In Rural Avery County, Helene Washed Away One of the Only Dental Clinics

North Carolina Health News

Nov 11, 2024

Discusses the ongoing impact of Hurricane Helene for a rural North Carolina county that lost its only dental clinic for low-income patients in the storm. Discusses barriers to recruiting more dental workforce and efforts to maintain some services in a repurposed mobile van.

Access · Dental workforce · Emergency preparedness and response · Health workforce supply and demand · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Oral health · Poverty · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · North Carolina