SmilePartners: Oral Health as an Economic Development Strategy

Principal Investigator: Alireza Geshnizjani (UMF, Community Heath Education Program) Partners: Clyde Mitchell (UMF, Business Economics) and Becca Matusovich (USM, Muskie School of Public Service, Cutler Institute) Abstract: Preventable dental disease is a major cause of lost school and work days, and one of Maine’s leading causes of avoidable emergency room visits for pain and infection, especially read more SmilePartners: Oral Health as an Economic Development Strategy