Employing Dental Therapists in an FQHC
A NNOHA Promising Practice
Year Developed: 2017
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: Board of Directors
C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc)
Clinicians
Secondary Audience: Administrative Staff
Language(s): n.a.
Sponsored by: National Network for Oral Health Access
Developed by: NNOHA (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: This promising practice tells the story of a community health center in Minnesota who hired dental therapists to increase access to their dental services.
Resource Details: West Side Community Health Services describes how they prepared their organization to include services by a new level of dental care provider, the dental therapist.
Resource Topic: Clinical Issues, Promising/Best Practices
Resource Subtopic: Oral Health, Operational Feasibility.
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