FDA Community: http://hdl.handle.net/2451/14855 2026-08-20T18:39:38Z 2026-08-20T18:39:38Z Dental Therapists: A National Resource for Improved Oral Health? Valachovic, Rick http://hdl.handle.net/2451/75926 2026-08-05T20:07:51Z 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z Title: Dental Therapists: A National Resource for Improved Oral Health? Authors: Valachovic, Rick Abstract: Richard Valachovic, DMD, MPH, clinical professor and director of the NYU Dentistry Center for Oral Health Policy and Management, describes changes that are occurring in ways in which new and existing dental schools, expanded scope of practice for allied dental professionals, and dental therapists are helping to address access to care issues. 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z Are Dental Therapists the Answer to Increasing Care for the Underserved? So Far, the Results Fall Short. Hill, Greg http://hdl.handle.net/2451/75925 2026-08-05T20:07:51Z 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z Title: Are Dental Therapists the Answer to Increasing Care for the Underserved? So Far, the Results Fall Short. Authors: Hill, Greg Abstract: In “Are Dental Therapists the Answer to Increasing Care for the Underserved? So Far, the Results Fall Short,” Mr. Hill is critical of dental therapy’s track record in improving access to care and suggests alternative models. 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z Dental Therapists Can Help Improve Oral Health Equity Catalanotto, Frank http://hdl.handle.net/2451/75924 2026-08-05T20:07:51Z 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z Title: Dental Therapists Can Help Improve Oral Health Equity Authors: Catalanotto, Frank Abstract: “Dental Therapists Can Help Improve Oral Health Equity,” takes issue with dental institutions for not promoting dental therapy in their predoctoral curriculum and posits that they fail to meet their responsibility to the communities they advocate for and fall short in achieving equity and access to the profession. 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z The Dental Therapist: A Century of Controversy Spielman, Andrew http://hdl.handle.net/2451/75923 2026-08-05T20:07:51Z 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z Title: The Dental Therapist: A Century of Controversy Authors: Spielman, Andrew Abstract: “Dental Therapy: A Century of Controversy,” provides a historical account of dental therapy, its distribution worldwide, the type of curriculum that is followed for it globally and, in the U.S., the practice expectations of dental therapists and current controversies. 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z