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Breaking Down Barriers to Care for Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorder

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AGD Subject Code: 750

Oral health professionals can help this patient population successfully receive much-needed dental care.

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 May 2023 issue and expires May 2026. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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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, is a recent graduate of the Dental Hygiene Program at U-M. She is dedicated to helping individuals on the autism spectrum disorder receive the best oral hygiene care possible.


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