BATON ROUGE – During its January meeting, the LSU Board of Supervisors approved a proposal to meet Louisiana’s need for dental services expansion in the northern and rural areas of the state.
“This is what LSU is all about,” said Chair of the LSU Board of Supervisors Robert Dampf. “This is LSU at its absolute best, and we’re just extraordinarily proud.”
The Board of Supervisors received a report that outlined the collaborative work between the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry and LSU Health Shreveport to expand dental services and limited specialty level-dental services in the northern part of the state initially, and then to other parts of the state as warranted and appropriate. LSU Health New Orleans and Shreveport believe the citizens of Louisiana need unrestricted access to Oral Health Services for public health, safety and wellness.