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@HealthActionNM | RT @ASlavitt: Every day #CHIP isn't enacted is a day we aren't meeting our commitments to children. Today is Day 1. RT if you agree. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | RT @sarahkliff: Over the weekend, Congress let the funding for CHIP (which covers 9 million kids) lapse. Kids in dark blue states most at r… | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | RT @KaiserFamFound: If #CHIP isn't reauthorized, 10 states project they will run out of existing fed CHIP funding by end of 2017 https://t.… | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | CORRECTION: 70+ dental therapists now practice in Minnesota, with 47% practicing in rural areas. https://t.co/wTSj0IZ7Co | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Thanks for tuning in! Please RT to raise awareness about #dentaltherapists! | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Elizabeth said being a #dentaltherapist is rewarding, day-in and day-out. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Elizabeth was on site at a school and found that a child had an abscessed tooth. Called the parent and got consent to treat the issue. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Parents are so grateful when they're able to finally get an appointment after never being able to get an appointment with a dentist. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Dental therapists have made the mobile dentistry model more affordable. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Elizabeth uses teledentistry to keep in touch with her supervising dentist to work together to decide treatment plans. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Elizabeth said she's in a different type of site almost every day. Head starts, WIC offices, public health clinics, rural settings. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Dental therapists work in 600 settings throughout the state. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Studies show dental therapy is addressing the barriers to care & providing safe, quality care. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | 70 dental therapists now practice in rural settings, with 47% practicing in rural areas. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Because dental therapists do procedures over-and-over, they become very good at providing those services. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Elizabeth says the dental therapy training was rigorous, with a big focus on clinical training and public health. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Elizabeth was doing community-based preventive care. In rural areas, it was difficult to be unable to do anything if restoration was needed. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Elizabeth started as a dental hygienist. She saw the significant needs of the communities she worked with. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | Elizabeth Branca is a practicing #dentaltherapist in Minnesota and she's talking to us now! | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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@HealthActionNM | The largest employer of #dentaltherapists in MN is now private dentists, despite initial opposition from organized dentistry. | 7 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |