Dental training/education

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

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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Can Dental Therapists Ease the Dentist Shortage?

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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Dental Care is Tough to Find for People with Autism, Other Developmental Disorders

Newspaper article by David Tuller. (April 22, 2019). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/dental-care-is-tough-to-find-for-people-with-autism-other-developmental-disorders/2019/04/19/80238a38-54a5-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html

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Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, From Hagfish to Humans

Non-fiction book for adults by Bill Schutt with illustrations by Patricia J. Wynne. Algonguin Books of Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill, NC, 2024.   Schutt, a vertebrate zoologist, provides an overview of the evolutionary history of teeth and the myriad ways different animals, including humans, have developed and used their teeth. Teeth play important roles in

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The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry

Book by Richard Barnett. Thames & Hudson: London, 2017. https://thamesandhudson.com/the-smile-stealers-9780500519110 Traces the evolution of dentistry in Europe and the United States through storytelling, historic texts, and images, many of which are from the Wellcome Collection. This beautifully designed book provides an engaging account of  both the social and cultural aspects of dental care and the more

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