When You're Smiling: Dr. Sharon Lanier

A visit to the dentist is about more than clean teeth; it’s about whole health and wellness. Arkansas ranks poorly in oral health and has one of the lowest utilization rates for dental services in the country, but there are ongoing efforts to better understand and overcome barriers to care. In one of its latest initiatives, the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation partnered with the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute to gather new data and on-the-ground community perspectives on oral health in Arkansas. To learn more about that project and what they learned, we’re joined on this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast by Dr. Sharon Lanier, executive director of the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation.