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Apple Tree Dental Brings on New Fairmont Center Director with Dental Therapy Background

July 26, 2022

Since April 2021, Apple Tree Dental has had a comprehensive Center for Dental Health located in the Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont.  Now, the Fairmont Center has a new Center Director.

Melissa Durbin, the new Center Director, recently relocated from Eau Claire to Fairmont with her son, who will be attending high school.  She was hired through a rigorous interview process and officially started as Apple Tree's Fairmont Center Director on June 27.  Durbin is Apple Tree Dental's first Center Director who is also a Dental Therapist, a relatively new dental professional position not unlike a Certified Nurse Practitioner role.

To read the full press release, click here.

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