DrBicuspid

Dental therapist provides oral care in remote Alaska

Few experience dentistry the way Conan Murat has. During the last nine years, he has lived and worked as a dental therapist in a remote area of Alaska located 400 miles northwest of Anchorage. He ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska prison failed to provide adequate dental care to inmates, state investigator finds

One inmate with an abscess was not treated for two months. Another went toothless for more than two years while he waited for dentures. He filed paperwork to get them 18 times and experienced mouth ...
Alaska Public Media

First decade of Alaska’s dental therapy program shows successes in Yukon-Kuskokwim region

Andrea Alexie mans a booth on Friday at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention giving information about opportunties for dental-care education. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium operates ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska prison failed to provide adequate dental care to inmates, state investigator finds

Goose Creek Correctional Center on Nov. 1, 2011. (Ellen Lockyer/Alaska Public Media) One inmate with an abscess was not treated for two months. Another went toothless for more than two years while he ...
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Alaska prison failed to provide adequate dental care to inmates, state investigator finds

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Goose Creek Correctional Center is seen in fall. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Corrections) Goose Creek Correctional ...