Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 380-382 , November 2009

Children's Oral Health: The Time for Change is Now

  • David Satcher, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to David Satcher, MD, PhD, Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30310-1495.

Received 12 August 2009 ,Accepted 21 September 2009.

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 Dr Satcher served as the 16th Surgeon General of the United States from 1998 to 2002. From 1993 to 1998, he was the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He currently directs the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, which he established in 2006.

PII: S1876-2859(09)00269-1

doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.09.020

Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 380-382 , November 2009

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