Tacoma to Be Training Ground for New Dentists in Effort to Fill ‘Dental Deserts’

Tacoma to be training ground for new dentists in effort to fill ‘dental deserts’

A Central Washington medical university is reaching out to Tacoma to train members of its inaugural class of dental students.The School of Dental Medicine at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima hopes that the students, once graduated, will help ease the strain of medical deserts in various underserved and rural communities in the state.“We have clinics in Western Washington from Vancouver all the way to Bellingham, Port Ang…

Dr. Marlow Hernandez On Medical-Dental Integration

Dr. Marlow Hernandez argues that connecting medicine and dentistry requires more than shared space or records. It requires operating infrastructure that can turn oral-health findings into coordinated clinical action. Medicine and dentistry often treat the same patient through separate records, payment systems, referral pathways, and professional workflows. That separation is usually described as an administrative ... Read more The post Dr. Marlo…