Affiliation:
1. NYU College of Dentistry
Abstract
"Dental Therapy: A Century of Controversy," provides a historical account of dental therapy, its distribution worldwide, the type of curriculum that is followed for it globally and, in the U.S., the practice expectations of dental therapists and current controversies.
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