Oral Health Workforce Research Center

04/08/2026

Our dental therapy research is featured in a new Inside Dentistry article, “When Waiting Hurts: How Expanding Dental Team Roles Helps Children Get Care Sooner.” Read more about how team-based care can improve access for kids.
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By Jill Malmgren For too many children, dental care doesn’t fail because families don’t care—it fails because timely care is hard to reach. Appointments are booked out months—and sometimes a year or m...

04/14/2025

Learn more about innovations in service delivery that expand access to care for the underserved.
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Oral Health Foundation

04/03/2025

Check out our new and improved Workforce Research Center website!
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University at Albany, SUNY

03/26/2025

What are the biggest barriers to accessing services in New York State? Read our recent report to find out:

This report highlights major access barriers to oral health services for adults in New York. By examining the unique challenges New Yorkers face in obtaining necessary oral health services, the report provides evidence-based insights for policymakers and stakeholders to develop strategies that reduc...

03/04/2025

Our staff coauthored an article in about the "Use of Services Among and Associations With Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy"
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Oral Health Foundation

Citation: Sasaki N, Pang J, Surdu S, Shirey S, Fernando T, Moore J. Use of oral health services among pregnant women and associations with gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Insights from the 2016-2020 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. JADA. Published online Jan...

01/31/2025

Our research team is currently investigating factors that affect the of providers in community health centers. Stay tuned for findings as this study progresses!