The development of dental therapy in the US grew from a desire to find a workforce solution
for increasing access to oral health care. Worldwide, the research that supports the value of …

Purpose: Advanced dental hygiene practitioners (ADHPs), members of the oral health care
team, bring care to persons disenfranchised from adequate dental services. ADHPs are …

Collaborative leadership and stakeholder engagement have created the concept of dental
therapist intraprofessional dental team members who are expanding and extending the reach …

Purpose: Today there is a heightened awareness to address access issues and unmet oral
needs. The current private practice system of delivering oral health care is failing many …

Aims Increased awareness of oral health disparities in the United States has highlighted the
need to expand the workforce and access to both primary and preventive dental care. …

A list of the members of the committees and representatives of the American Dental Education
Association for 2006-2007 is presented. They include Kenneth L. Kalkwarf in the Board of …

… Colleen M. Brickle, Normandale Community …

The Minnesota Board of Dentistry mandates continuing professional education (CPE) activities
to ensure continuing competency of dental practitioners. The system has been in place …

This executive summary for Section 5 of the “Advancing Dental Education in the 21 st Century”
project addresses the current and future educational systems for dental assisting, dental …

Today there is a heightened awareness to address access issues and unmet oral needs.
The current private practice system of delivering oral health care is failing many Americans. …