From the Fall/Winter 2022 Think Magazine
The patient was leery of seeing a dentist, worried that cavity treatment would include a drill, cotton balls and a “horrible experience.”
But it was hard to say “no” when the Case Western Reserve dental team traveling across Northeast Ohio made a kind of house call. The mission: to treat the cavities of 590 lower-income senior citizens who otherwise might not receive care—and, in the process, develop what researchers hope is a new standard of care for older adults.