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Maine s 1st dental therapist intends to press for expansion of the profession

East Coast s first dental therapist will practice at Penobscot Community Health

The East Coast s first dental therapist, a role allowed by a year-old rule change in Maine aimed at bringing dental access to rural areas, has been licensed by the state to practice at Penobscot Community Health Care.  Claire Roesler was approved by the state dental board this week to serve in the position, which has caught on in the Midwest but is new to the East Coast, according to the National Partnership for Dental Therapy.  “This is an exciting and encouraging day for access to oral health in the state of Maine, and in our communities,” said Angela Chase, PCHC dental center’s executive division director, in a news release. “It’s a historic day to celebrate.”

Maine s 1st dental therapist intends to press for expansion

Maine s 1st dental therapist intends to press for expansion March 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BANGOR, Maine (AP) The state’s first dental therapist has been licensed. And she hopes she ll have more company in the coming months and years, boosting access to dental care in a rural underserved state. Dental therapists, likened to a nursing practitioner or physician s assistant, are recognized in 13 state and two territories. Claire Roesler became the first one licensed in Maine on Friday. Roesler, 26, came from the Midwest to take a job in Bangor knowing that she can play a role as an advocate for expanding the concept. That was a huge draw of coming to Maine. I love advocating for dental therapy. So an opportunity to try something new and to take the movement to the East Coast it’s a humbling opportunity, said Roesler, who works at a clinic in Bangor operated by Penobscot Community Health Care.

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