Minorities in Dental Hygiene: Helping to Close the Gap in Underserved Areas.

The article focuses on improving oral health care among minorities and to improve their access to care in undeserved areas in the U.S. It relates that to eliminate the issue of disparities in oral health care, it is important to consider the percentage of minority dental hygienists in general population of the country. The author asserts that increasing the supply of minority dental hygienists can help close the gap in providing needed dental services to underserved areas.