Minnesota Leads the Way on Dental Therapy

By Brigette R. Cooper, RDH, MS


In 2009, Minnesota became the first state to authorize the licensing of dental therapists. Minnesota’s law created two levels of dental therapist practice: dental therapy and advanced dental therapy. These providers are required to primarily serve low-income, uninsured and/or underserved patients, or practice in a dental health professional shortage area, such as rural Minnesota.

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