Robbie Stewart questions why imposter syndrome in rife in dental therapy and how professionals and practices can work to ...

Dental therapists offer a way to provide dental care to more people. June 6, 2012— -- Nearly 17 million U.S. children fail to see a dentist every year, according to the Pew Charitable Trust. Now, ...

Dental therapists are popping up around the country as a potentially cost-effective way to deliver oral care to underserved communities. The American Dental Association is pushing back. Our colleagues ...

Over the years, Dr. Rachel Forer has found plenty of ways to take the sting out of going to the dentist. But no matter how ...

Alyssa Klugman, a dental therapist, commutes an hour to the Apple Tree Dental center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where she mainly treats underserved patients. FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — All six of Michelle ...

Many Americans lack proper access to dental care. Could creating more dental therapists—clinicians who have less training than dentists but can provide some routine dental care like exams and fillings ...

During a game of Red Rover when she was 16 years old, Rochelle "Roz" Siuvuq Ferry lost a front tooth. Ferry, who is Inupiaq, remembers having to get on a plane to get from her remote Alaskan village ...

According to a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) press release on Thursday, the state’s first dental therapist has been licensed and is practicing in the Upper Peninsula. The ...