Minnesota Dental Therapists
A new mid-level provider raised low-income dental access.
B · 18/24
1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
License dental therapists to serve the underserved.
2 · The realist counter-case
Dentist groups opposed scope expansion.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
First U.S. license (2009); MDH found cost-effective care, shorter waits, no quality hit.
4 · Liberty check
Liberty-expanding scope reform.
5 · The real tradeoff
Evidence favors the policy.
Allies & Playbook
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