Dental therapists provide greater access to oral health care. A federal court has ruled that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must provide Medicaid funding for dental therapy provided to tribal communities in the state of Washington.
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and state of Washington won a court fight that will now permit federal Medicaid coverage of dental therapy on tribal lands in the state.
A federal appeals court orders the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to cover the costs of dental therapy provided to people enrolled in Medicaid on tribal land in Washington.
An interview the first dental therapist in Maine, Claire Roesler, RDH, MDT.
HealthHub now has funds and equipment sufficient to double the dental care it was providing to school children in the White River Valley last year, but instead it has reduced the amount of care it is providing to just 20% of what it was last year.
Leaders of the Swinomish tribe testified in the Washington legislature to share how their community members have benefited from dental therapy. They urge access to these providers across the state to improve oral health access.
A founding member of Floridians for Dental Access and leader of the National Coalition of Dentists for Health Equity shares how people in the state would benefit if Congress funded dental therapy and if Florida’s legislature authorized the profession.
U.S. Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-02) visited with the first group of students at the Skagit Valley College dental therapy program, the first training program to be accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation in the Lower 48 states.
Pacific University in Oregon has a statewide pilot program that has begun graduating dental therapists. Rosalie Goode is now collaborating with a dental team, providing high-quality care at costs lower than a dentist’s.
Interviews with candidates for the state legislature in Maine reveal support for greater investment in dental therapy education.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association shows that dental therapy has brought Alaska Native communities greater access to dental care.
The editorial board of Maine’s Portland Press-Herald asserts that dental therapy is part of the solution to resolving oral health care access challenges facing people across the state.
