Improving Access to Oral Health Services Among Uninsured and Underserved Populations: FirstHealth Dental Care Centers.

FIRSTHEALTH of the Carolinas Inc.; DENTAL care; HEALTH services accessibility; RURAL health services; HEALTH equity; PEDIATRIC dentistry; MEDICALLY uninsured persons; MEDICAL care; U.S. states; HEALTH status indicators; MEDICAID; ORAL hygiene; PUBLIC health; QUALITY assurance; HEALTH insurance reimbursement; MEDICALLY underserved persons

NORTH Carolina; UNITED States

An editorial is presented which addresses the authors' views about the FirstHealth of the Carolinas Inc. regional health care network which opened the first of three pediatric dental care centers in North Carolina in an effort to eliminate rural disparities involving access to oral health services in the state. Dental care services for uninsured and underserved populations in North Carolina.