Friday, March 22, 2013

Dental therapists aim to fill dental-care gap



Dental therapist Megan Meyer looks at a patient's X-rays for signs of tooth decay Nov. 14 at Community Dental Care in Maplewood, Minn. Minnesota is the first state to license dental therapists.
Dawn Villella for USA TODAY
Dental therapist Megan Meyer looks at a patient's X-rays for signs of tooth decay Nov. 14 at Community Dental Care in Maplewood, Minn. Minnesota is the first state to license dental therapists.
At Maplewood Community Dental Care outside of Minneapolis, dental therapist Megan Meyer regularly fills cavities, extracts primary teeth and puts in crowns and spacers. In most dental practices around the USA, such procedures are the sole responsibility of a dentist. But that's not the case at this community clinic and at a handful of others in Minnesota, where a new type of dental-care practitioner handles these and other basic preventive and restorative services under the supervision of a dentist on-site.


Source: USA TODAY

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