Policy on Workforce Issues and Delivery of Oral Health Care Services in a Dental Home

Question 1

What are three reasons health care professionals often elect to not participate as providers in state programs such as medicaid or CHIP?

Answer 1

1) low reimbursement rates
2) administrative burdens
3) frequency of failed appointments

Question 2

T/F: studies addressing technical quality of restorative procedures performed by non-dentist providres have found that within the scope of service and circumstances the technical quality is less than that produced by dentists

Answer 2

FALSE

no evidence to suggest that they deliver any expertise comparable to dentist in the fields of diagnosis, pathology, trauma care, pharmacology, behavioral guidance, treatment plan development, and care of special needs patients