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http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/jan/25/dental-therapists-push-recognition-kansas/

Health care advocates in Kansas are pushing a bill this year that they say would increase access to dental and oral health care, especially in rural and under-served areas of the state, but the Kansas Dental Association is fighting hard to stop it. The bill, which was formally introduced in the House on Wednesday, would allow midlevel practitioners known as dental therapists to be licensed and practice in Kansas, as long as they work under the supervision of a fully licensed dentist. "We see this as an opportunity to add a new kind of provider that is not unlike what...