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Pediatric Dental Practice and Changing Population Demographics: A Commentary

  • Waldman HB1,*,
  • Schindel RH2
  • Perlman SP3

1Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY

2Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY

3The Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, NY.

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.37.4.lv2660u04333263p Vol.37,Issue 4,July 2013 pp.351-353

Published: 01 July 2013

*Corresponding Author(s): Waldman HB E-mail: h.waldman@stonybrook.edu

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Abstract

U.S. Census Bureau reports for the 2010 census detail the slowing overall growth of the number of children with specific emphasis on the increasing proportion of Hispanic children in the population. A review of these data is considered in terms of the potential impact on pediatric dental practices.

Keywords

demographics, minority populations, dental practice

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Waldman HB,Schindel RH,Perlman SP. Pediatric Dental Practice and Changing Population Demographics: A Commentary. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2013. 37(4);351-353.

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