Dental Board of California Presentation
On February 25, 2015, Jennifer Pilapil from the Center for Oral Health and Dr. Elizabeth Mertz from the University of California, San Francisco, gave a presentation
to the Dental Board of California: Access to Care Committee.
During this presentation a picture of the current state of affairs was given, discussing the number of dentists who currently provide services in the State of California. A spatial and statistical analysis was presented, explaining the uneven distribution of dentists and access to Medi-Cal providers. The State of California's database from the Department of Consumer Affairs and Dental Board of California were compared via geographic information system (GIS) data analytics to show the usefulness of high quality data. The presentation was well received by the Access to Care committee.
COH is continuing to work with the Dental Board of California to conduct a state-wide research project to strategically improve access to care in California.
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