Dentists don’t think so. Mar 02, 2026 By Rose Lundy/Maine Monitor AUGUSTA—Lawmakers are considering two bills that attempt to increase access to dental care in Maine by studying ways to establish specialist residency programs in the state and creating a new license tier with lower educational requirements, a measure that multiple dentists opposed. L.D. 2206 would establish an associate dentist license, which would allow a dentist without … Continue reading Should Maine Allow Associate Dentists Without Doctoral Degrees?