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Engaging the dental workforce in disaster mitigation to improve recovery and response
1Division of Health Services, Mississippi State Department of Health, 570 East Woodrow Wilson Street, Jackson, MS 39215-1700, USA. nicholas.mosca@msdh.state.ms.us
Abstract:
Natural disasters may strike quickly and without warning and cause long-term health consequences beyond the immediate loss of lives and property. Dental professionals have a social responsibility to participate in community emergency preparedness planning and response to mitigate prolonged recovery of the dental care infrastructure in the affected areas. Public health and emergency management agencies should plan for access to emergent dental care as part of a multidisciplinary local emergency response to mitigate the impact of devastation on the primary oral health needs of persons in the affected geographic areas. State dental associations should work with government agencies and emergency management groups to increase awareness of the importance for collaborative emergency response health services in the aftermath of natural disasters.
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