dental care

Touro University, a New York based non-profit, brought its dental training program to New Mexico this year, making it the first in the state. It is now opening a clinic aimed at alleviating the state’s professional shortage while providing affordable care.

Touro University, a New York-based nonprofit education institution, will expand its dental medicine program to Albuquerque next year. This comes as New Mexico experiences severe shortages in dental professionals, especially in rural communities.

A bill that could expand access to dental services around the state made it through a legislative committee Wednesday. The measure would allow a new type…