Access to Dental Care:
A Historical Review of Medicaid Eligibility Growth and Dental Productivity Decline
The present dilemma in providing dental services to the indigent and Medicaid recipients throughout this nation has generated considerable controversy as to the evolution of the problem. Most states recognize that there are deficiencies in the provision of dental services to the indigent and Medicaid populations and are seeking resolutions... Download Full Publication
Post Graduate Year 1:
A Flawed Alternative Pathway to Licensure
The dental licensure process in the United States for the most part consists of graduation from a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, successful completion of Parts I and II of the National Board examinations and successful clinical demonstrations of critical clinical skills to independent third parties representing the public... Download Full Publication
The Use of Portfolios as a Substitute for Current Clinical Licensure Examinations in Dentistry
This document contains information presented to the AADE/ADEA Innovative Testing and Educational Methodologies Committee (ITEM) at meetings of that committee in September, 2002 and February, 2003. The information was presented by Dr. David Chambers, a speaker selected by the American Dental Education Association and Dr. Stephen Klein, a nationally renowned expert and author of articles on the use of portfolios in assessment of educational efficacy... Download Full Publication
The Collision Course:
Redefining Traditional Representative Roles Within the Dental Profession
Presently the various professional entities involved in either regulation or representation of the various aspects of dentistry are engaged in debate over the future of the profession. Traditional roles of representation and authority are attempting to be redefined so that agenda needs of specific organizations can be met. This paper explores some of those interactions and their potential impact on the profession and the public... Download Full Publication
The Dental Clinical Licensure Examination:
Myths and Facts
Opponents of initial clinical licensure examinations will propose a number of arguments as to why the clinical licensure process should be eliminated. In other words, dentists graduating from a dental school should be allowed into the unsupervised practice of dentistry without first having an independent third party examination conducted by an entity whose sole responsibility is to protect the public... Download Full Publication
The Use of Human Subjects on Dental Licensure Examinations:
Fact and Fiction
The evolution of the clinical licensure process for entry into the dental profession over the last few years has been unprecedented. Even as dental professionals, educators and testing measurement specialists labor over the development of new standards of reliability and validity in the clinical licensure process, there are political forces which seek to eliminate not only the utilization of live patients from the clinical licensure process for initial entry into the dental practice, but also the clinical portion of the licensure process altogether... Download Full Publication
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