Social Work and Dentistry

About this episode

This episode discusses the intersection of social work and dentistry through an interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at providing oral health care to underserved communities in Los Angeles.

The practices of social work and dentistry have common threads rooted in well-being. Roseann Mulligan, DDS, the Charles M. Goldstein Professor of Community Oral Health and associate dean of dental public health and community outreach at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at USC, and Margarita Artavia, teaching professor at USC Social Work, created an interdisciplinary collaboration and internship program that provides compassionate, comprehensive oral health care to underserved individuals and communities in Los Angeles. music by The Intimate Yellers, available on Spotify , Apple Music , Amazon Music and YouTube

People in this episode

Guests: Roseann Mulligan, Margarita Artavia

Topics covered

• social work
• dentistry
• interdisciplinary collaboration
• oral health care
• community outreach
• underserved communities

Keywords

• social work
• dentistry
• oral health
• community health
• interdisciplinary
• Los Angeles
• underserved populations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at USC

Products: The Intimate Yellers