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Nonprofit dental clinic expands

There were a lot of smiling people at the dentist in Carlton last week, as the Lake Superior Community Health Center (LSCHC) celebrated the completion of its dental practice expansion, along with a new chiropractic center. With the expansion, the nonprofit health care center will now be able to offer double the services for dental patients.

The difference between LSCHS and most other dental practices in the area is the Carlton clinic serves primarily a low-income population.

"Anybody is welcome to come here for the services that we provide, but we are one of the only dentists that takes primar...