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Report offers economic data on dental therapists
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new report assessing the economic viability of services provided by practicing midlevel dental providers in the U.S. shows that they are expanding preventive dental care to children and those who can't afford care.
May 14, 2013
ADA, AGD dispute Pew dental therapist report
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The ADA and the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) are taking the Pew Children's Dental Campaign to task for errors in a report Pew released earlier this year about the efficacy of dental therapists in New Zealand.
May 6, 2013
Maine dentists oppose dental therapist bill
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Some 100 dentists from across Maine visited the State House April 11 to express their opposition to a bill that would allow dental hygiene therapists to practice in the state, the Kennebec Journal reported.
April 11, 2013
Pew report outlines New Zealand dental therapist program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Pew Center on the States has released an issue brief that provides an overview of New Zealand's dental therapist program and outlines how midlevel providers in the U.S. could help expand children's access to dental care, prevent and treat dental caries, and improve public health.
March 19, 2013
NH reconsiders dental therapist legislation
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
New Hampshire is making another effort to establish a legally defined role for dental therapists, according to a report by New Hampshire Public Radio.
February 21, 2013
NM legislators to consider 2nd dental therapist bill
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A New Mexico health advocacy group is working to pass a bill to allow dental therapists to work throughout the state.
January 14, 2013
A response to ADA's 'scientific study' of dental therapists
By David A. Nash, DMD, EdD
The results of the ADA study published in the current Journal of the American Dental Association do nothing to discredit the utilization of dental therapists in the workforce in their traditional role of providing care for children in school-based programs, according to David A. Nash, DMD, EdD.
January 2, 2013
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APHA study: Dental therapists improve access to care
By Donna Domino
Dental therapists provide quality care while improving access to care in a cost-effective way, according to a literature review presented at the recent American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting. And their participation in school-based programs has been linked to declines in the rate of caries in several countries.
November 8, 2012
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JDE study authors clarify dental therapist analysis
By Howard Bailit, DMD, PhD, and Tryfon Beazoglou, PhD
Researchers from the University of Connecticut Health Center published three studies in last month's Journal of Dental Education (JDE) on the financial impact of dental therapists. Here they clarify some of the statements made in DrBicuspid.com's analysis of those studies.
September 17, 2012
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JDE studies estimate impact of dental therapists
By Donna Domino
Dental therapists have the potential to significantly increase access to care in school-based programs and reduce patient costs, according to three studies in the current Journal of Dental Education. But they would only provide modest savings for federally qualified health centers and would not increase private practices' net revenues, the study authors contend.
August 29, 2012
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ADA responds to Pew report on dental therapists
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The ADA reaffirmed its position that the midlevel dental provider model is not economically viable despite a new report by the Pew Center on the States which found that dental therapists could greatly improve access to care via school-based programs run by federally qualified health centers.
August 7, 2012
Pew report: Dental therapists a plus for FQHCs
By Donna Domino
Dental therapists could dramatically improve access to care via school-based programs run by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and increase the capacity of FQHCs to provide dental care to many more children, according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States.
August 6, 2012
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