The Kansas Board of Regents has created a statewide task force to study and make recommendation for improvements needed in the delivery of oral health in Kansas.
The study will look at issues centering on the feasibility of creating a dental school in Kansas, placing a branch campus in Kansas of an existing dental school outside of the state, and obtaining more slots for Kansas students at dental schools in neighboring state.
Those actions include a new initiative to increase participation in the Kansas Medicaid program to expand services provided to Kansas children and also policy recommendations aimed at recruiting dentists to underserved areas of the state and boosting services provided in clinics, schools, and other community settings.
The Kansas Board of Regents Oral Health Task Force will begin its work immediately and will reports its findings to the state upon conclusion of its work, according to the Kansas Dental Association.
