encountered by dentures magnifies the undesirable effects of even small percentages of incomplete polymerization and volumetric shrinkage. Moreover, dental materials
Dental Care The purpose of rhetoric's is to persuade the reader to accept the authors' point-of-view. To that end, the authors take great pains in constructing their argument with emotion and pathos and certain structural stylistic skills that, he thinks, will best persuade the readers and grab their attention. Certain articles have to be written in a more authoritative tone than others, and other articles may have to be crafted in
Dental Care in Ethnic Populations Over 65 Borrell, L.N., Burt, B.A., and Neighbors, H.W. (2004, May). Social Factors and Periodontitis in an Older Population. American Journal Public Health. 94(5), 748 -- 754. PMCID: PMC1448332 This article discusses the relationship between age, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and educational level with respect to oral dental health and particularly focuses on periodontitis. Research and conventional wisdom have long pointed to poorer health outcomes for people with