ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The first dental school in New Mexico, Touro College of Dental Medicine, has been open for a few months now, and they’ve been seeing a big impact on the community from patients, but also students and future providers.
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Executive Assistant Dean Dr. Joseph Parkinson said this is helping treat more patients quicker, offering appointments five days a week at a fraction of the cost of private practice, and also helping train more providers to stay here.
“All the students I’ve talked to really like it here,” Dr. Parkinson said. “Data has shown that 67% of students stay where they train. So we get two-thirds of the students every year to stay in New Mexico, think of all the practitioners we’ll have in the state.”…