INTEGRATING DENTISTRY INTO RURAL PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE – THE MCLEOD ORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP (MOLAR) AND REFERRAL CLINIC
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As an experienced dentist serving rural communities in South Carolina, Dr. Jamie Driggers has witnessed the exacerbation of social and health disparities linked to poor oral health. With limited availability of dentists in the communities she has served during her career, she made a courageous career change to establish a dental program within a rural family medicine residency program. There, she is equipping medical providers with skills to address oral health within their scope of practice in hopes of ameliorating oral health inequities through alternative approaches.
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2024-02-09
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