Dental therapists are popping up around the country as a potentially cost-effective way to deliver oral care to underserved communities. The American Dental Association is pushing back. Our colleagues ...

Republican Rep. Linda Chaney, the bill sponsor, noted earlier this month when the House cleared her legislation that Florida lacks about 1,300 dentists. She said 5.9 million Floridians live in 274 ...

Alyssa Klugman, a dental therapist, commutes an hour to the Apple Tree Dental center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where she mainly treats underserved patients. FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — All six of Michelle ...

The single most impactful way legislators can improve access to dental care in Florida is to allow the market to determine the number and types of providers. Yet maximizing access requires ensuring ...

A growing number of states and tribal communities are allowing dentists to employ dental therapists to help meet the growing need for routine dental care. The Pew Charitable Trust defines dental ...

During a game of Red Rover when she was 16 years old, Rochelle "Roz" Siuvuq Ferry lost a front tooth. Ferry, who is Inupiaq, remembers having to get on a plane to get from her remote Alaskan village ...