In the Seattle Times, Pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Danielson, calls for Washington legislators to authorize dental therapists to be expanded to all communities.
New Mexico’s KUNM airs story about measure to authorize dental therapists. Measure voted out of House health care committee unanimously and heads to the House Judiciary Committee.
MacIver Institute in Wisconsin features success of Minnesota dental therapists in a call to authorize the providers despite opposition from special interest group.
Channel 12 News in Tallahassee, FL reports on efforts by community to authorize dental therapist to expand access in Florida.
Dimensions Magazine highlights the Michigan new law authorizing dental therapists signed on by Governor Snyder on December 28, 2018.
Harvard’s Honoring Nations Project awarded the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s (ANTHC) three health aide training programs, collaboratively known as the Tribal Community Health Provider Programs, with its High Honors award.
The Gainsville Sun publishes an Opinion Piece by Scott Tomar, DDS, addresses oral health crisis in Florida, highlighting dental therapists as way to improve access to care.
Sheri Solsang, a native North Dakotan and dental therapist now living and working in Minnesota, pens this letter to the editor outlining how dental therapists could help improve oral health in North Dakota.
Paul Palmer, chairman of the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council, discusses the many obstacles he, and many other people with disabilities, faced in trying to find a dentist in Michigan. He discusses how dental therapists could help.
The Detroit News makes the case for dental therapy in Michigan, highlighting how dental therapists can improve access to care and the Michigan Primary Care Association’s support for dental therapy.
Indian Country Today highlights the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s refashioning of Alaska Pacific University as a Tribal college to train dental therapists in this video.
