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By Liz Riggs
Minneapolis, Minnesota (AP)
Rural and poor populations could see improved access to dental care under a plan to begin training dental therapists at the University of Minnesota.
The therapists – dentistry’s equivalent of a physician’s assistant – would be licensed to take on some of the responsibilities that have been reserved for dentists. Significant portions of the training would be done alongside students in the university’s doctor of dental surgery program.
Minneapolis, Minnesota (AP)
Rural and poor populations could see improved access to dental care under a plan to begin training dental therapists at the University of Minnesota.
The therapists – dentistry’s equivalent of a physician’s assistant – would be licensed to take on some of the responsibilities that have been reserved for dentists. Significant portions of the training would be done alongside students in the university’s doctor of dental surgery program.
