Today, more than 40% of Mississippi's practicing African-American physicians, dentists, other health professionals, and attorneys are graduates of Tougaloo College.

Even as they criticize the lack of coverage for poor people, practicing dentists say they would rather not be part of any national health plan, in part because they fear the Government controls and managed care to which doctors may be subjected.

All practicing general dentists have earned either a DDS or DMD degree (doctor of dental surgery or doctor of dental medicine, respectively).

In addition, educational programs are offered in every field of dental study, from continuing education for practicing dentists to training in tooth brushing for school-age youngsters.

Finally, fourth-year students are given the opportunity to observe delivery of dental health care by means of a series of visits to the offices of practicing dentists in the state.

The American Dental Association (ADA), the professional membership organization of practicing dentists, provides information about oral health care for children and adults.

Once a week he teaches practicing dentists and physical therapists at the New Jersey Dental School in Newark how to treat patients with head and facial pain caused by jaw problems.

The New York State Dental Association or NYSDA was founded in 1868 and consists of 14 000 dentists which is 76% of practicing dentists in the New York state.

His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka (Wolf Helman), was the son of a Jewish barber named Herschel Meyer Helman, from the Jewish Lublin neighborhood of Wieniawa, when barbers were also practicing dentists, healers, and bloodletters.

The police said that Mr. Cordova's father and brothers were all practicing dentists in El Salvador and that his son was a student at the New York University School of Dentistry.