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    DENTEX is an Alaska based program that educates dental health aide therapists to provide dental care to Alaska Native communities. The program is a collaboration between the Alaska Native Health Consortium and the University of Washington School of Medicine Physician Assistant Training Program, MEDEX Northwest.

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    Launched in 2007 as a collaborative effort between the Alaska Native Tribal Health Center and the University of Washington, DENTEX was developed to meet the oral health needs of native Alaskan people across 200 remote villages.

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    In February, staff reflected on the last four years as we wrote our report narrative for WK Kellogg Foundation. We realized that in spite of some extreme setbacks, Alaska DHAT has accomplished its objectives, and then some: in villages currently served by DHATs, over 35,000 more people in rural Alaska now have access to oral healthcare.

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Current DHATs

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    • Kimberly Baldwin
    • Robert Curtis
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    • Corina Cadzow
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    • Ferdella J. Sharp
    • Chelsea Shoemaker
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    • Shannon Hardy
    • Kate Kohl
    • Trisha Patton
    • Jana Schuerch
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    • Savannah Bonorden
    • Melanie Harris
    • Elsie J. Polowook
    • Cora M. Roberts
  • Class VI
    • Angelica Afcan
    • Samantha B. Brown
    • Renee Mae Cheemuk
    • Shawn Martin
    • Lauren Reed

DHAT Profile

Kate KohlBased in Emmonak

Employed by Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation

“Prior to DENTEX I worked as a dental assistant for over a year. I traveled to regional villages and learned that I have the endurance to handle stressful positions and stamina to get the job done. I like to believe it’s my family—my roots—that have given me the background and tools that I need to be successful as a Dental Health Aide Therapist.”

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Tatiana Barraclough

I was raised and grew up in Atka, out on the Aleutians and the Pribilof islands. My mother was a Community Health Aide, so she travelled a lot. Usually, I travelled with her when she moved from different communities.

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Bernadette Charles

Tambre Guido

Marian Petla

I am from New Stuyahok in the Southwest region, 50 air miles from Dillingham. Grew up and lived in New Stuyahok for 20 years. I moved to Dillingham because there was no work in the village. It was hard to make the decision, as I knew the people very well in the village.

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Ben Steward

I started off in Oregon – although my grandma & most of my aunts & uncles lived in Seward. My family used to go to Seward during the summers & visit. My parents were loggers & owned their own logging business, however, they called it quits and moved up to Alaska when I was in middle school.

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