Regular trips to the dentist are just as important as regular trips to the doctor, but they can be a little more intimidating for some people. Getting kids to love going to the dentist often can be a ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH – There are many barriers to ensuring that children with special needs, such as autism, Down syndrome or cerebral palsy, receive proper dental care. Anxious during a procedure, they ...

Amy Luedemann-Lazar originally disliked working with children with autism - with routine dental procedures becoming "backbreaking" work, given the children's behavioral and communication difficulties.

The School of Dental Medicine Special Care Dentistry Club’s mission is to expand dental clinic care and accommodations to better reach the special needs population, while also creating more ...

Steven DeLisle recalls seeing how difficult it was for his aunt, who had cerebral palsy, to receive dental care. So when he opened his first dental practice, in 2009, he kept special-needs patients ...

Jaramella Allen (left), 33, and mother Ella Jacobs, 58, at their home in Wichita Falls on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Allen received some of her first dental care in years just months earlier through ...