Pacific Center for Special Care (PCSC)

The Pacific Center for Special Care is an organization within the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry committed to improving the oral health of people with special needs and older adults on the local, state and federal level. It was founded in 1998 by Pacific faculty members Dr. Paul Glassman and Christine Miller, RDH. The center has created best-practice models of, and advocates for, improved access to dental care for anyone with a special need, including people who have difficulty maintaining good oral health or accessing oral health services because of developmental, medical, physical or social conditions.

The mission of the Pacific Center for Special Care is to:

Improve oral health of people with special needs including individuals with complex developmental, medical, physical, and social conditions and older adults.
Reform the oral health care system to be responsive to the circumstances and needs of people with special needs.
Improve awareness of barriers to and solutions for ensuring good oral health for people with special needs among oral health, general health, and social services professionals and advocacy, educational, and government organizations.