The Texas Dental Peer Assistance Program and the impaired dental professional.
Chemical dependence is a devastating disease that, unless some form of intervention and treatment takes place, will ultimately destroy a person's life. Dentists are not immune to this malady. In fact, certain conditions of heredity, relative affluence, lifestyle, and drug availability may make them more susceptible. The Texas Dental Peer Assistance Program was formed to assist dentists who have a drug problem and whose goals include getting their lives back in order. Hopefully, this article will introduce this valuable program to those in need of its services.
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Department of General Practice, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.
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