About 1.5 million Ohioans have no medical insurance, and patient advocates estimate that three times that number don't have dental coverage. Even worse, many people simply don't have access to dental care. Ohio has 59 federally designated ''dental shortage areas.'' Some are entire counties. Others are specific urban or rural areas. To close these gaps, the Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio wants state lawmakers to approve the use of dental therapists. Therapists are not dentists but can drill out cavities, put in fillings and perform some extractions. Read more
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