Workforce innovation
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Some people think that if we just had even more dentists, there wouldn’t be an access to care problem. But all numbers of the dentists is not the main issue-it’s where they’re located, how many people are able to treat and whether all the people can afford treatment or whether there’s a way to pay for their care. Some places, even some individual communities have helped place the dentists in rural or urban underserved areas through stipends, loan forgiveness and other incentives. The American Dental Association is still expanding their team approach for delivering the care by creating a community dental health coordinator.