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Editorial
. 2023 Jul 31:4:1257756.
doi: 10.3389/froh.2023.1257756. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Helping meet oral health needs in underserved communities

Darien J Weatherspoon  1 , Michelle R McQuistan  2 , George W Taylor  3 , Keith A Mays  4
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Editorial

Editorial: Helping meet oral health needs in underserved communities

Darien J Weatherspoon et al. Front Oral Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: dentistry; disparities (health); oral health; social determinants of health; underserved and unserved populations.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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