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Don’t follow Minnesota’s failed dental therapist experiment

Guest Opinion//March 29, 2018//

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Don’t follow Minnesota’s failed dental therapist experiment

Don’t follow Minnesota’s failed dental therapist experiment

Guest Opinion//March 29, 2018//

Earlier this decade, Minnesota lawmakers were convinced they had the solution for rural and low-income people not obtaining oral health care. Create a new mid-level provider called a dental therapist,...

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