<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Johnson, Teddi Dineley</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APHA Oral Health Section supports dental therapists in Minnesota</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Nation's Health</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009-09-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13-13</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thanks in part to an advocacy campaign launched by APHA’s Oral Health Section, Minnesota recently legalized the training of mid-level providers, commonly called dental therapists. With a goal of improving access, dental therapists provide routine dental care, such as fillings, simple extractions and preventive services, to low-income, uninsured and under-served patients who can’t afford the fees charged by private dentists or who live in areas that have no dentists.Copyright The Nation’s Health, American Public Health Association</style></abstract></record></records></xml>