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Cavity Country. Rural America has too few Dentists–and too few Patients Who Can Pay

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Newspaper article by Anne Kim with photos by Ricky Carioti. (June 7, 2018). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/07/feature/rural-america-has-too-few-dentists-but-also-too-few-jobs-to-create-paying-patients/

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A Dozen Rotten Teeth; Pain Like ‘Jabbing Knives’: Stories from America’s Dental Crisis.

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Newspaper article by Ken Alltucker. (July 14, 2024). USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/07/14/dental-access-is-an-american-crisis-how-the-vulnerable-are-shut-out/74125834007/

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Access to care, Bias, Literature, Pain, Race and racism, Social determinants of health / groupnameproject

Autobiography by Maya Angelou. New York: Random House, 1969. (2015 Random House Trade Paperback Edition) Angelou’s memoir deftly recounts her early life starting with her time in a small town in Arkansas where she and her older brother were raised by their paternal grandmother, a brief period living with her mother in St. Louis,

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You Don’t Need to Be a Dentist to Fill a Cavity

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Newspaper article by Eric Boehm. (August 20, 2016). Wall Street Journal. http://www.wsj.com/articles/you-dont-need-to-be-a-dentist-to-fill-a-cavity-1471645312?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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These Professionals Could Provide Dental Work, at Lower Cost. So Why Doesn’t Arizona Want Them?

Access to care, Dental training/education, News Article, Quality of patient care, Social determinants of health, Treatment costs / groupnameproject

Newspaper article by Ken Alltucker. (January 24, 2017). The Arizona Republic. https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/health/2017/01/23/push-for-dental-therapy-in-arizona-stalls-amid-legislative-resistance/96836364/

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Lack of Dental Services a Factor in Grades, Attendance in State Schools

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Newspaper article by Jane Meredith Adams. (August 12, 2016). The Mercury News. https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/03/30/lack-of-dental-services-a-factor-in-grades-attendance-in-state-schools/

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Can Dental Therapists Ease the Dentist Shortage?

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Newspaper article by Cheryl Winokur Munk. (September 21, 2023). The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/dentist-shortage-dental-therapists-97e2c885?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAi29z-YvNuZQ8WnHkq_VkL-GndOD35HfID2j5hhZ2kmbARzxdfxCis4n2687vw%3D&gaa_ts=6854687d&gaa_sig=ICb7JgIuIYs-nktvAUYMDaKxrSRLo8KmzMlT_C1BcJdVzzVg5xdLatRonWt1qp6B-wd7ytsU6nUBTMZYYKxwHg%3D%3D

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