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

Sharon Nicholson Harrell, Marguerite Ro, Lisa Hartsock

• The author discusses the efforts of the FirstHealth of the Carolinas health care network in eliminating rural disparities in access to oral health services in North Carolina. Topics include FirstHealth's opening of three pediatric dental care centers in the Hoke, Montgomery, and Moore counties of North Carolina, and the impact of access to oral health services on eliminating oral health disparities.