Astha Singhal, BDS, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2023-2025
DEN6705L Public Health Dent
2024-2025
DEN5010 Interdis Serv Learn 1
2024-2025
DEN5221 Oral Hlth Manage
2024
DEN6001 Intr Evdnce Dent Prac
2025
DEN8019 Intrdisc Serv Learn 4
Board Certifications
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Dental Public Health DiplomateAmerican Board of Dental Public Health
Publications
Academic Articles
2025
Benefit Design and Access to Dental Care Among Seniors With Medicare Advantage Dental Benefits.
JAMA health forum.
6(1)
[DOI] 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.5123.
[PMID] 39854003.
2025
Relationship between Safety-net Oral Health Care Practices and Income among American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, and Hispanic/Latino Dentists.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved.
36(1):144-166
[DOI] 10.1353/hpu.2025.a951590.
[PMID] 39957643.
2024
Integration of dental therapists in safety net practice increases access to oral health care in Minnesota.
Journal of public health dentistry.
84(3):281-288
[DOI] 10.1111/jphd.12628.
[PMID] 38886024.
2024
State-Level Racial Inequity in Children’s Dental Care Use in the U.S. and Association with State-Level Structural Racism.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved.
35(4):1023-1038
[DOI] 10.1353/hpu.2024.a943975.
[PMID] 39584198.
2024
Variation in dentist participation between dental medicaid managed care organizations.
Journal of public health dentistry.
84(4):362-370
[DOI] 10.1111/jphd.12636.
[PMID] 39078227.
2022
Perceived racial discrimination partially mediates racial-ethnic disparities in dental utilization and oral health.
Journal of public health dentistry.
82 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):63-72
[DOI] 10.1111/jphd.12515.
[PMID] 35726459.
2019
Determinants of emergency department utilization for non-traumatic dental conditions in Massachusetts.
Journal of public health dentistry.
79(1):71-78
[DOI] 10.1111/jphd.12297.
[PMID] 30537185.
2018
Dental Public Health Practice, Infrastructure, and Workforce in the United States.
Dental clinics of North America.
62(2):155-175
[DOI] 10.1016/j.cden.2017.11.001.
[PMID] 29478451.
2017
Dental Disparities and Psychological Distress Among Mobility-Impaired Adults.
American journal of preventive medicine.
52(5):645-652
[DOI] 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.10.025.
[PMID] 27989449.
2017
Medicaid Adult Dental Benefits Increase Use Of Dental Care, But Impact Of Expansion On Dental Services Use Was Mixed.
Health affairs (Project Hope).
36(4):723-732
[DOI] 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0877.
[PMID] 28373339.
2016
Authors’ response.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939).
147(6):390-1
[DOI] 10.1016/j.adaj.2016.04.008.
[PMID] 27233458.
2016
Dental care after an emergency department visit for dental problems among adults enrolled in Medicaid.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939).
147(2):111-9
[DOI] 10.1016/j.adaj.2015.08.012.
[PMID] 26562729.
2016
Dental Visits by Age One: General Dentist Availability for Privately Insured Children in a Rural State.
Pediatric dentistry.
38(1):55-60
[PMID] 26892216.
2016
Emergency department visits and revisits for nontraumatic dental conditions in Iowa.
Journal of public health dentistry.
76(2):122-8
[DOI] 10.1111/jphd.12120.
[PMID] 26423709.
2016
Parental perceptions of avoidability of their child’s emergency department visit.
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ.
33(5):313-8
[DOI] 10.1136/emermed-2015-204790.
[PMID] 26249669.
2016
Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Opioid Prescriptions at Emergency Department Visits for Conditions Commonly Associated with Prescription Drug Abuse.
PloS one.
11(8)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0159224.
[PMID] 27501459.
2015
Eliminating Medicaid adult dental coverage in California led to increased dental emergency visits and associated costs.
Health affairs (Project Hope).
34(5):749-56
[DOI] 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1358.
[PMID] 25941275.
2014
Disparities in unmet dental need and dental care received by pregnant women in Maryland.
Maternal and child health journal.
18(7):1658-66
[DOI] 10.1007/s10995-013-1406-7.
[PMID] 24337895.
Grants
Aug 2024
ACTIVE
Developing an Ontology for Dental Care-Related Fear and Anxiety:?Toward an Understanding of Problems in Dental Care Utilization
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIDCR
Jan 2024
ACTIVE
AADOCR Delta Dental Institute Oral Health Equity Research Award
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: AMER ASSO FOR DENTAL RES
Sep 2023
ACTIVE
Longitudinal Examination of Changes in Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage and Spillover Effects on Children
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF IOWA
via NATL INST OF HLTH NIDCR
Sep 2023
ACTIVE
Effects of Pregnancy and Postpartum Medicaid Dental Benefit Generosity On Use Of Dental Services
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIDCR
Jul 2023
– Jun 2024
Role of State Medicaid Policies in Improving Access to Dental Care among Low Income Adults
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIDCR
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-5965
Emails:
- Business:
- asinghal@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Street:
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1329 SW 16TH ST
GAINESVILLE FL 32608