Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 359-365 , September 2010

Dentists' Perceptions of Barriers to Providing Dental Care to Pregnant Women

  • Rosanna Shuk-Yin Lee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  • ,
  • Peter Milgrom, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Peter Milgrom, DDS, Professor of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357475, Seattle, WA 98195-7475. Phone: 206-685-4183; fax: 206-685-4258.
  • ,
  • Colleen E. Huebner, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  • ,
  • Douglas A. Conrad, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Received 5 January 2010 ,Revised 17 March 2010 ,Accepted 28 May 2010.

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 Supported by Grant No. R40MC03622 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, and Grant No. No. U54DE019346 from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH.

PII: S1049-3867(10)00064-2

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.05.007

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 359-365 , September 2010