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The Origins of Minnesota's Mid-Level Dental Practitioner: Alignment of Problem, Political and Policy Streams

Anne E. Gwozdek, Renee Tetrick and H. Luke Shaefer
American Dental Hygienists' Association October 2014, 88 (5) 292-301;
Anne E. Gwozdek
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Renee Tetrick
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H. Luke Shaefer
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