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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / October 2008Physicians are being trained in Maine to remove teeth
DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pu...articleid=2524 I went to school in a foreign country but have had a CA license for 10 years Not that I would have any desire to move to Maine from Beverly Hills( not even in my worst nightmare) , but if I wanted to , I couldn't get a DDS license,in spite of my clinical experience and my CA DDS license. This shows what a bunch of idiots the guys running dental board of Maine are and how much they "care" about Maine citizens. They would have MD's performing basic dental procedures, but dentists licensed in CA for years would not be allowed to do that! State dental boards continue to receive pressure from their legislatures to approve international dental schools that are not CODA-accredited, many times to address access to care issues. Last month, the Maine Dental Association and the state's Board of Dental Examiners temporarily defeated a bill that would have expanded the requirements for receiving a license to practice dentistry to allow graduation from a foreign university considered satisfactory to the dental board. "An Act to Increase Access to Oral Health Care" would also have removed the requirement that applicants for licensure by endorsement that are licensed to practice in another state meet Maine's professional education requirements. The bill was referred to a joint committee on business, research and economic development for further study to be completed in early 2008. Dental boards in California, Minnesota and Florida have received similar directives. DOES DENTAL BOARD OF MAINE CARE ABOUT CONSUMERS? NO , OF COURSE NOT, they atre just afraid of competition , just like NY, greedy , imoral and disgusting > DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Not that I would have any desire to move to Maine from Beverly Hills( not > even in my worst nightmare) , Now you're insulting people from Maine. That sure won't help change the mind of some senator from Maine. John I do not mean to insult people from MAINE, but the whole situation is crazy. Sometimes you have to use strong language , so people would finally wake up! I just did not want the dental board of Maine imagine that I beg for a DDS license in that state, since I do not need it. I just want them to bring more dentists in , so people would have access to dental care >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > John > Now you're insulting people from Maine. That sure won't help change the > mind of some senator from Maine. > > John Some senators are OK with foreign dentists licensed in other states (like my case) getting licensure by credentials in Maine , but dental board of Maine opposes the change, out of "concern" for consumers. Same thing is Alaska and other states. The "concern" for consumers (read protectionism and fear of competition ) is huge >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > John Some senators are OK with foreign dentists licensed in other states getting licensure by credentials in Maine , but dental board of Maine opposes the change, out of "concern" for consumers. >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > John http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/10/15/maine_trains_family_d ocs_to_do_basic_dentistry/ > DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS Funny thing: such an MD could be a foreign medical school graduate licensed in US and perform dental procedures in Maine, but an experienced foreign trained dentist LICENSED IN CA as DDS cannot practice dentistry in Maine. Maine dental board, how low can you go? How stupid can you be, guys? A whole world is laughing at your incompetence and immorality, Foreign MD licensed in US can practice dentistry in Maine, foreign dentist licensed in CA cannot. Morons running dental board of Maine, wake up! It doesn't make any sense. > DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS |
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