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Published on: December 31, 2017
Where's the best place to live and raise kids, and incidentally practice dentistry?
1Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, USA. hwaldman@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Abstract:
Factors involved in the selection of the "best place" to live and raise a family could be related to comparable criteria used in the selection of locations for a dental practitioner interest in providing care for children. A series of state and metropolitan area rankings, developed with voluntary and government agency reports, were reviewed to increase an understanding of the factors that may attract to a particular location (1) families with children and (2) pediatric dental practitioners.
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