OHA release - Sometimes the saying “it takes a village” applies to getting your teeth cleaned.  Just ask the small, determined group that helped launch a new dental clinic in Brookings, a Southern Oregon coastal hamlet home to nearly 6,700 people.  Equity Dental, a dentist-owned company that has nine clinics throughout Oregon, opened its Brookings clinic in October 2024, offering a new option for residents who have struggled to see a dentist. That’s more than five years after OHA and the staff of the community health care organization AllCare Health brainstormed ways to help more people in Curry County receive timely, quality dental care. To date, the clinic has served more than 750 patients.