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Allan J. Formicola, DDS

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Allan J. Formicola, DDS, Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, 630 West 168th St, Box 100, New York 10032 (e-mail: ajf3@columbia.edu).

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Friedman asserts that in our editorial on strengthening the oral health safety net we "state the usual pious platitudes—the ‘shoulds’ and the ‘oughts’ " regarding care to the under-served. However, what we actually did was describe innovative programs to bring care to the population in need. Friedman argues that we should use our energy elsewhere, that is, to support the use of allied dental health workers such as the nurses New Zealand uses to bring care to those in need.

Debates about the role of the dentist versus the role of allied dental health workers go back to the 1920s. . . . [Full Text]