As mentioned on the HRSA website "The U.S. is heading toward a shortage of dentists. A rapidly aging generation of dentists is not being replaced quickly enough by new graduates to avoid sharp declines in the nation’s oral health workforce over the next five years." Even though dentists are highly skilled professionals with unique health care abilities they are not given any preference in immigration neither are they included in the STEM degree list. Numerous states have considered approving extended function hygienists which will compromise dental care.
Giving incentive to international dentists who are graduates of US dental schools would be part of the solution.
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