Filling a gap: U-M dental students help combat Michigan’s shortage of rural dentists

U-M intern Hasan Khaliq attends to patient. Image credit: Jeremy Marble, Michigan NewsATLANTA, Michigan—Becky Klein needed a dentist for herself and her two teenage sons when she returned to Atlanta in northern Michigan after years living down state.

She settled on the Thunder Bay Community Health Service dental clinic. She felt fortunate to find dental care that came recommended and was only 10 minutes from her home, a very different situation for many people in this part of the state.