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investigation revealed that dentists provided drastically different evaluations of the same patients and suggested drastically different treatments, ADA President Leslie Seldin said, "Dentistry is an art based on scientific knowledge, and what's most important to all of us is that we each use our
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are allowed to provide. In many states, dental hygienists are required to be closely supervised by dentists when they provide care. In 1991, the
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