Frank Capaldo

Dental Practice
Dispelling myths about barriers to care and Ga. House Bill 684
In this Second Opinion, Frank Capaldo, the executive director of the Georgia Dental Association, gives the association's side of the issue surrounding the defeat of a bill in the Georgia Legislature that would have allowed dental hygienists in the state to provide preventive care without the direct supervision of a dentist.
March 21, 2016
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