NEWS STORY: UAMS starts up Dental Education Center in LR

Posted: July 11, 2012

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on Monday announced an effort to create a dental residency program that it hopes will lead to an expansion of dental care in areas of the state with few dentists.

Arkansas doesn't have a dental school and UAMS says the state ranks 50th in the nation in the number of dentists available per 100,000 in population.

University officials said the program could serve as a starting point for establishment of the state's first dental school. The program could lead to dentists conducting residency training by treating patients at Health Education Centers across the state.

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