Dental Care Requirements of Male Inmates Recently Incarcerated in Texas Department of Corrections Prisons

• NCJ Number: 112528
• Journal: Journal of Prison and Jail Health Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring/Summer 1988) Pages: 37-52
• Author(s): G P Barnes; T H Heid; W A Parker; J S Cole; R P Fultz; R G Tollefsbol
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 16 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The purpose of this survey was to determine the dental treatment needs of recently incarcerated Texas Department of Corrections inmates and to compare the time required to satisfy these needs to the professional manpower resources available within the department's dental care system.

Abstract

A total of 637 recently incarcerated inmates were examined clinically and radiographically. Their dental care needs were determined and recorded. For the total sample the dental treatment needs were found to exceed the available professional resources. Sufficient resources were available to only partially satisfy routine requirements. (Author abstract)