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Budget needs an ounce of oral health prevention
Luckily, nearly all dental diseases are preventable with the right care and attention. This is a problem we can solve, and covering comprehensive dental care in AHCCCS is a smart move for our state.
Committee gives OK in first step to create new dental profession
A bid to license dental therapists in Arizona survived the sunrise process November 29, paving the way for legislation to be introduced to the full Legislature.
Lawmakers should reject Pew proposal for ‘dental therapists’
The Pew Foundation and its allies of convenience want the Legislature to green light “dental therapists.” They say this will improve dental health care for poor and rural Arizonans. Yet these dental therapists, empowered to do irreversible surgeries such as pulling teeth, will have minimal training – nothing at all like what dentists, pediatric dentists and oral surgeons receive before they [...]
Dental therapist proposal to get new hearing before lawmakers
Legislators are again being asked to license dental therapists in Arizona, but after the effort’s resounding failure last year, skeptics continue to argue that backers are responding to a problem... […]
Groups push for dental therapists to fill shortages in all 15 counties
With every county in Arizona needing more dental care providers, backers of licensing mid-level professionals are gearing up for a second attempt to convince lawmakers of their proposal to alleviate the shortage.
The Growing Gap in Oral Healthcare for Arizona’s Hispanic Children
As the national debate over healthcare grows and our country grapples with changes to the Affordable Care Act, let us not lose sight of our state’s specific challenges in providing care for the most vulnerable among us.
Efforts to block civil rights ruling endanger Arizonans’ health
All Arizonans have been impacted by a porous health safety net and too many in our community lack access to oral health services.
Communities needing dental care hitch their hopes to a trailer
Delia Coronado awaits her fate under the glare of a dental lamp, as Dr. Gary Watkins prepares to drill. Along with dentist and patient, a half-dozen volunteers are crammed into the small trailer of a clinic.
