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Strategies to Improve Dental Care Utilization During Pregnancy for Vulnerable Urban Women: The New York University/Bellevue Oral Health Program Experience.

American journal of public health · Russell SL, Huang SS, Bird CE, Heyman RE, Saba B, Kang M, Yang C · 2026-08-13

A prenatal dental screening program found that scheduling patients for immediate dental appointments during their screening visit was more effective at improving follow-up care attendance than using a patient navigator service.

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