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Wis. study calls for midlevel providers
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A study commissioned by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services calls for the state to begin planning for expanded function dental assistants and dental health aide therapists to expand access to dental care.
March 31, 2010
Study: Patients prefer dental therapists over dentists
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Patients appear to favor their interactions with dental therapists over their visits with dentists, according to a new study in the British Dental Journal.
March 11, 2010
Study: Public needs reassurance on dental therapists
By Rabia Mughal
The midlevel provider model has sparked heated debate in the U.S. dental community. But throughout the discussion, one voice has been conspicuously missing: that of the patients.
January 18, 2010
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Conn. dentists vote to try dental therapists
By Laird Harrison
Despite opposition from other professional groups, the Connecticut State Dental Association (CSDA) wants to bring dental health aide therapists into the state for a pilot program.
January 11, 2010
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U.S. Senate votes botax out, dental therapists in
By Laird Harrison
A compromise amendment to the U.S. Senate healthcare bill would allow dental health aide therapists to practice outside Alaska where supported by new state or federal law and eliminate the proposed "botax" on cosmetic procedures. The amendment would also extend the Children's Health Insurance Program to 2015.
December 21, 2009
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New report supports use of dental therapists
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dental therapists could provide sorely needed care to millions of underserved Americans working in collaboration with dentists, suggests a new report by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
December 16, 2009
Dental groups battle over therapists for Native Americans
By Laird Harrison
Organized dentistry in the U.S. has split over proposed legislation that would prevent Alaska's dental health aid therapist (DHAT) program from expanding to American Indian health programs in the other 49 states.
December 6, 2009
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Univ. of MN to start dental therapy program this year
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry is reviewing applications to fill the 10 slots in the nation's first dental therapy education program.
June 2, 2009
Pew report encourages more midlevel providers
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
More U.S. states are looking into midlevel providers because of the current economic crisis, according to a new report from the Pew Center on the States and the National Academy for State Health Policy.
June 1, 2009
Minnesota nears approval of midlevel providers
By Kathy Kincade
Minnesota dental professionals and legislators have reached a compromise in their debate over the creation of a dental therapist program that would help improve access to oral care for underserved populations across the state. With the compromise, Minnesota could become the first state in the U.S. to license dental therapists.
May 12, 2009
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Law makes Maine hygienists independent
By Rabia Mughal
A law passed April 15 allows hygienists in Maine to serve patients at any location without supervision by dentists. This legislation has expanded the scope of practice in the state, and may improve access to care for people who do not have a dentist.
May 5, 2008
Bill restricts dental therapists
By Laird Harrison
The ADA lost a lawsuit to halt a dental therapist program in Alaska. But legislation the organization has crafted could ban similar programs throughout the U.S.
December 12, 2007
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