Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Dentistry
 
chapter
Regulations Governing Dental Practice [18 VAC 60 ‑ 20]
Action Registration and practice of dental assistants
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 11/12/2008
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11/11/08  9:44 pm
Commenter: Gail Teuschler, BSDH

Lead by example
 

If Dentists are so concerned about accessing patients to care, they should do what my Dentist does.  The Dentist I work for Donates his time at the Red Cross Clinic providing free dental care.  He also offers half cost Friday's  once a month for patients in his practice who are facing hardships, and opens his office to medicaid patients.  Now, this is a dentist interested in accessing care to patients.  Unless the other Dentists saying yes to allowing DAII to scale teeth are doing what my Dentist is they are just in it for the money.  When is enough money enough, that jeopardizing people's health seems like a viable option? 

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