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Ira B. Lamster, DDS, MMSc

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Ira B. Lamster, DDS, MMSc, Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, 630 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 (e-mail: ibl1@columbia.edu).

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Friedman writes with emotion about my editorial and another editorial that appeared in the May 2004 issue. His comments are aimed at the need for fundamental change in the dental profession, with a focus on the use of dental nurses/expanded-function dental auxiliaries to address the oral health care needs of populations that have difficulty accessing care.

In my editorial I focused on the oral health care needs of the elderly and suggested a number of potential approaches for addressing the looming crisis of delivery of oral health care services to this population. These include increasing awareness by the medical and . . . [Full Text]