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Mid-Level Dental Providers: Expanding Care to Every Community

Mid-level providers are critical to expanding access to dental care. Working with dentists and hygienists they help provide preventive and routine dental services, oral health education and a dental home in underserved communities.

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Dental Therapists Make Economic Sense

Part of an infographic series commemorating the tenth anniversary of dental therapists practicing in Alaska.

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Dental Therapists: Expanding the Dental Workforce

Today’s medical care team makes good use of mid-level providers such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and community health workers.

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Indian Country Today: Native Solutions for Oral Health

Limited access to dental care is causing pain and disease. What can American Indians do to bring dental care to their communities? This special edition of Indian Country Today highlights native solutions to the oral health crisis such as dental health aide therapists.

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Providing evidence for expanding the dental care workforce – Overview

A review of more than 1,100 documents on dental care provided all over the world indicates that mid-level providers such as dental therapists could greatly expand access to care, especially for children.