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Improving Access to Care for Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorder

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This patient population needs support in receiving much-needed dental care that requires a multifactorial approach.

AGD Subject Code: 750

Educational ­Objectives

After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Define autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
  2. Identify perceived barriers to dental care for those with autism, their caregivers, and their dental team.
  3. Discuss ways to overcome barriers to care for the ASD population.

This course was published in the March 2024 issue and expires March 2027. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Belmont Business Media is an ADA CERP-recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ada.org/cerp. Belmont Business Media Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2026. Provider ID 317924
3621 Harbor Blvd., Suite 265, Santa Ana, CA 92704

Darlene Jones, RDH, MPA, is the interim director of the Dental Hygiene Program at the University of Michigan (U-M) in Ann Arbor, and president of Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Honor Society, Nu-Chapter. With a passion for expanding dental hygiene services to underserved populations and mentoring students during their community-based research projects, she also supervises a public dental prevention program in Washtenaw County, working with U-M dental hygiene students. Jones also provides patient care at U-M’s Integrated Special Needs Clinic. She can be reached at dmjrdh@umich.edu.


Colleen Rolland, BS, RDH, is a practicing dental hygienist at Hope Clinic in Ypsilanti and Westland, Michigan, which provides integrated and free medical, dental, food, and behavioral healthcare to those in need.


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