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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Reforming Organized Dentistry To Address Persistent Oral Health Disparities In The U.S., Aparna Chintapalli Jan 2019

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Reforming Organized Dentistry To Address Persistent Oral Health Disparities In The U.S., Aparna Chintapalli

Pomona Senior Theses

The importance of oral health has been largely neglected from the conventional standards of healthcare in terms of public understanding & prioritization, the industrial infrastructure, and the scope of prevention & early-intervention services. Its adjunctive locus to the field of medicine has lead to the bifurcation of the oral cavity from the rest of the human body. As a result of this divide, there have been multiple factors that have allowed socially stratified oral health outcomes to manifest. This thesis examines the determinants of oral health disparities through a multidisciplinary lens (i.e. biology, public policy, infrastructure), and offers evidence of …


Snake Bite, Meghna Arora, Rajendra Prasad Jan 2019

Snake Bite, Meghna Arora, Rajendra Prasad

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.


Pulmonary Thromboembolism In A Case Of Alopecia Areata, Rakshith M Jan 2019

Pulmonary Thromboembolism In A Case Of Alopecia Areata, Rakshith M

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Change In Medi-Cal Dental Coverage On Dental Care Utilization Among Medi-Cal Beneficiaries, Min H. Zhang Jan 2019

The Effect Of Change In Medi-Cal Dental Coverage On Dental Care Utilization Among Medi-Cal Beneficiaries, Min H. Zhang

Theses and Dissertations

One of the most important factors in accessing dental care is having dental insurance. For people with low incomes, Medicaid is the main source of health insurance. Medi-Cal is California’s Medicaid program. Adult dental services were mostly eliminated in Medi-Cal in 2009 due to the economic downturn and partially restored in 2014. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of change in Medi-Cal dental coverage, specifically the partial restoration of adult dental coverage in 2014, on dental care utilization among Medi-Cal beneficiaries. The partial restoration significantly increased the utilization rates in dental clinics from 2014 to 2017 …


Hiv With Opportunistic Neuroinfection, Rahul Vyas, Rajendra Prasad Jan 2019

Hiv With Opportunistic Neuroinfection, Rahul Vyas, Rajendra Prasad

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.


Cerebro-Vascular Accident, Mehak Gera, Rajendra Prasad, Suresh Babu, Manthappa M Jan 2019

Cerebro-Vascular Accident, Mehak Gera, Rajendra Prasad, Suresh Babu, Manthappa M

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.


Immune Thrombocytopenia, Minal Agarwal, Rajendra Prasad Jan 2019

Immune Thrombocytopenia, Minal Agarwal, Rajendra Prasad

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.


Sheehan Syndrome, Riya Jain, Shashidhara Kc, Savitha Savitha Jan 2019

Sheehan Syndrome, Riya Jain, Shashidhara Kc, Savitha Savitha

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.


Ectopia Lentis, Pratheek Prabhu Jan 2019

Ectopia Lentis, Pratheek Prabhu

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.