Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 433-439 , November 2009

Addressing Children's Oral Health in the New Millennium: Trends in the Dental Workforce

  • Elizabeth Mertz, MA

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Elizabeth Mertz, MA, Center for the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 410, San Francisco, California 94118.
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  • Wendy E. Mouradian, MD, MS

Received 9 April 2009 ,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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PII: S1876-2859(09)00251-4

doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.09.003

Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 433-439 , November 2009

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