Bethesda, Md.—Dr. Evelyn Lucas-Perry, new to the profession and passionate about service, arrives with “a total optimism” inspired by “involvement in professional organizations since my first year of dental school.”
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Washington—Dentist/Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) asked the House of Representatives July 26 to approve a $4.3 million plus funding increase to advance the oral health of Native Americans, focusing House attention during the rancorous debt limit debate on the less pressing and necessary business of congressional appropriations.
