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A primary care oral health concept

Background. The pediatrics community has promoted the concept of a medical home to improve families’ care utilization. The authors describe the medical home and propose a dental home concept to improve families’ access to dental care.

Description. The dental home is a locus for preventive oral health supervision and emergency care. It can be a repository for records and the focus for making specialty referrals. When culture and ethnicity are barriers to care, the dental home offers a site adapted to care delivery and is sensitive to family values.

Clinical Implications. The dental home can provide access to preventive and emergency services for children. Establishment of the home early in the child’s life can expose a child to prevention and early intervention before problems occur, reduce anxiety and facilitate referral.

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