Symposium Addresses Oral Health Disparities.

The ADA News (7/11, Manchir) reported the University of California, San Francisco’s Oral Health Alliance Symposium took place June 11, bringing together “more than 60 dental, medical, nursing, dental hygiene and community health professionals” to address oral health “disparities and access to care for children in underserved communities.” Dr. Brent Lin, a clinical professor at the UCSF School of Dentistry, received a five-year, $1.75 million grant from the US Health Resources and Services Administration in 2015, which helped fund the symposium. “Innovation is needed to address the issue,” said Dr. Lin. “Working together with primary health care providers from different disciplines, individuals from different sectors (e.g. administrator in nonprofit community health), people or trainees from different backgrounds are critical and will be the future trend in health care professions.”

        Additional information on Dr. Lin’s work is available at oralhealth.ucsf.edu.