UTHSC launches $53M ‘Healthy Smiles’ project to increase dental care across Tennessee
Over the next five years, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry will collaborate with The Tennessee Department of Health on the $53 million Healthy Smiles Initiative to increase access to dentists and dental care across Tennessee. (Submitted by UTHSC College of Dentistry)
The state-funded Healthy Smiles Initiative will tackle Tennessee’s shortage of dentists and work to make dental care more readily available.
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