DENTIST SHORTAGE

Maryland hopes to recruit young dentists to workforce shortage areas

BY: DANIELLE J. BROWN. Maryland matters

A dentist assigned to Ohio's Air National Guard checks an X-ray during a routine visit at the U.S Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan, in July 2023. Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker/U.S. Air National Guard.

Baltimore, Western Maryland and Eastern Shore residents may struggle to find a nearby dentist

Maryland has about 70 dentists per 100,000 residents, according data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020, but that doesn’t mean that they are equally distributed across the state.

State health officials and dental health advocates say that Baltimore and parts of the Eastern Shore and Western Maryland not only lack dentists, but have other barriers that make it difficult for residents to keep up with their oral health.

The Maryland Department of Health FINISH READING HERE

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