Stephanie Patrick is a Qualified Expert with Heldebrandt Consulting and travels throughout Missouri performing radiation safety inspections for sites including dental settings. She has been in the radiologic sciences with experience in radiation physics


and safety for more than 30 years and enjoys providing educational radiology information to facilities. Heldebrandt Consulting is an MDA Solutions Center participant. Learn more and contact them at solutions.modental.org/ company/heldebrandt-consulting. Images are property of the author except where noted.


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MO Medicaid Matters Campaign Launched


This spring the Missouri Coaltion for Oral Health launched a campaign to encour- age more dentists to become Medicaid providers and to assist them in doing so— including hosting a five-part mini-series. Find session details and other resources at oralhealthmissouri.org/medicaid-mini-series.


ISSUE 2 | SUMMER 2023 | focus 21


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