Dr. Sydnee Chavis

For patients with special healthcare needs (SHCN), dentistry has been demonstrated to be the most common unmet healthcare need. While special care dentistry (SCD) is a dental specialty in several other countries, such as the UK, Brazil, and Australia, it is not a recognized specialty in the U.S. This project will develop a course to evaluate and investigate methods of SCD from a global perspective to understand how dental care is implemented for patients with SHCN around the globe, and how these models can be implemented to improve processes, care, and oral health outcomes for patients with SHCN in the United States.