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SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Brett Leslie, DMD

By Bill Cummings

Young dentist making a difference on multiple oral health initiatives One of the patients dentist Brett Leslie recalls vividly from his work at Community Care Clinic of Rowan in Salisbury had to have all of her teeth extracted because of decay caused by past drug abuse and years of neglected dental care. A new set…

Amid Expansion, Seeing New Patients

By Bill Cummings

Summer is almost here! It has been an interesting, challenging and somewhat unsettling first half of the year.  Medicaid expansion appears to have peaked and most of our clinics are seeing new uninsured patients. As we knew before it started, expansion’s impact has varied significantly from clinic to clinic. There are a few of the…