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The Virginia Health Catalyst’s Future of Public Oral Health Taskforce recently completed a workforce gap assessment, revealing a shortage of oral health professionals to serve all individuals, regardless of insurance status, and a deficiency in providers serving uninsured and Medicaid-insured Virginians. (Stuart Isett/The New York Times) Virginia must work to address a critical shortage of oral health professionals, Sarah Bedard Holland and Kaz Rafia, DDS, write in a guest column.