The Staff of a Nonprofit Health Center in Your Community

The staff of a nonprofit health center in your community approach you about helping them develop an oral health program for the population they serve. Based on experiences of their patients and observations of the health providers employed by the health center, their initial interest is dental care for underserved low-income adults and older adults in the community.
-Assessment data reveal high rates of untreated oral disease and a lack of dental insurance coverage among the population of interest, regardless of socioeconomic status. The community considers several solutions to the public health problem of oral health care for this priority population. Based on the characteristics of the ideal public health solution, which of the following dental public health programs is the best public health solution to the problem identified?

A) A free emergency extraction dental clinic to address dental pain
B) A free mobile denture clinic operated by denturists in long-term care facilities
C) An educational campaign on the oral healthcare needs of adults and older adults
D) A combination of two or more of these and other programs