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cord-310998-zchtu6cm	Kalash, Danny A.	How COVID-19 Deepens Child Oral Health Inequities	2020-05-23		.txt	text/plain	1331	82	50	Well before the coronavirus, U.S. children in poverty, from low-income families, or racial and ethnic minorities, overrepresented our national dental disease burden. 3 When compounded with social barriers, the chronic and cumulative consequences of child oral disease contribute to wider health inequities through the life course. 5 By abruptly pausing the provision of child dental care, COVID-19 adds delays to time-sensitive treatment, worsens the status of already significant decay, and further overburdens our previously strained dental safety net including community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and hospitals. 6 COVID-19's spread refocuses our attention to those social inequities, perpetuated by deficient federal and state policies, which carry both direct and unintended consequences for child oral health. This forces families to prioritize only absolute necessities -like food, shelter, and utilities -and neglect or delay other expenses, including parent or child oral health care or hygiene supplies. Dr. Kalash did not report any disclosures.	./cache/cord-310998-zchtu6cm.txt	./txt/cord-310998-zchtu6cm.txt