Caitlin Hartsell’s recent guest commentary on dental therapists raised important issues surrounding access to oral health care in Missouri. I applaud her efforts to bring attention to what the surgeon general has referred to as the “silent epidemic” of dental and oral disease. However, I disagree with her recommendations of what we could and should do to improve the oral health of our state.
LETTER: Missouri Dental Association offers solutions to state's oral health problems
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | 10:43 a.m. CST;
updated 6:17 p.m. CST, Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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