Dental clinics of North America
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Dent. Clin. North Am. · Oct 2016
ReviewThe Evolving Role of Dental Responders on Interprofessional Emergency Response Teams.
Disaster and pandemic response events require an interprofessional team of health care responders to organize and work together in high-pressure, time-critical situations. Civilian oral health care professionals have traditionally been limited to forensic identification of human remains. ⋯ Several states have begun to incorporate dentists into the first responder community. This article discusses the roles of dental responders and highlights legislative advancements and advocacy efforts supporting the dental responder.