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Assistant Surgeon General Visits UTHSC, Advocates Expanded View of Oral Health Profession
October 08, 2019
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 8 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news:

Rear Admiral Timothy Ricks, DMD, MPH, the Chief Dental Officer of the U.S. Public Health Service and Assistant Surgeon General, Monday urged students in the UTHSC College of Dentistry to focus on oral health as integral to overall health across the lifespan.

"Part of my job is to impress on people the importance of oral health," said Rear Admiral Ricks, w . . .

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